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MSc01-URB F2011Study Guide

Study Board for Architecture and DesignDepartment of Architecture, Design and Media Technology

Østerågade 6 - 9000 Aalborg

List of ContentList of Content....................................................................................................................................... 2

1 Welcome letter to students and lecturers.......................................................................................3

2 The modular construction of the Semester....................................................................................4

3 The modular execution of the Semester........................................................................................5

4 Semester Calendar 2011...............................................................................................................7

5 List of Contacts.............................................................................................................................. 8

6 Project module 1: Designing Urban Mobility..................................................................................9

6.1 Formalities............................................................................................................................. 9

6.2 Literature................................................................................................................................ 9

6.3 Submission.......................................................................................................................... 11

6.4 Assessment.........................................................................................................................12

6.5 Project Description: Designing Urban Mobility.....................................................................12

7 Course module 1: Theories of the Network City..........................................................................15

7.1 Course Descriptions.............................................................................................................17

8 Course module 2: Performative Architecture and Instant Urbanism............................................22

8.1 Kursusbeskrivelser...............................................................................................................24

9 Course module 3: From Form to Flow – Intelligent technologies of the Network City..................28

9.1 Course Descriptions.............................................................................................................30

10 Free Study Activities and Study Trips......................................................................................35

10.1 Free Study Activity 1: Study Trip to Copenhagen and Malmö..............................................35

11 Enclosures............................................................................................................................... 38

11.1 Enclosure 1: Plagiarism and correct referencing..................................................................38

11.2 Enclosure 2: Guidelines for difficulties in cooperation..........................................................39

11.3 Enclosure 3: Re-examinations.............................................................................................39

11.4 Enclosure 4: Generel submission requirements..................................................................41

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Study Guide MSc01-URB F2011

1 Welcome letter to students and lecturersWelcome to the 1st Semester.

This Study Guide is valid for the 1st semester in the Urban Design M.Sc. program at Architecture and Design.

It is preconditioned that this guide is read before or immediately after the opening of the semester by all involved students, supervisors and lecturers. The Study Guide is a supplement and elaboration of the existing curriculum’s specifications concerning the project module and the course modules.

The Study Guide is a support for students, supervisors, and lecturers in relation to the planning and implementation of the project work and the individual course. The Study Guide elaborates the learning goals that are established in the curriculum related to the project module. Practical rules concerning plagiarism, exclusion of group members- re-examination and general requirements for assignment submission are placed at the end of this document as appendixes.

In times of vastly increasing global and local flows of goods, vehicles and people I need not spend too much time arguing for the relevance of the theme of this semester; Designing Urban Mobility/The Transit Systems of the Network City. Even though this is very topical I should like to refer to a ‘classic text’ within urban design and city planning to motivate why urban designers should pay attention to transit and mobility. I am thinking of the seminal book ‘Site Planning’ by Lynch and Hack in which the issue is pointed at very precisely when they say:

“Access is the prerequisite to using any space. Without the ability to enter or to move within it, to receive and transmit information or goods, space is of no value, however vast or rich in resources. A city is a communication net, made of roads, paths, rails, pipes, and wires. The economic and cultural level of a city is in some proportion to the capacity of its circulation system”

(Lynch & Hack (1984) Site Planning, p. 193)

So I want to welcome you to a fascinating topic that will be dealt with in relationship to the theoretical and analytical as well as the design-oriented dimensions of Urban Design. The theme is nested centrally within the core research of the Urban Design Research Group at AAU, and we shall explore the real world issues of transit systems on our study trip. Therefore there is all the reason to meet this semester with high expectations from students as well as from lectures. Let us together build a stimulating research and design environment around the topical theme of Designing Urban Mobility/Transit Systems of the Network City.

I wish you a fruitful semester!

Kind regards

Ole B. Jensen, Semester Coordinator

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2 The modular construction of the SemesterThis semester focuses on Designing Urban Mobility and Transit Systems of the Network City. The semester consists of a project module (15 ECTS) and three course modules (3 x 5 ECTS).

The work load for one semester is 30 ETCS corresponding 900 hours of study work for each student. The semester is conducted qua a series of project- and course modules further described in this document.

The work load may vary throughout the semester and in the individual project- and course modules. It is the semester coordinator’s responsibility in cooperation with the steering committee to assure the total work load does not exceed 900 hours. Please note, free study activities are offered as a supplement to each student and does not take part of the approved curriculum.

The semester consists of four modules that will be examined individually. The course modules are principally independent but together they establish a significant foundation for the semester. The planning of the semester aims to support the progression of the project module in the course modules.

Project module 1: Designing Urban Mobility

Course module 1: Theories of the Network City

15 ECTS 5 ETCS 5 ETCS 5 ETCS

7-point marking scale

Pass/Fail 7-point marking scale

Pass/Fail

Further information at page 10




Henceforth, course module 1 will be named TNC, course module 2 PAIU, course module 3 FFF and project module 1 DUM.

This semester the following free study activities are announced:

Free Study Activity 1: Study Trip to Copenhagen and Malmö

2 ECTS

Pass/Fail


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Studieture vil fremover ligge i forårssemestret of ekskursioner om efteråret. En ekskursion er en op til 3 dages begivenhed, hvortil der kan søges midler fra ASn.

3 The modular execution of the SemesterThe activities of the semester will be prosecuted by the following procedure:

September October November December January36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 1 2 3 4 5


M M M S A


S A

S

SST

36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 1 2 3 4 5W: Workshop

M: Midterm review

S: Submission

A: Assessment

S T: Study Trip: Free Study Activity 1: Study Trip to Copenhagen and Malmö

Modular work load for the student. Total for a semester are 900 hours:


5 ETCS150 hours

Lectures 10 lecturesTeoretical assignmentsPreparationWorkshopExcurtionProject workTotal 150

5 ETCS150 hours


5 ETCS150 hours


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15 ETCS450 hours

LecturesTeoretical assignmentsPreparationWorkshopExcurtionProject workTotal 450

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4 Semester Calendar 2011Subject to changes. Always check the semester calendar online.

Minutes are required from all meetings in the steering group. A student (typically the deputy chairman) takes minutes the semester coordinator approves them before sending to the semester secretary and Study Board for Architecture and Design ([email protected]).

Date Subject, deadline, etc. Room

02 August 2011 Steering group meeting 0 – Semester evaluations of previous semester and planning of the semester

Gammel Torv 6, room 206

02 Sep. Semester Start

09 Sep. 9:00 Formation of groups

28 October,2 December,9 December

Mid term review (3 pinups)

5-7 October Study Trip

23 September,28 September,30 September

Submission: Course module 1 (’running evaluation’)

18 November Submission: Course module 2 Semester secretary

24 October Submission: Course module 3 (digital upload)

13 January 2012 Submission: Project module 1 Semester secretary

30 January 2012 Steering group meeting 4 – Semester evaluation

Week 4 2012 Assessment: Project module

‘Running Eval’ (see above)

Assessment: Course module 1



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5 List of ContactsFunction Person E-mail

Semester coordinator Professor, Ole B. Jensen [email protected]

Semester secretary Kristina Wagner Røjen [email protected]


ECTS Coordinator E-mail

15 Professor, Ole B. Jensen [email protected]

Supervisors Professional competencies Contact

Professor, Ole B. Jensen Urban mobility studies and urban design research

[email protected]://personprofil.aau.dk/profil/104214



5 Professor, Ole B. Jensen [email protected]

Lecturers E-mail

PhD Student, Ditte Bendix Lanng [email protected]

PhD Student, Simon Wind [email protected]


5 Professor, Gitte Marling [email protected]

Lecturers E-mail

Professor, Hans Kiib [email protected]

Associate Professor, Shelley Smith [email protected]

PhD Student, Line Bruun Jespersen [email protected]


5 PhD Student, Esben S. Poulsen [email protected]

Lecturers E-mail

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http://personprofil.aau.dk/profil/104214

http://personprofil.aau.dk/profil/104214





PhD Student, Anne-Marie S. Knudsen [email protected]

Post-Doc, Jens-Christian Overgaard Madsen (Dept. 20)

[email protected]

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6 Project module 1: Designing Urban Mobility15 ETCS Design af Urban Mobilitet

At first the objectives regarding this project module from the curriculum are outlined. These objectives define the framework of the module and the examination thereof. It is a prerequisite for a successful completion of the semester that the student works systematically and focused to achieve the knowledge, skills and competencies defined in the curriculum.

Following (in section 6.5) the project module is further described with respect to theme, procedure and expectations.

6.1 FormalitiesCurriculum p. 20

PrerequisitesA BSc degree (Bachelor) i Architecture and Design or similar

ObjectiveThe objective is to strengthen the students ability to functional and aesthetic urban design in the contemporary network city covering a range from urban mobility systems (e.g. metros and subways) and their relation to the city to urban spaces and their linkages to the transit network or large scale urban architecture and transit terminals and their function as urban flow spaces.

Students who complete the module:

Knowledge Must develop knowledge of the importance of contemporary transit systems

to the functionality of cities Must be able to understand the technical and societal factors shaping and

forming the contemporary urban transit system

Skills Must be able to apply the theories and methods relevant to the design and

development of urban transit and mobility Must be able to evaluate the solutions presented in the field and assess their

values seen in the light of urban design theories, methods and reference projects

Competencies Must have competencies to create design proposals and concepts for urban

mobility and assess their implementation effects

6.2 Literature

Primary LiteratureJensen, O. B. (2011) KBH Metroscape – om iscenesættelser af levet mobilitet i Københavns Metro, in Koffoed, L., J. Larsen & M. Freudendal-Pedersen (red.) Byen I bevægelse, Roskilde: Samfundslitteratur (In press) + English translation will be provided

Jensen, O. B. (2008) European Metroscapes - the production of lived mobilities within the socio-technical Metro systems in Copenhagen, London and Paris, paper for the 'Mobility, the City and STS' conference, The Technical University of Denmark

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(DTU), Copenhagen, November 20-22, 2008

Secondary LiteratureAppleyard, D., K. Lynch & J. R. Myer (1964) The View from the Road, Cambridge Mass.: MIT PressArtgineering (2007) N4 Towards a Living Infrastructure!, Brussels: A16Augé, M. (2002) In the Metro, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota PressButcher, M. (2011) Cultures of Commuting: The mobile negotiation of space and subjectivity, Mobilities, Vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 237-254Castells, M. (2005) Space of Flows, Space of Places: Materials for a Theory of Urbanism in the Information Age, in B. Sanyal (ed.) (2005) Comparative Planning Cultures, London: Routledge, pp. 45-63Cresswell, T. (2006) On the Move. Mobility in the Modern Western World, London: Routledgedaab (2006) Traffic Design, Cologne: daab gmbhFinizio, G. (2006) Architecture & Mobility. Tradition and Innovation, Milano: Skira EditoreFoster, N. (2007) Norman Foster Works 3, Munich: PrestelGordon, E. & A. de Souza e Silva (2011) Net Locality. Why Location Matters in a Networked World, Chichester: Wiley-BlackwellGraham, S. (ed.) (2010) Distrupted Cities. When Infrastructure Fails, London: RoutledgeGraham, S. & S. Marvin (2001) Splintering Urbanism. Networked infrastructures, technological mobilities and the urban condition, London: RoutledgeHalprin, L. (1966) Freeways, New York: Reihnhold PublishingHoete, A. (ed.) (2003) ROAM. Reader on the Aesthetics of Mobility, London: Black Dog Publishing, pp. 8-20Hovgesen, H. H. (et al) (2005) The City, the Road and the Landscape, English versions to be found at:http://www.bvl.aau.dk/dansk/publikationer/BVL_report_1_english.pdf http://www.bvl.aau.dk/dansk/publikationer/BVL_report_2_english.pdfHouben, F. & L. M. Calabrese (eds.) (2003) Mobility: A room with a view, Rotterdam: NAi PublishersIngold, L. & F Tammaro (2010) Highwaying, Wien: Springer VerlagJensen, O. B. and T. Richardson (2004) Making European Space. Mobility, Power and Territorial Identity, London: RoutledgeJones, W. (2006) New Transport Architecture, London: Michael BeazleyKoolhaas, R. (1995) The Generic City, in R. Koolhaas & B. Mau (eds.) (1995) S, M, L, XL, New York: The Monacelli Press, pp. 1239-1264Koolhaas, R. (1995) Quantum Leap. Euralille: Centre International d’Affaires, Lille, France, in R. Koolhaas & B. Mau (eds.) (1995) S, M, L, XL, New York: The Monacelli Press, pp. 1156-1209Latour, B. (1996) Aramis or the love of technology, Cambridge Mass.: Harvard University PressLynch, K. & G. Hack (1984) Site Planning, Cambridge Mass.: The MIT PressMaas, W. (ed.) (2002) The Five Minutes City. Architecture and [Im]Mobility, Rotterdam: Episode PublishersMaas, W., A. Graafland, B. Batstra, A. Bilsen & C. Pinilla (eds.) (2007) Space Fighter. The Evolutionary City (Game:), Barcelona: Actar-DShane, D. G. (2005) Recombinant Urbanism. Conceptual Modelling in Architecture, Urban Design, and City Theory, Chichester: Wiley, pp. 198-229Urry, J. (2007) Mobilities, Oxford: PolityVanderbilt, T. (2008) Traffic. Why we drive the way we do (and what that says about us), London: Allen LaneVenturi, R., D. S. Brown & S. Izenour (1977) Learning from Las Vegas: The forgotten symbolism of Architectural Form, Cambridge Mass.: MIT PressVirilio, P. (1991) The Overexposed City, in Leach, N. (ed.) (1997) Rethinking Architecture – A Reader in Cultural Theory, London: Routledge, pp. 382-390

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http://www.bvl.aau.dk/dansk/publikationer/BVL_report_2_english.pdf

http://www.bvl.aau.dk/dansk/publikationer/BVL_report_1_english.pdf

Von Gerken, M. (1997) Architecture for Transportation, Basel: BirkenhäuserVotolato, G. (2007) Transport Design. A Travel History, London: Reaktion Books

Technical GuidesDanish Road Directorate (1991) Urban Traffic Areas. Part 0. Road Planning in Urban Areas, Copenhagen: Vejdirektoratet – VejregeludvalgetDanish Road Directorate (1991) Urban Traffic Areas. Part 7. Speed Reducers, Copenhagen: Vejdirektoratet – VejregeludvalgetDanish Road Directorate (1993) Urban Traffic Areas. Part 4. Intersections, Copenhagen: Vejdirektoratet – VejregeludvalgetDanish Road Directorate (1993) Urban Traffic Areas. Part 10. The Visual Environment, Copenhagen: Vejdirektoratet – VejregeludvalgetDanish Road Directorate (2000) Collection of Cycle Concepts, Copenhagen: Ministry of Transport, (http://www.trm.dk)Danish Road Directorate (2001) The State Road Network. A survey of current status and development, Copenhagen: Ministry of Transport, (http://www.trm.dk)Danish Road Directorate (2002) Beautiful Roads. A Handbook of Road Architecture, Copenhagen: Ministry of Transport, (http://www.trm.dk)Marshall, S. (2005) Streets and Patterns, Oxon: Spon PressNeuftert, E. & P. Neuftert (2000) Architect’s Data, Oxford: Blackwell, Third Edition, (pp. 212-225 + 422-451)Statistics Denmark (2005) Key Figures for Transport 2005, Copenhagen: Statistics Denmark (http://www.dst.dk/)

Public WebsitesCopenhagen Metro (http://www.m.dk/)Malmö Municipality (http://www.malmo.se/English/About-the-City-of-Malmo.html)Local committees Bispebjerg and Nørrebro www.bispebjerglokaludvalg.kk.dk and www.noerrebrolokaludvalg.kk.dkThe Ministry of Environment (http://www.mim.dk/)The Ministry of Transport (http://www.trm.dk)The Danish Road Directorate (http://www.vejdirektoratet.dk)The Danish National Bureau of Statistics (http://www.dst.dk/)Municipality of Copenhagen (http://www3.kk.dk/)The Ørestad Company (http://www.orestadsselskabet.dk/)The Sustainable Urban Transport Project (http://www.sutp.org/)Manuals for Streets (http://www.manualsforstreets.org.uk)Shared Space (http://www.shared-space.org/)Move Observatory on Sustainable Mobility (www.move-forum.net)Urban Rail Net (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/euromet.htm)Metro Bits (http://mic-ro.com/metro/index.html)Copenhagen Metro (http://www.m.dk/)ArchDaily (http://www.archdaily.com/category/infrastructure/)

Research Centre and Project WebsitesThe Centre for Mobility and Urban Studies, C-MUS (http://www.c-mus.aau.dk/)The Mobilites Research and Policy Centre (http://mcenterdrexel.wordpress.com/)The Cosmobilities Research Newtork (http://www.cosmobilities.net/)Centre for Mobilities Research (Lancaster University)(http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/sociology/cemore/cemorehome.htm)The City, The Road, The Landscape (BVL) Research project (http://www.bvl.aau.dk/)

Statistics, Data and Indicatorshttp://www.publicpurpose.com/ut-eu15-jtwtime2001.htmhttp://www.dtu.dk/centre/modelcenter/TU/TU-Notitser.aspxhttp://www.dst.dk/Statistik/seneste/Transport.aspxhttp://www.bizigate.dk/search.tkl?field_query1=su&query1=Transporthttp://www.trafikbogen.dk/ramme.htmlhttp://www.worldmapper.org/posters/worldmapper_map141_ver5.pdf

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http://www.worldmapper.org/posters/worldmapper_map141_ver5.pdf

http://www.trafikbogen.dk/ramme.html

http://www.bizigate.dk/search.tkl?field_query1=su&query1=Transport

http://www.dst.dk/Statistik/seneste/Transport.aspx

http://www.dtu.dk/centre/modelcenter/TU/TU-Notitser.aspx

http://www.publicpurpose.com/ut-eu15-jtwtime2001.htm

http://www.bvl.aau.dk/

http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/sociology/cemore/cemorehome.htm

http://www.cosmobilities.net/

http://mcenterdrexel.wordpress.com/

http://www.c-mus.aau.dk/

http://www.archdaily.com/category/infrastructure/

http://www.m.dk/

http://mic-ro.com/metro/index.html

http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/euromet.htm

http://www.move-forum.net/

http://www.shared-space.org/

http://www.manualsforstreets.org.uk/

http://www.sutp.org/

http://www.orestadsselskabet.dk/

http://www3.kk.dk/

http://www.dst.dk/

http://www.vejdirektoratet.dk/

http://www.trm.dk/

http://www.mim.dk/

http://www.noerrebrolokaludvalg.kk.dk/

http://www.bispebjerglokaludvalg.kk.dk/

http://www.malmo.se/English/About-the-City-of-Malmo.html

http://www.m.dk/

http://www.dst.dk/

http://www.trm.dk/

http://www.trm.dk/

http://www.trm.dk/

http://www.youtube.com

6.3 Submission

The project is divided into two main parts: a report part with emphasis on the written presentation and a presentation part with emphasis on the graphic presentation. The former seeks to integrate theoretical and methodological reflections whereas the latter is emulated over the urban design competition/portfolio. By this is meant that the latter is aiming at a more graphic representation form as for example would be the case if the project was a design competition entry.

The project report must contain: Maximum 35 pages Description of the regional and urban context for the project site Site Analysis Design process reflection Theoretically anchored design concept Reflections on the applied Methods Site specific traffic counting and traffic calculations Site specific calculations concerning infrastructure dimensioning Site specific microclimate mappings and calculations (e.g. sun, wind, energy

consumptions) Appendix containing a selection of draft designs and concepts from the

project period documenting the working process

The graphical presentation must contain: 200 word abstract (lay term explanation of the key issue in the project) Concept diagram Plan for the site area in 1:500 (additionally also in 1:1000 if agreed with

supervisors) 1-2 ‘needle pin’ design proposals within the site area in 1:50-1:100 Spatial visualizations of the design solution Maps and representations in section and plan

For the oral examination: Power Point Presentation Model in 1:500 A0 poster containing name, semester, year, project title, abstract,

visualizationsDate13. January 2012 at the semester secretary.

6.4 Assessment

Evaluation format version E1(see Curriculum for the Master’s Program in Architecture and Design, page 71).

The module is assessed by an oral exam based on written material, typically a jointly prepared (or in exceptional cases, prepared by the individual student) project module report (containing the report/analyses/posters/drawings/models or similar). It is further presumed that the student has regularly and actively participated in evaluation seminars and the like. The assessment is an internal oral examination based on the 7 point scale

6.5 Project Description: Designing Urban Mobility

Content and The main project of this semester is themed ‘Designing Urban Mobility’ as a general

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Theme theme. This is made concrete in the subtheme of ‘Transit Systems of the Network City’. Under this theme the aim is for the student to learn how to design functionally and aesthetically for the transit systems of the network city. The students will work with design of urban mobility in the context of the network city based upon a specific case (the Metro in Copenhagen). The point of departure is an understanding of the increasing importance of mobility within and between contemporary cities to urban design and planning. The main project is carried out on the background of an understanding that breaks with the notion of cities as isolated and bounded entities. The contemporary city is seen as a node in a network spanning from the local to the global. Therefore it is important to leave concepts of the bounded and monocentric city and instead conceptualise how the urban is a set of functional, technical, cultural and aesthetical transformations happening within a network of transit. By understanding the relational dimension to the contemporary city the importance of designing for flows of goods, vehicles, people, signs and ideas is highlighted. The basic idea behind the semester is therefore to qualify the student in understanding and designing the network city. The design must be anchored in a conceptually and analytically well-qualified frame for ‘thinking mobilities’. Equally the aim is to make physical design proposals for urban interventions in the network city that is ‘designing for flows’. None of these dimensions can do without the other in the project since it is in the crossing between the ‘thinking mobilities’ and the ‘designing for flows’ that high-quality urban design projects materialise. Furthermore it is very important that the project capture the link from the local metro station to the city and the wider regional network system in its conceptualisation and design. It is therefore necessary to move beyond urban space design of squares and the immediate metro station environment. The project must ‘challenge the box’ (the existing Metro design) by developing an alternative concept for metro mobility (flow). The project must be theoretically informed, conceptually innovative and exploratory in its design. The task of re-designing the Site area (Nørrebro Metro station and the urban context within a maximum perimeter of 500 meters) can be made with a special emphasis on one of the following themes:

The Transit System of the Network City The Social Geography and Social multiplicity Public Domain and social interaction

Site IntroductionNørrebro Station in Copenhagen is a traffic hub on the border between the city quarters, Nørrebro and Bispebjerg. With its 75.000 inhabitants Nørrebro is the most populous quarter of Copenhagen. Bispebjerg is inhabited by approx. 50.000 people. Both quarters used to be working class neighborhoods. Today many young people and students live in the areas and nearly 30 % of the inhabitants in both quarters are immigrants or descendants of immigrants. This shows vividly in the city life in the area of Nørrebro Station.

Nørrebro Station is located where the elevated ring rail road (the local “S-trains”) crosses Nørrebrogade/Frederikssundsvej. The S-trains depart from here every 5 to 10 minutes. The preserved, functionalistic station building is from 1930.Cars, busses, bikes and pedestrians flow through the station area and cross each other here. The 5A bus line is the busiest bus line of Copenhagen with approx. 60.000 daily passengers. Nørrebrogade is the busiest bicycle street of Copenhagen with 30.000 daily cyclists.

When the metro ‘City Ring’ opens (projected 2018) Nørrebro Station will also be the site for a metro station. The city ring will supplement the existing metro lines with an underground metro ring with 17 underground stations and expected 240.000 daily passengers. The Nørrebro Metro Station will be located at Folmer Bendtsen Plads (east of the S-train station) and is expected to have 17.000 daily passengers. With the ‘City Ring’, there will only be a short travel time from the Nørrebro Station to

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major destinations in Copenhagen, such as the main train station (København H), Kongens Nytorv, and the airport.

Housing and shops are the main functions in the near surroundings of the station. Many small shops are facing the street from the ground floors of the 5-6 storeys high residential blocks. The proximity of the station area are also characterized by e.g. a large grocery store (Føtex), an alternative cinema (Filmstationen), an indoor shopping centre (Nørrebro Bycenter), a green belt park (Nørrebroparken), an infamous social housing area (Mjølnerparken), and a huge piece of empty land previously occupied by the rail road.

Many urban development initiatives are in these years contributing to a remarkable transformation of the area. For example the Urban Regeneration projects of Nørrebro and Nordvest, another is the test of reducing car traffic at Nørrebrogade, and new parks (e.g. on the former rail road area), new buildings (e.g. a mosque in Bispebjerg) and building rehabilitations are characteristic of the area.

Learning goals and PBLStudents will work in project groups applying the PBL perspective to their work in order to obtain ability to functional and aesthetic urban design in the contemporary network city. They must develop knowledge of the importance of contemporary transit systems to the functionality of cities, and be able to understand the technical and societal factors shaping and forming the contemporary urban transit system. They must be able to apply the theories and methods relevant to the design and development of urban transit and mobility, and be able to evaluate the solutions presented in the field and assess their values seen in the light of urban design theories, methods and reference projects. They must have competencies to create design proposals and concepts for urban mobility and assess their implementation effects

MethodsThe main project is based on urban design theories of urban mobility, urban design site analysis and mapping methods within the tool box of urban design field work. Qualitative methods will be applied (e.g. interview, observations etc.) as well as quantitative (municipal statistics, traffic counting and calculations etc.). Literature studies and the study of international reference projects illustrating urban mobility design.

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7 Course module 1: Theories of the Network City5 ETCS Theories of the Network City

Coordinator Professor, Department of Architecture, Design and Media TechnologyOle B. Jensen

FormalitiesCurriculum p. 17

PrerequisitesA BSc degree (Bachelor) i Architecture and Design or similar

ObjectiveThe objective is to strengthen the students’ ability to comprehend and understand the technical and societal factors shaping contemporary network cities by introducing state-of-the-art scientific theories relating to the development of the network city within the fields of urban theory, mobility theory, network theory and related theoretical fields.


Knowledge Must have knowledge about the social and technical forces shaping the

network city Must be able to understand the basic factors behind the creation of the

network city

Skills Must be able to apply the relevant scientific theories and methods related

to an analysis of the network city Must be able to evaluate proposals for intervention and design of the

network city in light of state-of-the-art theories

Competencies Must acquire competencies in analyzing the network city on a theoretical

and methodologically reflective level

Literature Primary Literature (see below)Secondary Literature (see below)

Submission Content Part I: Written paper of max. 2000 words and/or a detailed diagram Part II: 2 A3 pages, mapping results in e.g. diagrams and maps +

maximum 200 words. Part III: 2 A3 pages, re-design results in e.g. sketches and diagrams +

maximum 200 words.

Requirements Part I: The written paper/diagram must be submitted in two copies. Part II: The 2 A3 pages must be presented at the pin-up in one copy. Part III: The 2 A3 pages must be presented at the pin-up in one copy.

Date Part I:September 23 2011 Part II: September 28 2011

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Part III: September 30 2011

All three parts are to be physically handed in to the semester secretary at the above mentioned submission deadlines.

Assessment Evaluation format version B(see Curriculum for the Master’s Program in Architecture and Design, page 71).

The module is passed with approval of the three course parts.

Part I is passed by the student´s individual submission and approval of a written paper of maximum 2000 words and/or diagrams.

Part II is passed by the student´s active participation in an individual pin-up presentation of mapping results (2 A3 pages per students + short oral presentation).

Part II is passed by the student´s active participation in an individual pin-up presentation of re-design results (2 A3 pages per students + short oral presentation).

Instruction The module will be carried out as 12 course units, consisting of lectures supplemented with group work and workshops.

Content The purpose of the course is to establish conceptual and theoretical framework for analyzing and understanding the flows within and between the nodes of the Network City.

The module comprises three parts. Part I is titled ‘Theories of the Network City’ and contain contemporary urban theory of the Network City. Part II is titled ‘Critical Point of Contact Analysis’ and contains lectures of networks, urban design, and architectural theories of infrastructural development, in addition to a hands-on mapping workshop (Workshop A). Part III is titled ‘Critical Point of Contact Re-design’ and contains a hands-on design workshop (Workshop B).

Part I: The course contains a general introduction to the theme of mobility in the contemporary Network City as well as there are more case based and in-depth lectures. Each session contains a lecture, a group work session and a plenary.

Part II: In contemporary urban societies multiple networks and systems interact, overlap, exist in parallel, converge, conflict etc. creating unforeseen complexity and less transparency. By exploring how layered networks of physical movement, service information, goods delivery, commercial communication etc. are connected (and disconnected) we get a much better understanding of how to design and intervene regardless if we are thinking about public spaces in the city or new systems of service design. The many networks orchestrating and facilitating contemporary everyday life are dependent on the strategic sites where the networks meet and establish contact. The notion of ‘Critical Point of Contact’ (CPC) draws upon theories within as diverse realms such as interaction design, service design, geography, and mobility studies. The framing of CPC aims at transgressing divisions of structure/agent, micro/macro, system/actor, and subject/object. Part II ends with Workshop A aiming at applying the central concepts of CPC and network city theories in the context of everyday mobility in Aalborg East. The workshop consists of empirical ´mapping in motion´ of technical, social and aesthetic dimensions of an identified CPC, and of the analytical judgement of the CPC.

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Part III: The ‘Critical Point of Contact Re-design´ contains Workshop B, a design workshop that continues the work with the CPC of Workshop A. It aims at identifying potentials for social and economic value that has not been fulfilled by the CPC (e.g. a service not catered for, a user group not included etc.), and at the making of first tentative proposals for re-design catering for the identified potential.

7.1 Course Descriptions

Course 1 Thinking Mobilities

Instruction Lecture with assignment

Lecturer ProfessorDepartment of Architecture, Design and Media TechnologyOle B. Jensen

Content In this introduction lecture the theme of the semester is presented. The analytical dimension of ‘thinking mobilties’ will be discussed with an eye to the operational questions that becomes relevant to the design of urban mobility.

Literature Primary LiteratureJensen, O. B. (2009) Flows of Meaning, Cultures of Movements – Urban Mobilityas Meaningful Everyday Life Practice, Mobilities, vol. 4, no. 1, March 2009, pp.139-158

Secondary LiteratureJensen, O. B. (2010) In search of the ‘Wild Contemporary’ – exploring the potential of the techno utopian urban imaginary to contemporary mobility challenges, paper for the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Washington DC, April 13-18, 2010

Course 2 Facework, Flow and the City – urban mobility and Simmel, Goffman and Lynch



Content This lecture focuses on the micro level of daily mobility by looking at three urban scholar’s classic work. The lecture is divided into two sections. The first part contains a re-reading of two sociological thinkers; Georg Simmel and Irving Goffman. Re-reading the two ‘classics’ is done with the purpose of applying basic concepts on the phenomenon of flow, interaction and mobility in the contemporary city. In the second part the work of Lynch is discussed in the light of daily mobility and the meaning of urban transport.

Literature Primry LiteratureJensen, O. B. (2006) Facework, Flow and the City – Simmel, Goffman and mobility

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in the Contemporary City, Mobilities, Vol. 2. No. 2, pp. 143-165

Secondary Literature

Jensen, O. B. (2010) Negotiation in Motion: Unpacking a Geography of Mobility, Space and Culture, vol. 13 (4), pp. 389-402

Jensen, O. B. (2007) Pleasure, Fun and Flow - urban travel in the works of Kevin Lynch, Paper for the research seminar ‘Contemporary receptions of Kevin Lynch’ Department of Architecture and Design, Aalborg University, March 12th 2007

Course 3 Networked Mobilities and Performative Urban Spaces



Content This lecture takes point of departure in an understanding of mobility as an important cultural dimension to contemporary life. The movement of objects, signs, and people constitutes material sites of networked relationships. In understanding the importance of mediation, global-local interactions, networks, and the distributions of meaning and mediated discourses this way of thinking about mobilities argues for the importance of including pervasive computing and situated technologies. The lecture investigates the meaning of mobility and the potential in mediation and technologies to enhance the experiences and interaction in urban transit spaces.

Literature Primary LiteratureJensen, O. B. (2008) Neworked mobilities and new sites of mediated interaction, in K. Terzidis (ed.) (2008) What Matter(s)? First International Conference on Critical Digital, conference proceedings, Boston: Harvard Graduate School of Design, pp. 279-285

Secondary LiteratureJensen, O. B. & B. S. Thomsen (2008) Performative Urban Environments: Increasing Media Connectivity, in F. Eckardt et al. (eds.) (2008) Mediacity: Situations, Practices and Encounters, Berlin: Frank & Timme, pp. 407-429

Course 4 Mobility Tales of the Network City



Content This lecture uses the theoretical frames from the two first lectures to showempirical examples of everyday life mobility in Thailand and USA. Hereafter we willsee the movie Contested Streets documenting the disputes over traffic planning inNew York City, as well as examples from London, Copenhagen and Paris. The

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movie contain in-depth interviews with a number of planners and urban designers.The aim is to apply the theories and concepts discussed in the course in studentgroup work and in the final plenary session

Literature Primary LiteratureJensen, O. B. (2007) Biking in the land of the Car – Clashes of mobility cultures in the USA, Paper for the conference ‘Trafikdage 2007’, Aalborg, August 27-28 2007

Jensen, O. B. (2007) City of Layers - Bangkok’s Sky Train and how it works insocially segregating mobility patterns, Swiss Journal of Sociology, vol. 33, no. 3,pp. 387-405

Secondary LiteratureContested Streets. Breaking with New York City Gridlock, TransportationAlternatives, New York, 2006 (VIDEO)

Jensen, O. B. (2010) Mobility Charters and Manifestos – exploring normativediscourses and codes of ‘correct’ mobility, Paper for the ‘Nordic InterdisciplinaryConference on Discourse and Interaction’, Aalborg, Denmark, 17-19 November2010

Mikkelsen, J. B., S. Smith & O. B. Jensen (2011) Challenging the ’King of theRoad’ – exploring mobility battles between cars and bikes in the USA, paper for the4th Nordic Gepographers Meeting, Roskilde, Denmark, May 24-27 2011

Course 5 Thinking Mobilities/Designing for Flows – get operational!



Content This lecture presents analytical framings of two key issues of relevance to urban mobility: semiotics and the body. Furthermore the lecture aim to discuss the theories and concepts from the earlier lectures in order to become operational in relation to analysis (thinking mobilities) and design (designing for flows). The lecture is organized as a workshop session where all groups participate in discussing how they can apply the theories in the design of urban mobility.

Literature Primary LiteratureJensen, O. B. (2011) Mobile Semiotics - signs and mobilities, Paper for theconference ‘Mobilities in Motion: New Approaches to Emergent and FutureMobilities’, The Center for Mobilities Research and Policy at Drexel University,Philadelphia, March 21st-23rd, 2011

Jensen, O. B. (2010) Embodied Cultures of Mobilities, Paper for the 6th

International Cosmobilities Conference ‘Cultures of Mobilities: Everyday Life,Communication, and Politics’, Aalborg, Denmark, October 27-29, 2010

Secondary LiteratureJensen, O. B. (2011) If Only It Could Speak: Narrative Explorations of Mobility and Place in Seattle, in Vannini, P., L. Budd, C. Fisker, P. Jiron & O. B. Jensen (eds.)

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Mobilities and Technoculture in the Americas, New York: Peter Lang (in press)

Course 6 ‘Where the rubber meets the road’ – introduction to the notion of Critical Point of Contact



Content This is the first lecture in part II of the course. The course explores and qualifies the design work related to central concept of ‘Critical Points of Contact’. The course presents theories related to CPC, notions of networked architectures and the idea of ‘digital ground’ and a new sense of place. The purpose of the course is to provide a new theoretical vocabulary. The notion of ‘Critical point of Contact’ is the topic for the first lecture. In particular the focus is on the ‘moment of truth’ whereby connectivity becomes crucial (critical) to particular design outcomes. In the lecture a number of analytical models are presented. Students are working with the concept in relation to an empirical focus. The lecture is a mix of teacher presentation, student presentation, and discussion about concept operationlization.

Literature Primary LiteratureJensen, O. B. & N. Morelli (2011) Critical Points of Contact – exploring networked relations in urban mobility and service design, Special issue of The Danish Journal of Geoinformatics and Land Managament, (in press)

Secondary LiteratureJensen, Wind & Lanng (2011) Critical Point of Contact - between urban networks and flows (forthcoming in Urban Design AD:MT book)

Kempf, P. (2009) You Are the City. Observation, Organization and Transformation of Urban Settings, Baden: Lars Müller Publishers (16 pages)

Scollon, R. (2008) Geographies of Discourse: Action Across Layered Spaces, paper for the ‘Space Interaction Discourse’ conference, Aalborg University, 12-14 November 2008

Course 7 Swithces and Terminals - Contemporary Network Thinking I



Content The notion of ‘network thinking’ is the topic for this lecture. In particular notions of ‘switches’ and ‘terminals’ are discussed. Students are working with the concepts in relation to an empirical focus. The lecture is a mix of teacher presentation, student presentation, and discussion about concept operationlization.

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Literature Primary LiteratureEasterling, K. (1999) Organisation Space. Landscapes, Highways, and Houses in America, Cambridge Mass.: MIT Press, pp. 1-11 and 98-111

Secondary LiteratureEasterling, K. (2011) Fresh Field, in N. Bhatia, M. Przybylski, L. Sheppeard & M. White (2011) Coupling. Strategies for Infrastructural Opportunism, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, pp. 10-13

Course 8 Buildings and Intersections - Contemporary Network Thinking II



Content The notion of ‘network thinking’ is the topic for this lecture. In particular we discuss the transformed understanding of ‘buildings’ and ‘intersections’ in relation to a network perspective. The lecture is a mix of teacher presentation, student presentation, and discussion about concept operationlization.

Literature Primary LiteratureSumrell, R. & K. Varnelis (2007) Blue Monday. Stories of Absurd realities and natural philosophies, Barcelona: ACTAR, pp. 48-83 and 144-170

Secondary LiteratureGraham, S. (ed.) (2010) Distrupted Cities. When Infrastructure Fails, London: Routledge, pp. 1-27

Course 9 Situated Types and Digital Grounding - towards a new sense of Place



Content The lecture focus on notions of ‘digital grounding’, ‘situated types’, and ‘service ecologies’ to present an operational way of thinking about ‘place’ in relation to sites of interaction and mediated networks. The lectures are a mix of teacher presentation, student presentation, and discussion about concept operationlization.

Literature Primary LiteratureMcCullough, M. (2004) Digital ground: architecture, pervasive computing, and environmental knowing, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, pp. 117-144 (Chapt. 6)

Secondary LiteratureMcCullough, M. (2004) Digital ground: architecture, pervasive computing, and environmental knowing, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, pp. 171-191 (Chapt. 8)

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Course 10 Geosemiotics – strategic places and semiotic aggregates



Content This lecture presents the analytical framework of ‘geosemiotics’. In particular the lecture will focus on how places are embedded in semiotics systems and discourses, and how strategic points become ‘semiotic aggregates’ with strong affinity to the notion of CPC. The lectures are a mix of teacher presentation, student presentation, and discussion about concept operationlization.

After lecture 10 this part of the course is evaluated by submission of a (maximum) 2000 word individual essay containing presentation of selected theoretical concepts and a discussion of their empirical application for analysis and re-design of CPC. The essay must also contain a diagram presenting the framework. The paper is part of the ‘running assessment’ and will be graded passed/not passed.

Literature Primary LiteratureScollon, R. & S. Scollon (2003) Discourses in Place. Language in the Material World, London: Routledge, pp. 166-196 (Chapt. 9)

Secondary LiteratureGordon, E. & A. de Souza e Silva (2011) Net Locality. Why Location Matters in a Networked World, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 85-104 (Chapter 4)

Course 11 NW City Workshop A: Mapping in Motion

Instruction Workshop

Lecturer PhD Student,Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology,Ditte Bendix Lanng

Content The first Workshop is ‘Mapping in Motion’ and contains an introduction to the site area in Aalborg East. The assignment is presented (a pre-chosen CPC) and mapping methodology is presented. Hereafter the student will be mapping the site. The mapping is organized in such a manner that there will be a project group member mapping each mode of transport (car, walking, cycling). After the mapping there will be a plenary of mapping presentation and knowledge sharing as well as beginning work in the project groups. The students will hereafter develop individual mapping documentation and there will be an evaluation based on an individual pin-up presentation of mapping results (2 A3 pages per students + short oral presentation).

Literature It is a precondition of the workshop that the student has read the course literature for lecture 1-10 and is familiar with central concepts of network city theory and CPC.

Course 12 NW City Workshop B: Critical Point of Contact Re-Design

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Lecturer PhD Student,Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology,Ditte Bendix Lanng

Content This part of the workshop contains an introduction to a design assignment of the site (identification of potentials and proposal for re-design). Hereafter there will be an individual preparation of a proposal for re-design of the CPC site, followed by an evaluation based on an individual pin-up presentation (2 A3 pages and short oral presentation).

Literature It is a precondition of the workshop that the student has read the course literature for lecture 1-10 and is familiar with central concepts of network city theory and CPC.

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8 Course module 2: Performative Architecture and Instant Urbanism

5 ETCS Performativ arkitektur og instant urbanisme

Coordinator Professor, Gitte MarlingDepartment of Architecture, Design and Media Technology

FormalitiesCurriculum p. 18-19

PrerequisitesA BSc degree (Bachelor) in Architecture and Design or similar

ObjectiveThe objective is:- To strengthen the students’ ability to comprehend and understand the role and function of performative urban design and architecture in order to create an urban environment, which produce experiences, meaning and reflections.- To provide the students with an understanding of historic instant urbanism projects and the theoretical and artistic / architectonic movements in the field - To strengthen their analytic ability and conceptual understanding of instant city projects and performativ urban designStudents who complete the module·

Knowledge The student must have knowledge about theories on Performative

Architecture and Instant Urbanism from the 20th and 21st century The student must be able to understand the relationship between event

design, city life and the use of urban scenography

Skills The student must be able to apply theories and analytical methods in small

case stories

Competencies The student must be able to evaluate the quality of the design and the

obtained city life in selected cases The student must be able to qualify the analytical results in new or

supplementary design concepts.The student must be able to communicate results and concepts in a professional way equivalent to architectural and urban design practice.

Literature Primary LiteratureGitte Marling & Hans Kiib: Instant City@Roskilde Festival. Aalborg University Press 2011

Hans Kiib (ed): Performative Urban Design. Aalborg University Press. 2010

Secondary LiteratureSimon Sadler, 1999, The Situationist CityS AM # 02: Instant Urbanism: Tracing the Theories of the Situationists in Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism. Swiss Architecture museum (HG./ED.) Christoph Merian Verlag 2002.

Submission Requirements The evaluation is based on a 5-day assignment on a set subject:

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The students will have to write an essay, where they analyze a case and describe city life as an integrated product of temporary urban scenography and performative technologies.

The essay must demonstrate theoretical knowledes in the field.

The essay should come up with critical evaluation of the case, and propose a redevelopment of the concept behind the event.

Content

The urban design essay must include for groups with one person 7.000 – 10.000 characters of text (no space) diagrams, architectural drawings and maps

The urban design essay must include for groups with two persons 10.000- 14.000 characters of text (no space) diagrams, architectural drawings and maps

Essay Submission: 18 November 2011, to semester secretary

Assessment Version B – Course module(see Curriculum for the Master’s Program in Architecture and Design, page 71).

The module is passed with approval of one or more written papers submitted. The papers must be based on selected parts of the individual student’s course module work and/or the syllabus for the course module (containing the report/analyses/posters/drawings/models or similar).

Grading the written assignment according to the 7-point scale. The grading is based on the written assignment. The product examination should demonstrate that the student has fulfilled the objectives outlined above. In the evaluation of the examination performance, the grade 12 will only be awarded to students who demonstrate that they have fulfilled the objectives for the subjectexhaustively or with only few insignificant omissions.

Instruction The module will be carried out as 9 lectures including a minor seminar, and a 5 days assignment in individual essay writing. Supervision in the essay writing process will be provided.

Content The module presents theories and projects on performative architecture, instant urbanism and city life.Furthermore it presents related analytic methods.The module will also present different approaches to the re-design of present projects.Students will work with methods for the analysis of event scapes, performative architecture and urban space design in a cross-disciplinary way.


Course 1 Instant City - Introduction


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Lecturer ProfessorDepartment of Architecture, Design and Media TechnologyGitte Marling

ProfessorDepartment of Architecture, Design and Media TechnologyHans Kiib

Content Introduction to the module, rising the question on how we as urban designers can cope with event design, festivals and temporary urban space design?Different discourses on instant city design are presented including constrains and possibilities on temporary use.

Assignment: discussion in groups and plenum

Literature Primary LiteratureGitte Marling & Hans Kiib: Instant City@ Roskilde Festival. Aalborg University Press 2011. Page 16 – 29 & 46 - 62

Course 2 Theory of Instant City


Lecturer ProfessorDepartment of Architecture, Design and Media TechnologyHans Kiib

Content Different theoretical positions related to the term ‘Instant City’, including the Situationists, the modern Unitarian Urbanism, Instant Architecture (Archigram, Metabolism), up to postmodern critical practice.Theories and ideas form the Situationist International from 1950´s and 60´s compared with urban projects and installations of today. The main idea behind the situationist movement and urban action is to create ‘situations/situation construit’ which can enhance the audience in reflecting and acting and become a milestone for social or mental change.

Assignment: Analyzing selected projects – discussion in groups and plenum

Literature Primary LiteraturePrimary literature: Simon Sadler, 1999, The Situationist City, page 105-110 and 117- 122

Secondary LiteratureGitte Marling & Hans Kiib: Instant City@ Roskilde Festival. Aalborg University Press 2011. 46 – 62Simon Sadler, 1999, The Situationist City, page 122 – 147, MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-19392-4

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Content City Life theories from Simmel to Sennet in relation to temporary transformation of private spaces and informal spaces into public domains.

Assignment: analyses of cases

Literature Primary LiteratureGitte Marling: Performative Urban Spaces. Page 106 – 122 In: Hans Kiib: Performativ Urban Design, Aalborg University Press 2010.

Secondary LiteratureP. Kasinitz (ed): Metropolis – Center and Symbol of our Times. New York Publisher 1995

Maartin Haajer & Arnold Reijndorph: In Search of New Publich Domains: NAi Publisher. Rotterdam 2001

Course 4 ‘The Useful Fool’ - Grotesque Realism



Content The theories related to ‘carnival and the grotesque realism’ (Mikhail Bakhtin) – the ambivalent use of ‘the clown’ in urban city life.Assignment: Analyzes of cases from Roskilde Festival

Literature Primary LiteratureGitte Marling & Hans Kiib: Instant City@ Roskilde Festival. Aalborg University Press 2011. Page 260 - 315

Secondary LiteratureM. Bakhtin: Karneval og latterkultur. Det lille forlag. Frederiksberg 2001

Course 5 Urban Scenography



ProfessorDepartment of Architecture, Design and Media TechnologyGitte Marling

Content Post Millennium theories and cases related to Urban Detournment, Urban Catalyst, Urban Guerrilla Design, Urban Interventions (e.g. Permanent breakfast, Guerrilla Gardening), Urban Nomads (e.g. The future is now, Urban Nomad Shelter…)

Assignment: 2 hours: Parking day exercise

Literature Primary Literature

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S AM # 02: Instant Urbanism: Tracing the Theories of the Situationists in Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism. Swiss Architecture museum (HG./ED.) Christoph Merian Verlag 2002. Page 1-7; 16-19; 60-62; 77-78

Course 6 Urban art installations and street art


Lecturer Assistant professorDepartment of Architecture Design and Media TechnologyLine Marie Brunn Jespersen

Content Theories and cases related to urban installations and performative street art.Assignment: analyses of selected projects / situations (You Tube – films)

Literature Primary LiteratureLine Marie Bruun Jespersen: Creating Places through Arts. IN Hans Kiib: Performative Urban design. Aalborg University Press. 2010 p. 136 - 146

Secondary LiteratureLine Marie Bruun Jespersen: Ph.d.Thesis. Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology. August 2011 – Selected parts. Further informations follows

Course 7 Performative Architecture




Content Theories on Performative Architecture and Technologies; cases related to architectural interventions working with performative technologies.Discussions in groups

Literature Primary LiteratureHans Kiib: Performativ Urban Design. Aalborg University Press 2010. Page 10 – 18; 40 – 54; 30-40

Gitte Marling: Performative Urban Design & Behaviour in Public Places. Paper for AAG Conference, Seattle, april 2011.

Secondary LiteratureAnna Klignmann: Brandscapes. Architecture in the Experience Economy. Cambridge, CA: MIT Press, 2007

Course 8 Seminar on methods

Instruction Seminar

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Content Methods for analysis - Methods for the analysis of Instant City Projects, event scapes, fun parks and festivals

Assignment: Write up an analysis template.

Literature Primary LiteratureDorthe Skot-Hansen: New Stages New Experiences IN: Hans Kiib: Performativ Urban Design. Aalborg University Press 2010. Page 122-136

Course 9 Methods II

Instruction Seminar



Content Methods on Concept Design - Methods for the design of Instant City Projects.Assignment: Write up a design template

Literature Primary LiteratureGitte Marling & Hans Kiib: Instant City@Roskilde Festival: Aalborg University Press. Chapter 6 page 315 - 367

Secondary LiteratureGitte Marling & Hans Kiib: Instant City@Roskilde Festival: Aalborg University Press. Chapter 7 page 373 -388

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9 Course module 3: From Form to Flow – Intelligent technologies of the Network City

5 ETCS Fra Form til Flow – Intelligent Technologies of the Network City

Coordinator PhD student Esben Skoubo Poulsen,Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology

FormalitiesCurriculum p.16

PrerequisitesA BSc degree (Bachelor) i Architecture and Design or similar.

ObjectiveThe objective is to strengthen the students ability to functional and aesthetic urban design based on mobility and flows in the contemporary network city applying a wide field of new information technologies such as interactive media, mediated surface design, mobility tracking technologies (GPS/ RFID), mobile and digital networks, ICT software for urban flow simulation and design, mobile robotics and intelligent cybernetics systems design.


Knowledge Must have knowledge about contemporary information technologies and

their practical design and implementation in the contemporary network city Must be able to understand the technical and societal potentials in

applying intelligent technologies in urban design

Skills Must be able to create design proposals and experiments applying new

information technologies and software to mobility and flows in urban design of the network city

Must be able to evaluate the solutions presented in the field and assess their values seen in the light of intelligent technologies

Competencies Must have competencies to create design proposals and concepts for

urban mobility/flow and assess their implementation effects

Literature Primary LiteratureCourse literature is specified below

Secondary LiteratureCourse literature is specified below

Submission ContentPhase 1 (Lecture: 1-6+ data collection in Copenhagen)

Data: Result in a digital documentation of raw data.

Phase 2 (lecture 7-10) Information: Mapping Flow system (A1 Poster) Time-based diagram of flow system. Rhizomatic diagram of flow relations. Descriptive text (max. 250 word)

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Phase 3 (Lecture 11-15) Form and Flow: Design solution (A1 Poster) Project statement (max. 50 words) Concept model 1:300 (5 model photo) Illustration of predicted network relations and situated flow systems. Description of flow system (max. 250 words)

The material is collected in a digital project portfolio. (Upload)

Requirements Digital project portfolio uploaded to public server. Concept model 1:300 A1 Poster: Mapping Flow system A1 Poster: Design solution

24 October: Upload of digital project portfolio

Assessment Evaluation format version B(see Curriculum for the Master’s Program in Architecture and Design, page 71).

The module is passed by the student‟s regular and active participation in one or more evaluation seminars, one pin-ups and one oral exam.

Instruction Lecture & design workshop

10 lectures method and theory and 5 lectures for design workshop

Content The course is made up of 15 modules. It is the objective of the course assemblage, to present interdisciplinary quantitative as well as qualitative tools and methods to analyze urban flow systems in the network city.

The workshop is related to the theoretical framework presented in the course: Theories of the Network City and through a analytic approach to data gathering and visualization the students will translate flow data from the life of the city into significant drivers to inform conceptual architectural design scenarios for the flow system at Nørrebro station.

The course presents theoretical as well as practical models for traffic planning of car, truck, bike and pedestrian flow. 4-step sequential models/area based model as well as observation and tracking tools to access regional economic and social flow patterns. To approach regional flow patterns the students will employ GPS-tracking techniques, which enables the students to map data that is tacit and qualitatively as well as qualitatively attuned. Thereby the method introduces an awareness and sensitivity to embodied experiences of the urban environment. Thus, the method addresses elemental questions regarding ways of collecting data and what constitutes data, information and knowledge.

The last 5 sessions is organized as a design workshop that synthesizes the collected data into design relevant information. The information will constitute the driving design factor. As a product of the temporary data structures the student will go through a process where data is turned into information and transformed into morphological time-based design scenarios.

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Note It is recommended that students participate in the study trip to Copenhagen and Malmø, where data collection is carried out in Nørrebro Station

Basic parametric modeling skills is a prerequisite: Secondary reading: Grasshopper Primer 2nd edition by Issa Rajaa

Course 1 Form and Flow and introduction

Instruction Lecture

Lecturer PhD studentDepartment of Architecture, Design and Media TechnologyEsben Skoubo Poulsen

Content In this introduction lecture the theme of the course is presented. The methodological framework of analysing urban flow systems will be discussed in relation to contemporary diagrammatic time based planning strategies.

Literature Primary LiteratureKoolhaas, R. Mau B., 1998, S, M, L, XL, New York, The Monacelli Press,: Article: "The generic city" (p. 132 – 142)

Course 2 Traffic flow determinants and traffic models

Instruction Lecture

Lecturer Post-DocDepartment of Development and PlanningJens Chr. Overgaard Madsen

Content This lecture provides an introduction to urban traffic flows and the determinants of traffic flows. What are the primary determinants of travel activity (trip activity), modal split and routing? Furthermore the lecture provides an introduction to four-step sequential traffic models for modelling traffic flows in urban areas.

Literature Primary LiteraturePacione, Michael, 2002, Urban Geography – a global perspective, Routledge (Chapter 13)Wright, P. H., Ashford, N. J. and Stammer Jr., R. J., 1998, Transportation Engineering – Planning and Design, John Wiley and Sons (Chapter 7)

Course 3 Measuring and describing traffic flows

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Content The lecture introduces selected tools for measuring, describing and obtaining data on relevant aspects of urban traffic flows. This includes an introduction to design and execution of questionnaires in order to obtain information on traffic flow determinants.

Literature Primary LiteratureTaylor, M. A. P., Bonsall, P. W. and Young, W., 2000, Understanding Traffic Systems: Data, Analysis and Presentation

CROW, 1998, Recommendations for Traffic Provisions in Built-up Areas, record 15

Course 4 Networked locality - Methods for flow tracking using GPS

Instruction Lecture

Lecturer PhD StudentDepartment of Architecture, Design and Media TechnologyAnne-Marie Sanvig Knudsen

Content This lecture introduces the theoretical and methodological implications of working with location-aware technologies as a method for describing the network city empirically.

Literature Primary LiteratureGordon, E. & e Silva, A.S. 2011, Net Locality: Why Location Matters in a Networked World, Wiley-Blackwell. Chapters 1 and 2

Secondary LiteratureKnudsen, Anne-Marie Sanvig & Harder, Henrik 2011, "Employing smart phones as a planning tool: The Vollsmose case", Nordic Geographers Meeting 2011, Roskilde, May 24-27

Course 5 Flow relations in the network city

Instruction Lecture


Content The lecture looks at global flow dependencies and at expressions of how the global is localized. How might we map these networks and what are their implications for the places and spaces we design? The lecture takes it point of departure in actual examples of visualizations and mappings of global flows and networks.

Literature Primary LiteratureMassey, D. 1991, "A global sense of place", Marxism today, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 24-29.Sassen, S. 2008, "New York city's two geographies of talk" in NYTE. New York Talk Exchange, eds. F. Rojas M., C. Celdesi Valeri, K. Kloeckl & C. Ratti, SA+P Press, , pp. 9-14.

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Secondary LiteratureFarías, I. & Bender, T. 2010, Urban assemblages: how actor-network theory changes urban studies, Routledge, London.MacKenzie, A. 2006, "From Café to Park Bench: W-Fi and technological Overflows in the City" in Mobile technologies of the City, eds. M. Sheller & U. John, Routledge, Oxon, pp. 137-151.

Course 6 Method for observation: social environments

Instruction Lecture


Content This lecture focuses on a methodological approach to ethnographic field study, i a discussion of the three different scholar’s: Erving Gofmann, Edward T. Hall and Alex Pentlan. The lecture present a practical method to capture non-verbal signals and social cues. The cause will further present Erwing Goffman´s concepts of Interaction order, personal front, mobile ‘With´ and mobile ´single´

Literature Primary LiteratureGoffman E. (1959) Presentation of self in everyday life, Peter Smith Pub. (p. 1-50)Hall, Edward T (1973) The hidden Dimension, Doubleday, New York, AnchorBooks (p.1-70)

Secondary LiteratureAlbrecht, K, (2006), Social intelligence : the new science of success, Calif, San Francisco.(p 20 40)Pentlannd, Axel (2007) Human Computing and Machine Understanding of Human Behavior: A Survey, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (p. 47- 71)

Course 7 Diagrammatic mapping of Flow systems 1

Instruction Lecture + assignments


Content This lecture will present diagrammatic time-based visualizing techniques for networked and social behaviors.The student will employ field data from observations and transform them into information structures, which present social and environmental dynamisms over time. with cases form Edward R. Tufte the lecture present visualization techniques that explain quantitative as well as narrative data structures.

Literature Primary LiteratureGarcia, Mark, (2010) The Diagrams in architecture, Chichester, John Wiley.Spuybroek, Lars (2010) Nox, Diamrams (P. 270 - 281)Tufte, E, (2005) Visual Explanations Graphics press LLc, USA (p.13 - 55 )

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Secondary LiteratureGarcia, Mark, (2010) The Diagrams in architecture, Chichester, John Wiley. Taylor, M (2010) Diagramming the Interior (p. 134 - 141)Malner Monice Joy, 2010, Diagrams in Multisensory and Phenomenological Archtiecture (P: 112 - 121)




Content How to make sense of all the data we have collected?- ways to process, draw and make synthesisThis lecture will look at the theory and practice of the map as representation and its relevance for informing design solutions. In a workshop based session the collected data will be processed, visualized and synthesized through different types of mappings.

Literature Primary LiteratureKitchin, R. & Dodge, M. 2007, "Rethinking maps", Progress in Human Geography, vol. 31, no. 3, pp.

Secondary LiteraturePickles, J. 2004, A history of spaces: cartographic reason, mapping, and the geo-coded world, Routledge. Pages 27-59




Content How to make sense of all the data we have collected?- ways to process, draw and make synthesis

Literature Primary LiteratureTaylor, M. A. P., Bonsall, P. W. and Young, W., 2000, Understanding Traffic Systems: Data, Analysis and Presentation

Course 10 Diagrammatic mapping of Flow systems (Pin - up)


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Lecturer PhD Student, Anne-Marie Sanvig Knudsen, Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology

Post-Doc, Jens Chr. Overgaard Madsen, Department of Development and Planning

PhD student Esben Skoubo Poulsen, Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology

Content As a part of the interdisciplinary data synthesis the student are to hand in and present a poster (A1).The poster has to present a synthesized flow analyses in one of the selected flow studies:pedestrian + bike traffic, environmental factors, economic, social and cultural flows, pedestrian mobility and social signals.The session is a discussion and sharing of potential findings, which is open to the whole group in the forthcoming workshop.

Literature No literature

Course 11-15 Design workshop Form and Flow

Instruction 5 day workshop

Lecturer PhD Student, Anne-Marie Sanvig Knudsen, Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology

Post-Doc, Jens Chr. Overgaard Madsen, Department of Development and Planning

PhD student Esben Skoubo Poulsen, Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology

Content It is vital that the project captures the link from the local metro station to the city and the wider regional network system in its conceptualization and design. It is therefore necessary to move beyond urban space design of squares and the immediate metro station environment. The project must ‘challenge the box’ (the existing Metro design) by developing an alternative concept for metro mobility (flow).”

The data collected in Copenhagen will feed into a design workshop, bringing different types of data together from the teams. This should stimulate reflections and discussions among students on what type of data are appropriate for informing a design intervention.

These flow analyses and design statements will be the foundation for an experimental diagrammatic design approach to Nørrebro station. Through an analogous as well as digital sketching process the groups will develop strategies for time-based planning strategies, that address Nørreport’s local as well as regional and global social, economic and physical infrastructures.

The design workshop abstract using analogue diagrammatic modeling and employ parametric modeling technique in the 3d application: Rhinoceros using the visual programming software: Grasshopper. The students will present relational morphogenetic patterns together with time-based adaptive architectural structures that challenge the traditional modernistic box.

As final hand-in the students have to present a model in 1:300 and a A1 poster.

Note: All software has to be installed before workshop start.

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Literature No Literature

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10 Free Study Activities and Study Trips

Conditions: Completion of free study activities requires enrollment of minimum 25 students.

10.1 Free Study Activity 1: Study Trip to Copenhagen and Malmö(2 ECTS)

Coordinator PhD Student, Ditte Bendix Lanng

Lecturers PhD StudentDepartment of Architecture, Design and Media TechnologyDitte Bendix Lanng

Purpose The purpose of the study trip is to support the main project by visiting the Metro in Copenhagen. As the Nørrebro Station of the Copenhagen Metro is the project site for the main project, the study trip aims at providing opportunity for the students to make site mappings. Furthermore the Metro Company in the Ørestad will be visited. Finally the new Metro in Malmö, Sweden will be visited to present a different perspective on Metro design

Objectives Knowledge of the design and engineering principles behind the Metro in Copenhagen as well as an insight into one alternative way of conducting Metro design.


Knowledge Gain knowledge of urban metro design as part of the contemporary

Network CitySkills

Aquire skills of mapping urban metro spaces and transit areas

Competencies Develop competencies for proposing re-design proposals for selected

elements of contemporary metro spaces and transit areas

Literature Primary LiteratureJensen, O. B. (2011) KBH Metroscape – om iscenesættelser af levet mobilitet i Københavns Metro, in Koffoed, L., J. Larsen & M. Freudendal-Pedersen (red.) Byen I bevægelse, Roskilde: Samfundslitteratur (In press) + English translation will be provided

Jensen, O. B. (2008) European Metroscapes - the production of lived mobilities within the socio-technical Metro systems in Copenhagen, London and Paris, paper for the 'Mobility, the City and STS' conference, The Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Copenhagen, November 20-22, 2008

Secondary LiteratureTrip, J. J. (2007) What makes a city? Planning for Quality of Place. The case of high-speed train station area development, Delft: TU Delft (PhD dissertation)Copenhagen Metro (http://www.m.dk/)Malmö Municipality (http://www.malmo.se/English/About-the-City-of-Malmo.html)

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http://www.malmo.se/English/About-the-City-of-Malmo.html

http://www.m.dk/

Submission

Assessment Requirements The criterion for successful assessment of this study trip (‘free study

activity’) is active participation, contributing to reflexive dialogues with fellow students, supervisor and people we meet on site as well as mapping on location.

The course will be evaluated by Pass/Fail

DateOctober 5 to October 7 2011

Instruction The Study trip is carried out as a mix of on-site mapping at Nørrebro Station, visits to the Metro Company, and visits to Malmö

Content The purpose of the study trip is to support the main project by visiting the Metro in Copenhagen. As the Nørrebro Station of the Copenhagen Metro is the project site for the main project, the study trip aims at providing opportunity for the students to make site mappings. Furthermore the Metro Company in the Ørestad will be visited. Finally the new Metro in Malmö, Sweden will be visited to present a different perspective on Metro design.

October 5Lecture by the Metro Company Chief Architect at Forum StationVisit at the Metro Company in the Ørestad and lectureVisit at the Municipality of Copenhagen Planning Dept.

October 6Visit to the New Metro in MalmöVisit at the Municipality of Malmö Planning Dept.

October 7Mapping at Nørreport Station (input for project module)

Data gathering for form and flow In groups of two the students will collect data focused on a flow theme

introduced in the course: Form and Flow. The data gathering will take 24 hours and can be done over two days. The assignment is to map the social, economic and physical infrastructures of the site.

Questionnaires The assignment is to produce a questionnaire designated to reveal

determinants of flow amongst users of/visitors to Nørrebro Station and to execute the survey at the site. Data must be processed and analyzed in terms to identify determinants of flows that are significant for the design phase.

Data Gps-tracking Environmental data.

Observations [Photo]

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Personal front Interaction order Inter-human Distances: (Intimate, personal, social and public) Front stage/Backstage regions Main flow paths (car, truck, bike, pedestrian)

Flow dependencies Product flow (close tracking “made in China”) Food flow (“made in ?”) Cultural flows Social flows

Destination Copenhagen and Malmö

Preparation A travel program is developed in an organizing group before the study trip

Materials Students must bring digital cameras and other relevant site mapping tools

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