Unit 14 Principles of Intelligent Urbanism (Part I)

1 Introduction2 interface

1.1 Read the text title and hypothesize what the text is about. Write down your hypothesis.

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2. What do you know concerning this issue? List your ideas in the table left column “I know”.

I know that…	I have learnt that…

2. If you know answers to these questions write them down in the space given after each question.

1	What do blatant "acts against nature" include?
2	What does the second principle of the PIU call for?
3	Why are places of solitude absolutely necessary in modern society?
4	What should the so-called Urban Villages be created for?
5	What do city scale public domains foster?
6	What is a major concern of the principle of efficiency?
7	What causes pollution of subterranean aquifer systems?

2. Circle in the list the words and expressions you know. Write down their translation in the table and calculate the percentage of your lexical competence.

1	to reconcile			a places of solitude
2	guidelines			natural settings
3	a proponent			mental health
4	a fragile zone			domestic precincts
5	cultural assets			public conduct
6	a visual axis			a social tier
7	a vista			behavioral patterns
8	conviviality			freely accessible

Principles of Intelligent Urbanism (PIU) is a theory of urban planning composed of a set of ten axioms intended to guide the formulation of city plans and urban designs. They are intended to reconcile and integrate diverse urban planning and management concerns. The PIU evolved from the city planning guidelines formulated by the International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM), the urban design approaches developed at Harvard's pioneering Urban Design Department under the leadership of Josep Lluis Sert, and the concerns enunciated by Team Ten.