Axonometric rendering of a Seoul Digital Media City plaza design, an example of "mediated" public space. (Image by Prof. Dennis Frenchman and Donyun Kim.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Dennis Frenchman
Prof. Susan Silberberg
MIT Course Number
11.333
As Taught In
Spring 2005
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Highlights
This course features a full set of assignments and examples of student projects.
Course Description
This course is a requirement for completion of the Urban Design Certificate Program. It investigates the complex nature of 'successful' urban design and attempts to identify and evaluate examples of urban design that are at the leading edge of practice, anticipating the future. The seminar will deal with two parallel questions: what are the key trends that will shape the future form and function of cities, and how will these changes affect the role of the urban designer? The first part of the seminar focuses on the present, and the second part of the semester will consider the future. After the course surveys the landscape of contemporary urban design practice, the challenge it will pose to students will be to identify the trajectory of cities and city design from both physical and social perspectives.
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