Browse Hierarchy URBD7010: Urban Design Issues II

The second of a linked pair of project based modules that address an issue or issues that are current in urban design theory and practice. The specific topic covered will vary from year to year reflecting current concerns, but could include, for example, coding and briefing for local identity, community design involvement, designing for distinctiveness or applying good urban design in relation to modern economic practice. This module will normally involve an overseas and/or UK field visit. The issues defined and methods identified in module 'Urban Design Issues I' (P32076) are carried over for application in this module. Students will produce a group report that addresses the issue(s) and uses the methods identified in module 'Urban Design Issues I' (P32076). The group report will contain clearly defined and undeniable individual student inputs, in the form of individual chapters or papers as an integral and coordinated part of the overall group report, students will receive both group and an individual mark.