Placemaking and Public Space Design: Unlocking Design Potential (FutureLearn)

Placemaking and Public Space Design: Unlocking Design Potential (FutureLearn)

Discover climate’s impact on urban planning, and how to analyse it when creating residential and tourist spaces. Use climate analysis to create better public spaces. When it comes to designing successful urban spaces, which work for both tourists and residents, analysing and understanding the influence of climate is crucial.

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This three-week course will show you how to use computer-aided modelling in placemaking for better residential and tourism planning.
Unlock your urban planning potential
On this course, you’ll apply integrated urban planning (a holistic approach to the built environment design process, looking at it from all angles) as you use computer-aided climate analysis and 3-D modeling. At the same time, you’ll be developing your ability to create design solutions for sustainable, attractive tourist destinations.
Explore the relationship between weather and placemaking
Weather is a significant factor in residential and tourism planning, and this course offers an in-depth look at the effects it has.
You’ll investigate solar access and shadowing, wind effects, and snow patterns with cutting-edge technology, and will be able to apply what you learn to your urban planning projects.
Trust experts to guide your placemaking studies
Luleå University of Technology has a wealth of experience in industrial engineering and management, and the lead educator of this course has extensive knowledge on design development and design process management. Together, they will give you invaluable insights into how to design urban space.

What topics will you cover?
The course explores three key themes, which together address the overarching question:

  • How can we design successful urban space for residents and tourists?

You will explore how to:

  • Use Computer Aided Design for climate analysis.
  • Model and investigate solar access and shadowing in urban spaces.
  • Simulate wind and wind effects in urban spaces.

Learning on this course
You can take this self-guided course and learn at your own pace. On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Explain how different climatic contexts generate different types of public spaces and usage.
  • Create a Computer Aided Design for climate analysis.

-Experiment with how the built environment alters wind and sun patterns.

  • Explain the likely climatic conditions of a place at various time of the year.

Who is the course for?
This course is designed for anyone interested in place-shaping in tourism. Current tourism professionals wishing to upskill, and anyone looking to work in the hospitality industry, will find it invaluable.
What software or tools do you need?
This course uses a range of on-line and open source software for Computer Aided Design and climatic analysis. Applications and systems used are free. Each week, links are provided to where the applications can be found or downloaded from.

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