MODULE I: Introduction to Urban Planning and Theories of the City (15 hours)
- Cities throughout history
- Urban planning of the 20th and 21st centuries
- Theories of modern and postmodern urbanism
- “Cities for people” and citizen-centered urban planning
- Conversational test on theories of the city
MODULE II: Urban Structure and Urban Phenomena (15 hours)
- Land use, infrastructure, buildings and public space
- Processes of gentrification, displacement and exclusion
- Right to the city, spatial justice and urban communality
- Urban Processes and Palimpsest
- Territorial commons and urban polyphony
- Analysis of the city using layers
- Scalar Urban Analysis Workshop
MODULE III: Urban Planning focused on Sustainable Cities (18 hours)
- Principles of Urban Sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals
- The city as a dynamic system: Urban metabolism
- Post-extractive urbanism and ecological transition
- Urban Mobility
- Urban and territorial planning instruments
- Urban Living Lab: Participatory approaches to planning, community and co-design
- Workshop on Sustainable Strategies for Urban Planning
MODULE IV: Sustainable Urban Design (24 hours)
- Urban porosity and its scalar impact
- Self-sufficient compact cities: eco-city, 15-minute city and cellular urbanism
- Urban development permits and Peruvian regulations
- Urban acupuncture: successful cases in Latin America
- Urban matrices and road design
- Design of inclusive public spaces: surfaces, furniture, uses and appropriations.
- Workshop on Sustainable Urban Design