Browse Hierarchy URBD7004: Urban Design Theory I

This is a lecture and seminar based module in which students are introduced to the theoretical concepts underpinning the current urban design practice approaches. The module includes the history and theory of urban design, the introduction of design approaches such as Responsive Environment and urban Morphology. Students are made aware of how urban form is produced and consumed and of the political and economic context of development. Subsequent lectures and seminars also cover urban movement frameworks looking at competition between different users of public space and building typologies and character.