Designing Cities for a Migrating World (DESIGN 210)

4 credits · Undergraduate

The course introduces students to the principles of design and thinking; major issues related to migration and cities; different forms of evidence for evaluating and responding to challenges and opportunities stemming from migration; and the application of concepts, theories, and data to design solutions. What brings people to a new place? What happens when they arrive? Who gets to decide what that community becomes? Students in this course will be introduced to major issues related to migration and cities, and to some core design abilities for taking action. A major portion of the course will center learning through real world projects with experts in the field. Students will work in teams to assess actual opportunities and challenges human migration creates, and to design real responses.n