Building and Urban Planning

Education facts

Code: BYGB19

Instruction is in the form of lectures, exercises, seminars, and hand-in assignments. Attendance is mandatory for some exercises. The course may include field trips and city walking tours. The course covers the following elements: Residential planning: - Aesthetics - good architecture - Architectural history, the history of residence - Area and volume requirements and room design for residential and other types of buildings - Standards and regulations - Planning and projection Urban planning: - History: Societal functions and ideas in retrospect - Current conditions for planning: the Planning and Building Act (Sw. "Plan- och bygglagen"), comprehensive plan and detailed development plan, and sustainable urban planning - Area planning

Entry requirements

Registered for Sustainable Development for Engineering, 7.5 ECTS credits, and Introduction to Building Engineering, 7.5 ECTS credits, or enrollment in the study programme in Building and Construction Engineering, or equivalent

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Building and Urban Planning

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 11 October 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %