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Ryerson University Department of Architectural Science PLX 599: The Human World – Urban Structures + Processes Fall, 2010 (revised Tuesday, September 14, 2010)=

This course investigates ideas and theories about the city, providing students with tools needed to select, analyze and plan an urban site, as well as to design an appropriate building in this complex environment. The relationship with and reaction to physical, social, economic, political, and cultural contexts are discussed using both local and international examples. Planning and zoning principles, including height, density, use, traffic and pedestrian flows are addressed, as are the administrative and political processes for controlling urban development. Lect: 3 hrs. Co-requisite: ASC 520, Prerequisites: ASC 401 and ASC 402 and ASC 403 and ASC 405 and ASC 406 and CVL 407. Course Weight: 1.00

Dates, Times and Location of CourseFridays, 1:10pm– 4:00pmRoom: ARC 108

1. Instructors: 1.1 Dr. Ian MacBurnie, Associate ProfessorRoom: ARC 309, Department of Architectural ScienceTel: (416) 979-5000 ext. 6496Email: [email protected]

1.2 Nancy AlcockRoom: SBB 446, 4th Floor, School of Urban and Regional Planning, 105 Bond Street Tel: (416) 979-5000 ext. 6764Email: [email protected]

1.3 Regina (Lai Man) Shing (GA)Tel: (647) 262-6687Email: [email protected]

1.4 Student Counselling Hours: Student counselling hours are posted on each instructor’s office door.

2. Course Description

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Ryerson University Department of Architectural Science PLX 599: The Human World – Urban Structures + Processes Fall, 2010 (revised Tuesday, September 14, 2010)

2.1 Course SummaryPLX 599 is intended to introduce undergraduate students to the literature and an array of ideas and theories about the city, especially as concern its structures and processes, in order to provide students with an understanding of the context in which architecture is made. Several Western European, North American, and Asian cities provide a socially, politically, economically, and culturally diverse backdrop against which unfolded the most influential urban planning and design ideas, theories, and projects of the last 150 years. In light of this material, students will have a better command of the vital roles played by urban planning and design in the conception of an architectural project that may be considered appropriate, all the more important given the world’s environmental crisis and the associated, historic shift of population from rural to urban areas.

2.2 Course Objectives and intended learning outcomesAffording an introductory overview of theoretical and other issues, this course seeks to provide students with a foundation for further studies while stimulating interest in the subject of the city, especially as concerns interrelationships between architecture and urbanism. This course affords students the opportunity to enhance their verbal, research, presentation, and critical thinking skills. In terms of learning outcomes, this course will provide students with the tools needed to select, analyze, and plan an urban site as well as to design an appropriate building in a complex, urban setting.

2.3 Course Structure and Topics to be covered

“Cities are the defining artifacts of civilisation. All the achievements and failings of humanity are here. Civic buildings, monuments, archives and institutions are the touchstones by which our cultural heritage is passed from one generation to the next. We shape the city, then it shapes us. Today, almost half the global population lives in cities. By 2030, the proportion is likely to be two-thirds." John Reader, Cities.

Delivered within clearly defined social, economic, political, and cultural contexts, this course features weekly lectures and a design studio component. Simply put, the course combines theory with application. Complex ideas, theories, and sets of issues related to the question of making an architectural intervention in the city are first discussed in class and then tested in the studio by means of an actual design proposition. The “application” aspect permits students to understand design as a means of researching and testing key ideas, theories, strategies, and concepts. This year, students will form teams to conceive one of several architectural/urban design strategies for sites in Burlington, Ontario. The project requires students first to articulate an urban design vision, and then, in keeping with that vision, to formulate an appropriate architectural intervention for one of the sites under study.

The studio aspect of the work is to be undertaken “in the spirit of”, which is to say that students first learn and then apply key design principles and research methods employed by an internationally acclaimed architectural practice. Students will choose from one of the following firms: Steven Holl, Adriaan Geuze/West 8, Norman Foster/Foster and Partners, FOA/Foreign Office Architects, Rem Koolhaas/OMA, MVRDV.

In addition to weekly lectures presented on a rotating basis by the two course instructors – the one an architect and urban designer, the other a planner – this course features one or more lectures by guests and a highly recommended, though optional, fieldtrip to New York City.

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Discussed in light of both local and international examples and from a perspective that highlights social, economic, political, and cultural perspectives, the principal topics covered in this course are: - Planning and zoning principles, including height, density, use, accessibility, traffic and pedestrian flows - The administrative and political structures and processes that control urban development- Ideas and theories about the city – historic, contemporary, and emerging - How to select, analyze and plan an urban site and design an appropriate building in a complex urban environment- The roles of public health, safety, welfare, property rights, and building codes in planning a site and designing an appropriate building in a complex urban environment

The above are discussed in reference to the following themes and topics: urbanization, industrialization, regulation, policy formulation, infrastructure design and development, landscape design, suburbanization, the experience of urban renewal, the discipline of urban design, de-industrialization, and contemporary responses to ongoing socio-economic and environmental crises.

2.4 Texts and Reading Lists1. Hodge, Gerald and David L.A. Gordon (2008). Planning Canadian Communities: An Introduction to the Principles, Practice and Participants, Fifth Edition. Toronto: Thomson Nelson.2. Larice, Michael and Elizabeth Macdonald, eds. (2007). The Urban Design Reader. London and New York: Routledge.3. Reader, John (2004). Cities. London: Grove Press. (Students may reference a more recent edition of this text if they wish)4. Sewell, John (1993). The Shape of the City: Toronto Struggles with Modern Planning. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Copies of the required texts have been placed on the Reserve Shelf in the Ryerson Library. Copies are available also at libraries at the University of Toronto, York University, and in the City of Toronto's library system. Students are strongly encouraged to acquire personal copies of the required texts as they include material that will be tested on the mid-term and final examinations.

2.5 Teaching MethodologyThis course is reading intensive, and includes a significant design component. To be successful, students are expected to dedicate a minimum of three hours per hour of lecture time for completing the required reading, research, and design-related work. As the course is scheduled for three hours per week, the expectation is that students will dedicate a minimum of nine hours per week. It is strongly recommended that students block off a dedicated period of time on a weekly basis – for instance, two hours per day – to ensure that sufficient time is allocated in order to avoid falling behind either in the readings or in the research and design-related components of the course. In general, the course comprises a lecture, to be delivered by the instructors, presentations by guest lecturers, and presentations by the students themselves. Lectures and presentations are augmented by weekly discussion sessions. Material from the required texts, from lectures and guest presentations, and from student presentations forms the core of midterm and final examination material.

The course features an associated urban design project component (required) and a four-day, three night New York City fieldtrip (participation optional). See “Out-of-Pocket Expenses” for an estimate of cost. The fieldtrip is planned to take place from Friday, September 24 to Monday, September 27, inclusive.

3. Expectations / Requirements of the StudentsStudents are expected to attend class as well as to attend and participate in all discussion sessions. Success in this course is contingent on a very high rate of attendance and participation. All students are required to meet with the instructor during office hours at least once prior to beginning their design assignments, making class presentations. These meetings shall occur during the instructor’s office hours. Students are required to complete all the work outlined below.

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3.1 Examinations, Assignments, and Weighting of Each

30 percent: A closed book, midterm examination. This will include material from class lectures, guest presentations (if any), student presentations (if any), and required readings. Exam scheduled Friday, October 15.

30 percent: A closed book, final examination. This will include material from class lectures, guest presentations, the midterm examination, student presentations (if any), and required readings.

15 percent: Pop quizzes.

25 percent: Architectural/Urban Design assignment. Students will form teams to complete an architectural/urban design proposal for one of several sites in Burlington, Ontario. Grade breakdown: 10.0 percent interim presentation; 15.0 percent final presentation and submission. Deliverables: see Section 12 of this Course Outline for details.

_________ 100 percent: Total Course Grade

NB: In addition to the above, the following condition applies:

- To be eligible to pass this course, the student MUST achieve a passing grade (50% and more) on the Final Examination

Please note: - Work submitted late for any assignment WILL NOT be accepted, and will receive a grade of zero. - Students who do not take the midterm exam as scheduled will receive a grade of zero for that aspect of the course grade. - Section 3.5 below provides additional information regarding late work and late penalties.

Grades for the midterm examination and pop quizzes will be provided to students within three weeks. The final date to officially drop a Fall undergraduate term class(es) in good Academic Standing (no refund of fees) is Friday, November 12. By that time, students will have received grades for work equal to approximately thirty-five percent of the overall course grade.

3.2 Posting of GradesGrades will be posted on Dr. MacBurnie’s office door, ARC 309 (numerically sorted by the last four or five digits of the student’s identification number only – the student’s name will not appear). Students who wish to have their grades not posted must inform the instructor of their preference in writing. Students will receive their final course grade only from the Registrar.

3.3. Course Schedule and Deadlines:Course Schedule structure:Fridays: 1:10pm – 2:30pm: Instructor lectures.2:45pm – 4:00pm: Instructor and/or guests lecture, or instructor moderates discussion session with students.

Please note: course schedule and assignments are subject to change. Notice will be given as soon as possible in the event of changes. Please refer to the 2010/2011 Full Time Undergraduate Calendar on the Ryerson University website for a complete list of significant dates for the fall semester.

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Week-by-Week Schedule:

Dr. MacBurnie’s lectures are indicated below in red, Prof. Alcock’s lectures in blue, and joint lectures in green.

Week 1: September 6 – September 10.1. Friday, September 10.

Theme: The City: an introduction

Lecture:Theme: Urbanization and industrializationTimeframe: late 18th century – 1930sCase Studies: London, CIAMPeople and Topics: industrialization, property rights, Bloomsbury London, Bedford Square, Ebenezer Howard, Garden City, Hampstead Garden Suburb, Letchworth, Welywn, Ernst May and Frankfurt, Weissenhof Stuttgart, CIAM and the Athens CharterEvent: Assignment of architectural/urban design project.

Required Readings: (NB: In this instance only, assigned readings are to be completed after the lecture has been given, as students will not yet have had the opportunity to be made aware of or obtain these texts. Please note that the readings assigned for each subsequent lecture are to be completed prior to the lecture being given)1. Reader, John. Cities. Chapters 1-7 (inclusive), 15, 16, 17, 18.2. “General Introduction”, in The Urban Design Reader.3. “Introduction to Part One”, in The Urban Design Reader.4. Sitte, Camillo. “The Meager and Unimaginative Character of Modern City Plans” and “Artistic Limitations of Modern City Planning”, in The Urban Design Reader.5. Cullen, Gordon. “Introduction to the Concise Townscape”, in The Urban Design Reader.6. Mumford, Lewis. “The Garden City Idea and Modern Planning”, in The Urban Design Reader.

Recommended Readings:1. Mumford, Eric (2000). The CIAM Discourse on Urbanism, 1928-1960. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Monday, September 6LABOUR DAY (UNIVERSITY CLOSED)

Tuesday, September 7Classes commence for full- and part-time undergraduate programs.

Friday, September 10Final date for full payment of undergraduate tuition fees* for the Fall 2010/Winter 2011 academic year. Students who choose to defer payment of all or part of their Winter 2011 undergraduate tuition fees until after September 30, will be assessed a $70 (subject to change) deferral fee. Late fees will be assessed on unpaid Fall 2010 undergraduate tuition fees as of September 11, 2010 and, on unpaid Winter 2011 undergraduate tuition fees as of January 8, 2011.Final date to clear all outstanding academic graduation requirements to be eligible for the Fall 2010 Convocation and to clear all financial and other obligations to receive an official award document.Final date to cancel an Application to graduate for the Fall 2010 Convocation.

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Week 2: September 13 – September 17.2. Friday, September 17.

Burlington, Ontario fieldtrip.Departure at 1:00pm (sharp) from DAS, 325 Church Street.Students are to bring along with them video recording equipment, digital cameras, and notebooks.

Friday, September 17Final date to request missing Spring/Summer 2010 undergraduate grades.Final date to appeal Spring/Summer 2010 final undergraduate grades or Academic Standing.Final date to add or change undergraduate classes, in Fall 2010 for full- and part-time undergraduate program students. Final date to withdraw from an undergraduate program and be eligible for the majority of fees to be refunded. ($400 non-refundable charge for Fall admission or re-admission approvals, full-time programs; $200 non-refundable charge for Fall admission or re-admission approvals, part-time programs)Final date to drop an undergraduate class to be eligible for a full refund of fees (if a course drop results in a lower fee range), for full- and part-time undergraduate program students. Refer to Refund Schedule in this calendar.Final date to submit a GPA Adjustment request for a Fall 2010 course.

Week 3: September 20 – September 24.3. Friday, September 24 – Monday, September 27

Week 4: September 27 – October 1.4. Friday, October 1.

Lecture 1:Theme: Urbanization, regulation, and design Timeframe: late 19th century – 1930sCase Study Cities: New York City, ParisPeople and Topics: Property rights, building codes, 1916 Zoning Law, Hugh Ferris, 1929 Regional Plan of New York, Le Corbusier, Contemporary City, Plan Voisin, Radiant CityRequired Readings:1. Reader, John. Cities. Chapters 8, 9, 10.2. Norbert-Schultz, Christian. “The Phenomenon of Place”, in The Urban Design Reader.3. Vernez Moudon, Ann. Getting to Know the Built Landscape: Typomorphology”, in The Urban Design

Reader.4. Le Corbusier. “The Pack-Donkey’s Way and Man’s Way” and “A Contemporary City”, in The Urban

Design Reader.5. Berman, Marshall. “The Family of Eyes” and “The Mire of the Macadam”, in The Urban Design

Reader.6. Bacon, Edmund N. “Upsurge of the Renaissance”, in The Urban Design Reader.

Lecture 2: Theme: Urbanization, regulation, and policy Timeframe: late 19th century – 1930sCase Study City: Toronto Topics: planning, zoning, density, use administrative and political processes for controlling urban development

Required Readings:1. Hodge, Gerald and David Gordon. Chapters 1, 4-8 inclusive, 13.

Friday, October 1 Final date to submit an application for admission or re-admission into an undergraduate full- or part-time degree program for the Winter 2011 term (for guaranteed consideration).

Week 5: October 4– October 8.5. Friday, October 8.

Theme: Infrastructure, landscape, and policyTimeframe: late 19th century – 1980sCase Studies: Toronto, Province of Ontario

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Topics: Park planning, green spaces, transportation and pedestrian flows, regional policy environment and infrastructure planning

Required Readings:1. Hodge, Gerald and David Gordon. “Planning Regional and Metropolitan Communities” (Chapter 9), “Policy Tools for Plan Implementation (Chapter 14).2. Sewell, John. “Dreaming of a Better City” (Chapter 1).

Friday, October 8Final date to drop a Fall undergraduate class and be eligible for a 50% refund, if applicable, for full- and part-time undergraduate program students. A 50% drop charge applies if a class drop results in a lower fee range. Refer to Refund Schedule in this calendar. Final date to withdraw from an undergraduate program and be eligible for a 50% refund of Fall 2010 fees.


Theme: Infrastructure, landscape, and design Timeframe: 19th century – 1930sCase Study Cities: Paris, New York, ChicagoPeople and Topics: Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Frederick Law Olmsted, Central Park, Riverside, Daniel Burnham, World’s Columbian Exposition, City Beautiful, Robert Moses, Frank Lloyd Wright, Broadacre City

Event: 3:00pm – 4:00pm: Midterm examination

Required Readings:1. Reader, John. Cities. Chapter 11.2. Olmsted, Frederick Law. “Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns”, in The Urban Design

Reader.4. Lynch, Kevin. “Dimensions of Performance”, in The Urban Design Reader.5. Lynch, Kevin. “The Image of the Environment” and “The City Image and its Elements”, in The Urban

Design Reader.6. Oldenberg, Ray. “The Problem of Place in America”, in The Urban Design Reader.7. Marcus, Clare Cooper and Carolyn Francis. “Urban Plazas”, in The Urban Design Reader.8. Jacobs, Allan B. “Conclusion: Great Streets and City Planning”, in The Urban Design Reader.9. Hayden, Dolores. “Place, Memory and Urban Preservation”, in The Urban Design Reader.

Monday, October 11Thanksgiving holiday – classes cancelled

Friday, October 15Final date to submit an appeal for OSAP funds for any trimester, co-op or other programs with a December year end.


Theme: Suburbanization and policy Timeframe: 1940s – 1970sCase Studies: Toronto, the GTAPeople and Topics: Don Mills, Mississauga, Macklin Hancock/Project Planning

Event: 2:30pm – 4:00pm: Interim Presentations of Architectural/Urban Design Projects (value: 10.0 percent).

Required Readings:1. Hodge, Gerald and David Gordon. “The Growth of Canadian Community Planning - 1945-2000”

(Chapter 5). 2. Sewell, John. Chapters 2, 3, 4.

Recommended Reading:

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1. Hodge, Gerald and David Gordon. “Future Challenges for Community Planning in Canada” (Chapter 15).

Tuesday, October 19 and Wednesday, October 20: Fall 2010 Convocation

Thursday, October 21Final date to submit an OSAP application to be eligible to receive funding for the current September to April academic year. Applications submitted after this date will be eligible to receive OSAP funding from the date the application is received.

Week 8: October 25 – October 29.8. Friday, October 29.

Theme: Suburbanization and design Timeframe: 1920s – 1960s Case Studies: metropolitan New York, Los Angeles People and Topics: Radburn, Lewis Mumford, Regional Planning Association of America, Levittown, Lakewood

Event: 2:30pm – 4:00pm: Interim Presentations of Architectural/Urban Design Projects (value: 10.0 percent) (continued).

Required Readings:1. Perry, Clarence. “The Neighorhood Unit”, in The Urban Design Reader.2. Hough, Michael. “Principles for Regional Design”, in The Urban Design Reader.3. Lozano, Eduardo. “Density in Communities, or the Most Important Factor in Building Urbanity”, in The Urban Design Reader. 4. Alexander, Christopher. “The Timeless Way”, in The Urban Design Reader.5. Gillham, Oliver. “What is Sprawl?”, in The Urban Design Reader.

Week 9: November 1 – November 5.9. Friday, November 5.

Theme: Urban Renewal and policyTimeframe: 1920s – 2000s Case Study City: TorontoPeople and Topics: Cabbagetown, Regent Park (c1940s), Regent Park (today), gentrification, St. Jamestown, St. Lawrence Village, Jane Jacobs

Event: 2:30pm – 4:00pm: Guest Lecture by Dr. Mitchell Kosny, Director, Ryerson School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP)

Required Readings:1. Jacobs, Jane. “Author’s Introduction” and “The Uses of Sidewalks”, in The Urban Design Reader.2. Hester, Randolph. “Neighorhood Space”, in The Urban Design Reader.3. Gehl, Jan. “Three Types of Outdoor Activities” and “Life Between Buildings”, in The Urban Design

Reader.4. Sucher, David. “Getting Around”, in The Urban Design Reader.5. Case Scheer, Brenda. “The Debate on Design Review”, in The Urban Design Reader.6. Punter, John. “Design Guidelines in American Cities: Conclusions”, in The Urban Design Reader.7. Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Task Force Report (Fung Report), March, 2000.8. City of Toronto (2001). Making Waves – Central Waterfront Plan Part II.

Week 10: November 8– November 12.10. Friday, November 12.

Lecture 1:Theme: Urban Renewal and Urban Design Timeframe: 1920s – 1990s Case Studies: Detroit, New York City, the Sunbelt People and Topics: Brewster Project, Lafayette Park, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig Hilbersheimer, Greenwich Village, Battery Park City, DPZ and the New Urbanism, Seaside, Edge City

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Require Readings:1. Reader, John. (2004). Cities. Chapter 19.2. Kelbaugh, Douglas S. “Critical Regionalism: An Architecture of Place”, in The Urban Design Reader.3. Congress for the New Urbanism. “Charter of the New Urbanism”, in The Urban Design Reader.4. Jacobs, Allan B. and Donald Appleyard. “Toward an Urban Design Manifesto”, in The Urban Design

Reader.5. Lang, Jon. “Urban Design as a Discipline and as a Profession”, in The Urban Design Reader.6. Krier, Leon. “Critiques” and “Urban Components”, in The Urban Design Reader.7. Vidler, Anthony. “The Third Typology”, in The Urban Design Reader.8. Vernez Moudon, Anne. “A Catholic Approach to Organizing What Urban Designers Should Know”, in The Urban Design Reader.9. Whyte, William H. “Introduction”, “The Life of Plazas”, “Sitting Space”, and “Sun, Wind, Trees, and Water”, in The Urban Design Reader.

Lecture 2:Theme: De-industrialization, the environmental crisis, and policy and designTimeframe: 1960s – 2000sCase Studies: The GTA, DetroitTopics: De-industrialization, urban decline, suburban growth, sustainability, sustainable urbanism, green urbanism

Event: 3:15pm – 4:00pm: Guest Lecture by Paul Bedford, Former Chief Planner, City of Toronto. Theme: The Future of Toronto in the 21st Century

Required Readings:1. Metro Portland: “Green Streets”, in The Urban Design Reader.2. Cervero, Robert. “Drawing Lessons and Debunking Myths”, in The Urban Design Reader.3. Ellin, Nan. “Themes of Postmodern Urbanism”, in The Urban Design Reader.4. Frey, Hildebrand. “Compact, Decentralised, or What?”, in The Urban Design Reader.

Recommended Readings: 1. Burdett, Ricky and Deyan Sudjic (2009). The Endless City. New York: Phaidon. (“An authoritative and visually rich survey of the contemporary city”).2. City of Toronto Official Plan (2006).3. Government of Ontario (2006). Places to Grow: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Toronto: Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal.4. Waldheim, Charles. (2006). The Landscape Urbanism Reader. New York: Princeton Architectural

Press.

For a work on sustainable urbanism, see:1. Firard, Luigi Fusco et al, ed. (2003). The Human Sustainable City: Challenges and Perspectives from the Habitat Agenda.

Suggested Viewing:“The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream”(2004). Documentary film written and directed by Toronto-based filmmaker Gregory Greene.

Friday, November 12Final date to officially drop a Fall undergraduate term class(es) in good Academic Standing (no refund of fees). Non-attendance in Fall classes after this date will result in a failing grade for full- and part-time undergraduate program students. Final date to withdraw from an undergraduate program for the Fall 2010 term in good Academic Standing (no refund of Fall 2010 fees).

Week 11: November 15– November 1911. Friday, November 19.

Theme: The city of the future and the future of the cityTimeframe: 1960s – 2000sCase Studies: Toronto, Vancouver, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Mexico City, Mumbai, DubaiTopics: Globalization, the global city, urbanism in the context of international development

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Event: 2:00pm – 4:00pm: Final presentations of architectural/urban design projects (value: 15.0 percent).

Required Readings:1. Reader, John. Cities. Chapters 12-14 inclusive, and Chapter 20.2. Koolhaas, Rem. “The Generic City”, in The Urban Design Reader.

Recommended Readings:1. Gugler, Josef, ed. (2004). World Cities Beyond the West: Globalization, Development and Inequality. New York: Cambridge University Press. The following chapters are of particular relevance:

- Wu Weiping and Shahid Yusuf. “Shanghai: Remaking China’s future global City”.- Ward, Peter M. “Mexico City in an Era of Globalization and Demographic Downturn”.- Sassen, Saskia. “Afterward”.

For a work on Vancouver urbanism, see:1. Punter, John (2003). The Vancouver Achievement.

For works on urbanism in South and Southeast Asia, see:1. McGee, Terry G. et al, eds. (1995). Mega Urban Regions of Southeast Asia.2. Palocsia, Raffaele, ed. (2004). The Contested Metropolis: Seven Cities at the Beginning of the 21st

Century.

Week 12: November 22– November 2612. Friday, November 26.

Event: 1:00pm – 4:00pm: Final presentations of architectural/urban design projects (value: 15.0 percent). (continued)

Friday, November 26Last meeting date for Fall 2010 undergraduate classes scheduled on Fridays.

Friday, December 3 Classes end for full- and part-time undergraduate programs. Classes normally scheduled on Mondays will meet for the last class on this day.Final date to pick up OSAP loan documents with a December year end.

Monday, December 6 to Saturday, December 18 Fall term undergraduate examination period, including Saturday, December 11.

Saturday, December 18Official end of term for undergraduate programs.

Thursday, December 23 to Sunday, January 2Mid-Year Break, the University will close at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 22. The University will re-open at 8 a.m. on Monday January 3, 2011.

3.4 Other Expectations and RequirementsAs noted earlier, course material (i.e.: Course Outline, assignments, schedule changes, bulletins, etc) is delivered via Blackboard, and may be found on this course’s Blackboard site and/or via emails sent by the instructor to a student’s University email account. Students are required to review material as provided on the course website. To ensure compliance with the above, students are expected to check the Blackboard site and their individual University email accounts on a daily basis.

Examples of students’ work from all courses will be collected and archived by the Department for Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB) accreditation review. This process will be in accord with University and Departmental policies.

Students preparing material on computer are responsible for maintaining their hardware and software in proper working order and for backing up their work on a regular and frequent basis.

Computer malfunction and/or lost data due to carelessness, neglect, failure to maintain systems, or theft (i.e.: leaving your computer inside your car) will not be accepted as an excuse for late or incomplete work.

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Access to the workshop for model-making is vital toward the end of the term. Advise Workshop Technician Frank Bowen of any special material or technical requirements well in advance of due dates. Allow ample time for procurement of material and execution of work – remember, at the end of the term, the workshop is a very busy environment, and it may not be possible to access equipment at a moment’s notice.

No food may be consumed in the classroom. No hats may be worn, and cell phones must be in the off mode. The use of laptops is prohibited during the class. For presentations, students are required to consult the material indicated in the week-by-week schedule.

3.5 Late Work and Late PenaltiesWork submitted late for any assignment WILL NOT be accepted, and will receive a grade of zero. Students who do not take the midterm exam as scheduled will receive a grade of zero for that aspect of the course grade. Students who fail to attend all DAS lectures and the Urban Waterfronts panel discussion event will receive a grade of zero. All assignments, whether completed individually or in a team, MUST conform to the parameters and standards established by the instructor.

To succeed in the course, it is vital that all work be completed on time and as indicated in the week-by-week schedule. Team members must work together and share the burden: members who fail to complete an equal share of the work will be penalised 50-percent of that portion of the overall course grade. Those teams or individuals failing to present work as stipulated will be penalised 75-percent of that portion of the overall course grade.

4. Variations within a CourseThere is only one section, which is course section PLX 599– 011.

5. Department of Architectural Science PoliciesStudents are referred to the Department of Architectural Science Student Handbook for information on Department policies.

6. Ryerson University Academic PoliciesAcademic matters are regulated by the Student Handbook of the Department of Architectural Science, Student Codes of Academic (Policy #60) and Non-academic Conduct (Policy #61),and the Academic Policies and Procedures of the University as detailed in the Calendar of Ryerson University.

This material is also available on the University website, www.ryerson.ca/senate/polices. Students are referred to these policies.

Students are advised to pay particular attention to the second on Plagiarism and related Academic Dishonesty.

Please note that if the instructor has reason to suspect that an individual piece of work has been plagiarised, the instructor shall be permitted to submit that work to any plagiarism service.

Students who are uncertain about what constitutes plagiarism are advised to discuss their concerns with the course instructor.

7. Student Email AccountsThe University has a policy which requires all students to have a Ryerson University email account. Students will be requested to activate their account at the start of the academic year. Please visit the University’s Computing and Communications website www.ccs.ryerson.ca/students if you have any questions. Notices and announcements of an official nature will be sent via this account. Announcements for this course will be posted on the Blackboard course website. Your email account UserID and Password will also provide access to the Blackboard system.

8. Student AccommodationsStudents with special needs who require accommodation must register with the Access Centre (www.ryerson.ca/accesscentre) and follow their procedures.

Students who require accommodation for religious observance obligations are required to adhere to the University Policy and must submit the Student Declaration of Religious Observance form (www.ryerson.ca/senate/forms/relobservforminstr.pdf) within the first two weeks of each semester.

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Students encountering stress-related or other emotional difficulties are encouraged to contact the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Science Counsellor. Counselling is conducted on the basis of strict confidentiality.

Students must complete and submit within the stipulated timeframe the official University form (www.ryerson.ca/senate/forms/medical.pdf), duly completed, dated, and signed by the administering physician, in the event they seek accommodation for medical reasons. Consideration will be given only to those students who comply fully with this rule. NO EXCEPTIONS will be considered.

9. CACB CriteriaThe following skills and areas of knowledge (as defined by the Canadian Architectural Certification Board criteria) are delivered in PLX 599:

7. Human behaviourAwareness of the theories and methods of inquiry that seek to clarify the relationships between human behaviour and the physical environment.23. Legal responsibilitiesUnderstanding of architects’ legal responsibilities with respect to public health, safety, and welfare; property rights; zoning and subdivision ordinances; building codes; accessibility and other factors affecting building design, construction and architecture practice.

10. Out-of-Pocket ExpensesStudents should allocate approximately one hundred-twenty dollars to purchase the required texts; please note that copies are available in various libraries. Furthermore, students should budget for the production of booklets and/or presentations as described above. Regarding participating in the New York City fieldtrip, students should anticipate spending approximately $300 to $350 for transportation and accommodation expenses. Additional expenses, including food, entry to museums, etc., are not included in this estimate.

11. Related Courses and further studies:Ryerson University offers a number of elective courses exploring in considerable depth many of the above themes. For instance, the School of Urban and Regional Planning offers courses on the city, including PLG 300: Theories in Urban and Regional Planning; PLE 545: History of City Development; and PLE 755: Contemporary Urban Design; PLE 885 International Field Camp. Within our program, PMT 521 Housing 1 explores related subjects and themes from the perspective of the architecture of housing. Interested students should consult the course calendar for particulars.

12. Architectural/Urban Design Assignment DeliverablesStudents will form teams to complete an architectural/urban design project for the St. Jamestown area of downtown Toronto. This aspect of the course is worth 25 percent, calculated as follows:

-10.0 percent: Interim presentation of work in progress. Deliverables: jpg images burned onto a CD; work to include historical analysis of the site and immediate context, overall building program currently occupying the site (ie: how many square meters of development is St. Jamestown, what percentage of this is residential, commercial, dedicated public space), background material on the firm you are designing “in the spirit of”, articulation of that firm's five (5) key design principles, how these principles are being applied to the site in question, preliminary architectural and urban design strategy.-15.0 percent: Final presentation of work, final submission.

Deliverables per team include a CD, booklet, and physical model (submission date as indicated above in the Course Outline).

13. Date of Issue The date of issue of this Course Outline is Tuesday, September 14, 2010.

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