Introduction to Urban Design (ARCH403)
Offered By:
Engineering and Materials Science Faculty
Description
This course aims at training the students to think of architecture within an urban context and highlights the position of urban design with respect to different levels of planning and design.
The course deals with urban design in both existing and new areas, including models of urban analysis, contemporary theories of urban design and implementation strategies, supplemented by the illustration of methods of urban design practice, as well as field trips.
The course involves different urban analysis exercises and small-scale projects, which could deal with the design of a specific public space or the design of a “building gap” amid an existing urban fabric