11.329
Advanced Urban Design Skills: Observing, Interpreting, and Representing the City
Through a studio-based course in planning and urban design, builds on the foundation acquired in 11.328[J] to engage in creative exploration of how design contributes to resilient, just, and vibrant urban places. Through the planning and design of two projects, students creatively explore spatial ideas and utilize various digital techniques to communicate their design concepts, giving form to strategic thinking. Develops approaches and techniques to evaluate the plural structure of the built environment and offer propositions that address policies and regulations as well as the values, behaviors, and wishes of the different users.
Fall 2005 · Social Theory and the City
Topics
- Introduction
- Center vs. Periphery
- Up/Down vs. Above/Below
- The Homo-Faber Project - R. Sennett
- Stealth Gentrification - Lara Belkind
- Spaces of Knowledge within the New York City Subway - Elliott Felix
- Theorizing a Center for Universal Design - Nadya Nilina
- The Racial Politics of Urban Celebrations - Annis Whitlow
- Structuring Beyond Architecture - David Foxe
- The Architecture of Repression - Olga Touloumi
- Inventing the Modern Suburb in California and Denmark - Thomas Oles
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- The Limit of Place
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- Photographs in Urban Planning
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- Immigrant Spaces
- Yan, Yunxiang. “McDonald’s in Beijing: The Localization of Americana.” In Golden Arches East . Edited by James L. Watson. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1997. ISBN: 0804732058.
- Sennett, Richard. The Conscience of the Eye: Design and Social Life of Cities . New York, NY: Norton, 1990.
Prerequisites & course information
Same subject as 4.248[J] Prereq: 11.328[J] or permission of instructor G (Fall; second half of term) 4-2-4 units
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Fall 2005
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