Course syllabus

Stadsplanering
Urban Planning

ASBF20, 7,5 credits, G2 (First Cycle)

Valid for: 2021/22
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering, LTH
Decided by: PLED A
Date of Decision: 2021-04-13

General Information

Elective for: V4-tv
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish

Aim

To mediate knowledge of the Swedish Plan and Building Law (PBL) and how it relates to planning and building. Emphasis is given to the part of the law that affects planning and its application. Extra emphasis is put on detailed planning, how it is executed and its connection to giving building permit.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

• understand how a formal plan of detail ensures desired qualities in an environment.
• relate different levels of scale to one another, and perceive how different means of planning affect one another.
• interpret formal plans and their effects on formal permission to erect buildings and similar preconditions.

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

• draw up a formal detailed plan in the form of maps, regulations and descriptions.
• by reference to existing formal plans for a given site assess preconditions for building on it.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

• take account of the interplay between people and their physical surroundings.
• to include in his or her assessments a complete appreciation of the relevant aspects of Swedish social and legislative (i.e. PBL) requirements.

Contents

• Analysis of different built-up environments
• Links between detailed and more general levels of planning
• Sketches of a more detailed general plan
• Definition on paper of a subordinate area
• Creating a plandokument as part of a formal detailed plan
• Relationships between building and planning

Examination details

Grading scale: TH - (U,3,4,5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment: Accepted exercises, active participation in a study trip and group discussions and at least 80% attendance at lectures.

The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.

Admission

Admission requirements:

• ASBF10 Sustainable Urban Design

The number of participants is limited to: No
The course overlaps following course/s: ASB041

Reading list

• Boken om detaljplan och områdesbestämmelser (Boverket, 2002).
• Internet access to Plan- och bygglagen.

Contact and other information

Course coordinator: Erik Johansson, erik.johansson@hdm.lth.se