Today was unfortunately probably the longest day possible, with a start of a one-hour lecture, a half an hour lecture, another half an hour lecture, a twenty minute introduction to group work, a few hours of groupwork, and then a one and a half-hour lecture, and finish off with another one and a half hour lecture. I think that overall it would not have been so bad if I weren’t so tired and didn’t continue to suffer from allergies from the day before, but because this day was so packed with information, I was also able to learn quite a lot.
Lecture #1: Professor Jorgen Primdahl “Regulation of Urban Sprawl”
Professor Jorgen introduced the idea that Denmark grew from an urbanized perspective. In terms of zoning, it has been separated into urban, summerhouse (country-city), and rural (residual). There is a hierarchy of “national directors” that includes the municipal plan and the local plan. Finally, the main plan of Denmark is the “finger plan,” which introduces the idea of a monocenter development along five fingers and has been a strong metaphor for development (so strong that cities have moved just to make the finger shape stand out more).
Lecture #2: Makoto Yakohari “A New Landscape Planning Concept to Adaptively Manage Changing Landscapes in Japanese Cities: Part 1”
Makoto’s first lecture demonstrated the differences between planning in Japan against planning in other countries. Mainly, there was traditionally a mix of farming within the city due to a scarcity of “fresh” goods. However, they soon began to want “European” styles of urban planning.
Lecture #3: Boris Stemmer “Regulation of Urban Sprawl in Germany”
Boris highlighted some strict government regulations in building in Germany. In Germany, there are building zones and open space areas where people cannot build. Furthermore, to get through the building process, there is an individual level, municipal level, and a regional government level that must be bypassed before any project can take place. Nevertheless, there is an overall concern with reducing land consumption that cannot be achieved with traditional means.
Lecture #4: Professor Jurgen Aring “Defining the Problems/Challenges”
There are many models that can be used for the process of landscape development. One of them is the Steinitz Model, which is a series of questions that ask about representation, process, evaluation, change, impact, and decision. Using this, Professor Jurgen has creates a simplified model that asks: (a) how does this landscape work? (b) how is it changing? (c) what are the driving forces of change? (d) why should we care?
Lecture #5: Makoto Yakohari “Ecological Planning Framework with the Layer Cake Model”
Another useful tool is the “cake-layering model” creates by Ian McHarg of the University of Pennsylvania in 1969. Can also use “hand mapping,” Steinitz Model, and GIS.
Lecture #6: Professor Jurgen Aring “Transformation and Qualification of Suburbia”
Professor Jurgen describes what suburbia is and how it has changed over time from a traditional separated pattern to a hectagon pattern as well as give some reasons for this development. He then describes some rising concepts such as Ebenezer Howard’s “Garden City” as well as some other ideas such as the “Broadacre City.” Finally, he gives some questions that arise for planning because of suburbanization and provides some scenarios for the future.
Lecture #7: Makoto Yakohari “A New Landscape Planning Concept to Adaptively Manage Changing Landscapes in Japanese Cities: Part 2”
This lecture was about how Japan seeks to follow the European structure of development. He covers food scarcity and the demographic transition, as well as vacant land in Japan as a result of the western style of development, and argues that the previous method of development may be better for the country overall.
(haha. yay buffet style dinners. I got to eat lots of yummy corn)
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