URBAN DESIGN STRATEGY

The purpose of this 2nd year course is to teach students about the urban space and improve their urban design abilities. It aims to expose basic notions & strategies to make students understand the process & objectives of a design project.

- Learn how to see and understand space within the city - Learn to be creative when designing based on urban analysis & precedent research - Learn how to analyze, evaluate personal and other people’s design work - Understand the relationship between form, space and function - Communicate ideas and concepts of a project in English

- 16 weeks of classes - Lectures, class discussion and video presentation are part of the teaching process. - Team discussions and questions/answers with the students to improve the understanding and quality of their design proposal. - Come to class with a positive attitude and don't be scared to ask questions. Actively participate in class! - Students will research and prepare sketches, diagrams, models and drawings in order to communicate their ideas - Time will be given in class for discussing the team project

1)Attendance and participation in class: 10% 2)Mid-term presentation: 30% 3)Mid-design meeting: 10% 4)Final presentation: 40% 5)Black book: 10%

- Come on time to class - Work on the project every week - Come to class with all the material necessary to do the project

- Understand the process of a small scale urban design project - Understand that many different ways of designing can lead to a good result - Help the student's creativity & finding different design responses to a problem - Help the student project himself/herself in a design project & understand the outcome of their design decisions