Description
DS1121 2GB Studio Architecture?s Intervention Urbanism-
Landscapes and Infrastructures
This studio examines the interrelationship between architecture and the city- deepening students? understanding of the ways in which architecture can both inform, and be informed by, the urban fabric into which it is woven. Through a full integration of design resources and research on various scales of operation?from housing to institutional and commercial building types that contribute to the formation of neighborhoods and public space?students are encouraged to design into existing urban conditions with a full understanding of the dynamic and interdependent forces of economics- ethnicity-culture- society-politics and infrastructure that have shaped the contemporary city.