An example of the work of the studio, and their site and its residents. (Images courtesy of MIT Architecture and Urban Design Studio.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Dennis Frenchman
Prof. Jan Wampler
Kenneth Kruckemeyer
Prof. Paul Lukez
MIT Course Number
11.946J / 4.185J
As Taught In
Summer 2004
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Highlights
This intensive five week studio in Beijing, China meets every day while it is in session. The final publication of the studio, and the work of the assignments leading up to it, are presented in the projects section.
Course Description
The Beijing Urban Design Studio is a joint program between the MIT and Tsinghua University Schools of Architecture and Planning. The goal of the studio is to foster international cooperation through the undertaking of a joint urban design and planning initiative in the city of Beijing involving important, often controversial, sites and projects. Since 1995, almost 250 MIT and Tsinghua University students and faculty have participated in this annual studio, making it one of the most successful and enduring international academic programs between China and the US. It has received the Irwin Sizer Award from MIT for outstanding innovation in education. The studio takes place over five weeks in June and July including several weeks in residence at Tsinghua University and two brief study tours to locations and projects that inform the work. It will include 18-20 MIT and 10-15 Tsinghua Architecture and Planning students. The Beijing City Planning Institute, responsible for strategic planning in the city, participates in the studio as the client.