Urban Design Skills: Observing, Interpreting, and Representing the City
MIT 11 .328
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Description
Introduces methods for observing, interpreting, and representing the urban environment. Students draw on their senses and develop their ability to deduce, question, and test conclusions about how the built environment is designed, used, and valued. The interrelationship of built form, circulation networks, open space, and natural systems are a key focus. Supplements existing classes that cover theory and history of city design and urban planning and prepares students without design backgrounds with the fundamentals of physical planning. Intended as a foundation for 11.329.
Class Notes
See MIT Schedule for times and locations;
Faculty: Eran Ben-Joseph;
Prereq: None;
Subject Level: Graduate
School
Non-Harvard
Units
8
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
Mass Institute of Technology
Course Component
Regular Course
Subject
MIT Urban Studies and Planning
Grading Basis
MIT Optional (LG/AUD)
