ARCH 7200: Design Studio I

6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of advisor.
Design studio investigates the architectural, urban, communal, technological, historical and sustainable dimensions infused with socio-cultural, contextual and political manifestations that shape urban, communal and physical processes in the synchronic and diachronic development of a city and its architectural edifices. These critical processes are subject to analysis to comprehend planning and design interventions of our time. Urban design and its development must be understood as the unfolding of social, cultural, economic and political processes, and communities are the physical embodiments of these processes within the city. The forms and layout patterns of a block, a neighborhood, a development district, a transportation corridor, a system of open spaces are examined as the physical phenomena and as manifestations of contemporary values, social needs and traditions in communities exiting in urban and suburban settings.