Teaching Urban Morphology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Introduction

   • Vítor Oliveira

   Pages 1-8

3. Why Teaching Urban Morphology?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. The Importance of Urban Form as an Object of Study

      • Michael Barke

      Pages 11-30

   3. Planning Practice and the Shaping of the Urban Pattern

      • Tolga Ünlü

      Pages 31-49

   4. Notes on ‘Urban Morphology: Its Nature and Development’ (1992–1999)

      • M. R. G. Conzen

      Pages 51-64

   5. Towards a General Theory of Urban Morphology: The Type-Morphological Theory

      • Giancarlo Cataldi

      Pages 65-78

   6. Understanding the Life Cycle of Cities

      • Nicola Marzot

      Pages 79-99

   7. An Analytical Approach to Urban Form

      • Meta Berghauser Pont

      Pages 101-119

4. What to Teach in an Urban Morphology Course?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Core Concepts in Town-Plan Analysis

      • Michael P. Conzen

      Pages 123-143

   3. Exploring Urban Morphology as Urban Design Pedagogy

      • Kai Gu

      Pages 145-157

   4. Reading the Built Environment as a Design Method

      • Giuseppe Strappa

      Pages 159-184

   5. Inserting Urbanity in a Modern Environment

      • Frederico de Holanda

      Pages 185-203

   6. Urban Morphology in Urban Design

      • Emily Talen

      Pages 205-217

5. How to Teach Urban Morphology?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219

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   2. A Bisociative Approach to Design: Integrating Space Syntax into Architectural Education

      • Sophia Psarra, Fani Kostourou, Kimon Krenz

      Pages 221-242

   3. Teaching Urban Morphology in a Sustainable Perspective

      • Marco Maretto

      Pages 243-264

   4. The Importance of Observation: Urban Morphology in the Field

      • Peter J. Larkham

      Pages 265-279

   5. Moving Urban Morphology from the Academy to the Studio: The Use of Urban Tissues in Teaching and Continuing Professional Development

      • Richard Hayward, Ivor Samuels

      Pages 281-296

This book brings together contributions from some of the foremost international experts in the field of urban morphology and addresses major questions such as: What exactly is urban morphology? Why teach it? What contents should be taught in an urban morphology course? And how can it be taught most effectively?

Over the past few decades there has been a growing awareness of the importance of urban form in connection with the many dimensions – social, economic, and environmental – of our lives in cities. As a result, urban morphology – the science of urban form, and now over a century old – has taken on a key role in the debate on the past, present and future of cities. And yet it remains unclear how urban morphologists should convey the main morphological theories, concepts and techniques to our students – the potential researchers of, and practitioners in, the urban landscapes of tomorrow. This book is the first to address that gap, providing concrete guidelines onhow to teach urban morphology, complemented by EXAMPLES OF EXERCISES FROM THE AUTHORS’ LESSONS.

• Urban morphology education
• Teaching Urban Form
• Morphological Theories
• Physical form of cities
• Morphological Concepts
• Urban design
• Morphological Techniques
• Historico-geographical Approach
• Process Typological Approach
• Space Syntax
• Spatial Analysis
• Urban morphology study
• Urban morphology science
• urban geography and urbanism

• Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Centro de Investigação do Território, Transportes e Ambiente, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

  Vítor Oliveira

Vítor Oliveira is Professor of Urban Morphology and Urban Planning at ULP and Senior Researcher at the Research Centre for Territory Transports and Environment (CITTA / FEUP). He is an architect (FAUP), has a MSc in Planning and Design of the Built Environment (FAUP/FEUP), and a PhD in Planning / Civil Engineering (FEUP). He is THE PRESIDENT of the Portuguese-language Network of Urban Morphology (PNUM) and A MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL of the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF). He is editor of the Revista de Morfologia Urbana, a member of the editorial board of Urban Morphology and an advisory editor of The Urban Book Series (Springer).

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