ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY URBAN DESIGN
SUMMARY 2016-19 / MORE RESEARCH SAMPLES HERE
The course examines major concepts, principles and theories of urban design. Reviews the historic development of urban design as a professional field and surveys current urban design issues, trends and practices in both the Western and non- Western/Islamic contexts. In the first part of the semester, a series of lectures introduced students to the subject through the work and texts of the most important scholars in the filed. In the second part students undertake a research activity. They are asked to focus on the informal public spaces of the Emirates and their fundamental role in the spatial economies of Arab cities.
Video by Abdullah Khouri
Contemporary Issues in Urban Design _ Prof. C. Luchetti
Video by Nabeela Zeitoun
Sharjah’s Yacht Dock
Research Posters / Informal public spaces of UAE
IN-CLASS MENTAL MAPS OF STUDENTS’ EVERYDAY JOURNEY TO SCHOOL / FROM THE IMAGE OF THE CITY - K. LYNCH
