URBAN DESIGN AND OPEN SPACE SYSTEMS
With a focus on public open spaces as shared social places, emphasizes the social dimensions and connectedness of urban design and open space systems through perspectives from allied disciplines, such as landscape architecture, architecture, urban planning, real estate development, urban ecology, civil engineering, and the visual arts. Integrates human activity requirements and experiences with physical (or built) and natural site features. Builds upon technical design skills developed in prior studio work, paying close attention to form-giving, place-making, and sustainability at the site and neighborhood scale.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: LAND ARC 321 and 560 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify how land use regulations and other public policies shape the built environment and which, in turn, influence human health, safety, and well-being Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe how networks of formal and informal open spaces function in a variety of urban contexts and are planned and designed by interdisciplinary teams Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe how individuals and social groups interact in and respond to particular open space settings and land uses Audience: Undergraduate 4. Illustrate urban design principles and best practices that influence architectural massing and placement in relationship to transportation and open spaces systems Audience: Undergraduate 5. Demonstrate how open space can function as sustainable social, economic, and environmental infrastructure systems that support human health and well-being Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify how land use regulations and other public policies shape the built environment and which, in turn, influence human health, safety, and well-being Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe how networks of formal and informal open spaces function in a variety of urban contexts and are planned and designed by interdisciplinary teams Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe how individuals and social groups interact in and respond to particular open space settings and land uses Audience: Undergraduate 4. Illustrate urban design principles and best practices that influence architectural massing and placement in relationship to transportation and open spaces systems Audience: Undergraduate 5. Demonstrate how open space can function as sustainable social, economic, and environmental infrastructure systems that support human health and well-being Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027