Urban planning, urban space implementation of building regulations

General

• Code: ΔΟΜ011
• Semester: 5th
• Study Level: Undergraduate
• Course type: Special Background
• Teaching and exams language: Ελληνικά
• Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Lectures (4)
• ECTS Units: 5
• Course homepage: https://elearning.cm.ihu.gr/course/view.php?id=739
• Exams Schedule:
  • 12/06/2026, 12:00 - 14:00:

Course Contents

The course introduces students to basic concepts of Urban Planning, focusing on the scale of urban
space and the objectives of Urban Design. This point of view is also enhanced with aspects of the
relevant legislation, as an attempt to connect the public space of the Greek city (form, function,
development) with regulations that determine its production in recent decades. Urban phenomena
are examined on the basis of sustainability, starting macroscopically and gradually approaching the
scale of urban units and buildings.

Educational Goals

• Upon completing this course students should be able to:
  • Recognize and define Urban Planning and Urban Design concepts – Understand and use of the
  relevant terminology – Analyze small urban areas.
  • Understand the purpose of and be able to apply basic Building Regulations connected to Urban
  Planning and the urban space formation and production in the contemporary Greek city.
  • Design (preliminary level – scale 1:100) an urban apartment building of medium architectural
  complexity, in accordance with the implementation of Regulations: real time data regarding
  legislation and the site. Also, optimize the configuration of the uncovered area at ground floor level,
  with a focus on neighborhood sustainability issues.
  • Evaluate buildings’ and urban areas’ problems connected with the implementation (or poor
  implementation) of Urban Planning civic rules and legislation. Provide solutions/ improvement
  proposals that give incentives for the sustainability of small urban areas and the Greek city.
  • Participate in urban planning upgrading task-groups of engineers, aiming at rehabilitating
  existing parts of the city.

General Skills

The course contributes to the following skills:
_Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology
_Adapting to new situations
_Decision-making
_Working independently
_Team work
_Working in an interdisciplinary environment
_Project planning and management
_Respect for difference and multiculturalism
_Respect for the natural environment
_Criticism and self-criticism
_Production of free, creative and inductive thinking

Teaching Methods

Face to face

Use of ICT means

Powerpoint presentations, E-learning platform for
educational material.

Teaching Organization

Students Evaluation

The evaluation of the students is made up of the following:
A. Performance in final written exam: 50% of the final grade,
B. Quality of exercises, assignments, and design projects
(developed during the semester): 40% of the final grade,
C. Participation in the course procedures (i.e. oral
participation, meeting deadlines for handing in written
work): 10% of the final grade.
The evaluation criteria are listed in the introductory handout
of the course, which is posted on the e-learning platform in
the beginning of the semester and is also distributed and
presented to the students during the 1st class meeting.

Recommended Bibliography

• Αραβαντινός, Αθανάσιος, 2007. Πολεοδομικός Σχεδιασμός (2η αναθεωρημένη έκδοση). Αθήνα: Συμμετρία.
• Ανδρικοπούλου Ελένη, Γιαννακού Αθηνά, Καυκαλάς Γρηγόρης, Πιτσιάβα – Λατινοπούλου
  Μάγδα, 2014. Πόλη και πολεοδομικές πρακτικές (2η αναθεωρημένη έκδοση). Αθήνα: Κριτική.
• Μέλισσας, Δημήτριος, 2015 (3η έκδ.). Νέος οικοδομικός κανονισμός (Ν.4067/2012) –
  Ερμηνεία κατ’ άρθρο. Αθήνα: Εκδ. Σάκκουλα.
• Μοσχάκη, Ευδοκία, Μάρα Σοφία, 2016 (5η έκδ.). Νέος Οικοδομικός Κανονισμός: ο
  ν.4067/2012 όπως τροποποιήθηκε και ισχύει μέχρι σήμερα. Αθήνα: Εκδ. Δεδεμάδη.
• Σιόλας, Ά., Βάσση, Α., Βλαστός, Θ., Κυριακίδης, Χ., Σίτη, Μ., Μπακογιάννης, Ε., 2015.
  Μέθοδοι, εφαρμογές και εργαλεία πολεοδομικού σχεδιασμού. [ηλεκτρ. βιβλ.] Αθήνα:
  Σύνδεσμος Ελληνικών Ακαδημαϊκών Βιβλιοθηκών (Κάλλιπος). Διαθέσιμο στο:
  http://hdl.handle.net/11419/5409
• The evaluation of the students is made up of the following:
  A. Performance in final written exam: 50% of the final grade,
  B. Quality of exercises, assignments, and design projects
  (developed during the semester): 40% of the final grade,
  C. Participation in the course procedures (i.e. oral
  participation, meeting deadlines for handing in written
  work): 10% of the final grade.
  The evaluation criteria are listed in the introductory handout
  of the course, which is posted on the e-learning platform in
  the beginning of the semester and is also distributed and
  presented to the students during the 1st class meeting.