2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
Historic Perspective of Space II
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
- Instructor(s)
- Junko Sanada / Takaaki Nakagawa
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- UDE.D405
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Apr 7, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This lecture will be given by Sanada and part-time lecturers. The latter three sessions will be given as intensive lectures on 8 July.
It is important to know how cities have been formed in order to understand the contemporary city and its future. Students are expected to learn the history of the city and its planning as its basic knowledge and to understand various planning thoughts and methods which are still effective in modern times.
Course description and aims
Understanding the concepts inherent in urban planning
Keywords
History of city, Planning history
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
All classes are given by lecture. The three lectures will be given intensively on Saturday 12 July.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Guidance, Value inherent in urban planning. | Understanding the urban planning context |
| Class 2 | Urban concepts and green space planning | Review of urban planning history from a green space perspective. |
| Class 3 | Green concepts and green space planning | Learn about the history of green space planning in Japan. |
| Class 4 | Urban development ideas in the Tokyo Park System | Digging deeper into the Tokyo Park System. |
| Class 5 | Planning and driving forces in urban planning. | Urban planning from a planning and driving force perspective. |
| Class 6 | Planning and driving force in Yoshikazu Uchida's early urban planning1 | Understanding urban planning philosophy with reference to specific examples |
| Class 7 | Planning and driving force in Yoshikazu Uchida's early urban planning2 | Understanding urban planning philosophy with reference to specific examples |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None required
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Distribute as necessary.
Evaluation methods and criteria
End of Term Report (100%)
Related courses
- CVE.D211 ： Introduction to National Land Use and City Planning
- ARC.P305 ： National and City Planning
Prerequisites
As the three intensive lectures will be held on 12 July, only those who are able to attend on that day may take the course.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Sanada Junko, sanada.j.aa[at]m.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
Contact by e-mail in advance