2022 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Architecture and Building Engineering Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
Historic Perspective of Space I
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
- Instructor(s)
- Ushio Saito
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- UDE.D401
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses on the relationship between historic city and its landscape in the first half.
The second half discusses the history of green space planning.
Course description and aims
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
1.Explain idea of urban and green space planning from the standpoint of landscape.
2.Explain the variety and meaning of the framework of urban and green space planning from the historical perspective.
Keywords
history, urban planning, green space planning, landscape
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This class meets once a week for 7weeks.
Some ideological experiments without advance knowledge are done at times to deepen the understanding about the concept of city in the first half.
The second half discusses the history of green space planning.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction-What is City? | Understanding of the concept of city |
| Class 2 | Spellbinding Characteristics in the Selection of Ancient City Location | Understanding of variety of city form |
| Class 3 | City as a Symbol of Power and Control | Understanding of variety of city form |
| Class 4 | Social Problems and Utopia | Understanding of ideal city |
| Class 5 | Concept of City and Green Space Planning | Understanding of city and green space |
| Class 6 | Concept of Green and Green Space Planning | Understanding of green space planning |
| Class 7 | Ideal of Urban Development on The Tokyo Green Space Planning | Understanding of The Tokyo Green Space Planning |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Preparation is not required.
After class, student are encouraged to deepen discussion of city, green space, and keywords on them presented in class.
Textbook(s)
No textbook is set.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Course materials are distributed during class.
Evaluation methods and criteria
The first half：Participation in each thought experiment(30%)+Report(70%)
The second half：Report(100%)
Total= average of the first and second half grades
Related courses
- The perspective of historical space Ⅱ
Prerequisites
None required.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
saito.u.aa(at)m.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
Instructor’s office：West Bidg.9, Rm 501, 5Fl. Contact by e-mail in advance to schedule an appointment.