Urban Design Master's Program (without Thesis) (M.U.D., 1 - 1.5 Years)

Studio in fundamental physical urban design; design guidance, site planning and urban design in the newly established districts of cities or at the edge or outside cities; survey of small urban communities varying in social, economic, technological, and physical components; analysis of the data and information surveyed; formulations of database necessary for urban design; proposing urban design alternatives.

Studio in advanced urban design processes; superimposing of urban design data base on the social, economic, and cultural constraints; proposing appropriate urban development and design.

This course provides an examination of essential urban design theories and principles and historic and contemporary trends in urban design theory and practice. Topics covered include: emergence of urban pattern; elements, patterns, and evolution of urban form; urban design concepts and approaches; past and present urban development; city forms in history; patterns and influences affecting domestic and international urban characteristics; urban identity; urban forms related to functions; analysis of socioeconomic, political, historical, geographic, and cultural forces influencing urban form; concepts of idealized urban forms and theoretical models of urban configuration. Techniques and evaluation criteria for urban design inquiry; and urban design trends in USA, Europe and the region.

This seminar course aims to examine contemporary issues in urban design focusing on public realm improvements, urban intensification, town centre regeneration.

The Urban Design Report, which consists partly of a design component and partly of a written component is prepared by the students.. Students are expected, with the support of their tutors, to be highly self-motivated in the course of this module, proposing their own topic of investigation and design. This topic is a continuation of the design work that was initiated earlier in the year within UDES502 design project.