Course Description: This design course covers a range of urban and architectural design issues and the cultural aspects in the development of cites. As an advanced design class, this course incorporates previous studio and lecture coursework to tie together topics of urban planning, architectural design, environmental sustainability, urban infrastructure and historic preservation.
Course Content: There are be two design projects and three research assignments. 2D and 3D drawings, and physical study models and final models are utilized in program development, design and presentations. Throughout the semester, the review of historical precedents and selected cities help to create a historical perspective.
Prerequisites: ARCH 3612 with a grade of C or higher
Recommended Text: “Design of Cities” by Edmund Bacon
Attendance Policy: No more than 10% absences are permitted during the semester. For the purposes of record, two late arrivals are considered as one absence. Exceeding this limit will expose the student to grade penalties at the discretion of the instructor due to lack of class participation and mastery of class material.
Academic Integrity: Students and all others who work with information, ideas, texts, images, music, inventions and other intellectual property owe their audience and sources accuracy and honesty in using, crediting and citation of sources. As a community of intellectual and professional workers, the college recognizes its responsibility for providing instruction in information literacy and academic integrity, offering models of good practice, and responding vigilantly and appropriately to infractions of academic integrity. Accordingly, academic dishonesty is prohibited in The City University of New York and is punishable by penalties, including failing grades, suspension and expulsion.
Grading:
01 – Presentation on Selected Readings (Design of Cities) 10%
02 – Presentation on Urban Space Analysis 10%
03 – Presentation on a Case Study Building 10%
04 – Report on Design Site Analysis 5%
05 – Project 1 15%
06 – Project 2 40%
07 –Portfolio 10%
A final grade of C or higher is required in this course to use it as a prerequisite for subsequent
courses.
