Hungarian cities: urban culture and planning - BMEEPUIQ802


  • HUNGARIAN CITIES, URBAN CULTURE AND PLANNING / BMEEPUIQ802

    Person in charge at the department: Kornélia KISSFAZEKAS

    Lecturers: Kornélia KISSFAZEKAS PhD, Ágnes BERTYÁK + invited lecturers

    Credits: 3

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    The aim of the course is to introduce students to the specific formation and development of the Hungarian settlement system through the different historical periods of urban growth. Each era will be presented through the historical and social background, as well as the settlement establishment and development factors, such as the town-forming role of the environment, nationalities, religions and social stratification, and the Soviet influence on town planning. Among other things, specific environment-forming activities and morphological, townscape, and floor plan characteristics typical of Hungary will be discussed. During the semester, several (invited) lecturers will give presentations on different topics, enriching the course.

    Main topics: Geographical features of Hungary, Geography and Urban Space; Urban morphology; Modern recreational architecture on the Balaton Lakeside, Blocks of flats in Budapest, Urban (planning) trends under state-socialism, Spatial patterns of urban tourism in Budapest; Local knowledge of settlements

    Lessons are every Thursday afternoon at 3.15. pm. // 'K' building / .....


    TIMETABLE AND TOPIC SCHEDULE

     

    1

    5 Sept

    Introductory lecture, quiz /  Kornélia Kissfazekas PhD, Ágnes Bertyák

    2

    12 Sept

    Landscape, society and settlement  (questions) /  Dániel Balizs, PhD

    3

    19 Sept

    Urban walk   - Visegrád

    4

    26 Sept

    Hungarian settlement patterns (questions)  /  Ágnes Bertyák

    5

    3 Oct

    Urban walk  - Corvin district  /  Pirity Ádám

    6

    10 Oct

    Lake Balaton (questions)  /  Domonkos Wettstein, PhD

             17 Oct

    No class

    8

    24 Oct

    State-socialism (‚communism’) (questions)  /  Kornélia Kissfazekas, PhD

    9

    31 Oct

    Urban walk – 9. district

    10

    07 Nov

    Splendid multidisciplinary (questions)  /  Dániel Balizs, PhD

    11

    14 Nov

    Spatial patterns of urban tourism in Budapest  (questions)  /  Bálint  Kádár, PhD

    21 Nov

    No class

    13

    28 Nov

    Closing Lecture  /   Kornélia Kissfazekas PhD, Ágnes Bertyák

    ’Offered’ mark

    At the end of the lectures will be 5-5 questions (1-1 point):

    27-30 points    5    

    23-26 points    4    

    19-22 points    3    

    15-18 points    2

    Marks can be corrected at the last lecture.