Översikt

  • Allmänt

    The lectures will be given in English. The essay can be submitted also in Finnish or Swedish. 

    Teacher: Kaisa Schmidt-Thomé (responsible teacher Panu Savolainen)

    Questions (if not possible to handle in connection to the lectures): kaisa.schmidt-thome@demoshelsinki.fi or panu.savolainen@aalto.fi


    Programme

    Introduction

    Earliest plans + Antiquity 

    Medieval time + Renaissance + Baroque 

    Colonial era + Growing European metropolises

    Modern times + Institutionalized planning

    Throughout the lectures: thematic takes on driving forces that have influenced or determined planning: political power, ideologies, societal and economic phenomena, infrastructure, technology, hazards, greed, passion...


    Essay instructions

    Pick a city (+ 500 years old, outside of Finland at least for the Finnish students).

    Find relevant literature and choose some promising entries for closer reading.

    Elaborate on how the phenomena / driving forces we’ve discussed show in the city you picked.

    Write 4 pages (font 12, spacing of rows 1,5,).

    Add possible images and all mentioned references. They do not count into the 4 pages of text!

    Deadline 29.2.2024
    Later delivery 31.3.2024 - NOTE: possible by e-mail only (but then the grade will automatically be one grade lower)

    Please use this e-mail address
    kaisa.schmidt-thome@demoshelsinki.fi