11.333 | Spring 2005 | Graduate

Urban Design Seminar

Calendar

WEEK # TOPICS KEY DATES
Part 1: Urban Design Now
1 Designing Places and Policies Assignment 1 out
2 Assessing the Current State of Urban Design  
3 Urban Design Competitions and How to Judge Them  
4 Evaluating Urban Design  
5 Discussion of Assignment 1 Assignment 1 due in class
Part 2: Assessing Urban Design Futures
6 Past Futures  
7 Topic 1: Inventing New Ways of Living: Homes and Neighborhoods  
8 Topic 2: Distributing Work: The New Workplace  
9 Topic 3: The Advent of “Mediated” Space: Public Places and Technology Assignment 2 out
10 Topic 4: Creating a City of Learning: Schools and Stories in the City  
11 Topic 5: Reclaiming the Industrial landscape: Land and Water Infrastructure  
12 Topic 6: Rediscovering Nature: Natural Systems in the City  
13 What Have We Missed? Assignment 2 due in class
14 Redesigning Urban Design  

Course Info

As Taught In
Spring 2005
Level
Learning Resource Types
Written Assignments
Presentation Assignments with Examples