Urban Design Studio: Providence

An arial view of Providence, RI.

A mapping of Providence, RI, the site of the studio. (Image courtesy of Evangelos Limpantoudis.)

Instructor(s)

MIT Course Number

4.163J / 11.332J

As Taught In

Spring 2005

Level

Graduate

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Course Description

Course Features

Course Description

This studio discusses in great detail the design of urban environments, specifically in Providence, RI. It will propose strategies for change in large areas of cities, to be developed over time, involving different actors. Fitting forms into natural, man-made, historical, and cultural contexts; enabling desirable activity patterns; conceptualizing built form; providing infrastructure and service systems; guiding the sensory character of development: all are topics covered in the studio. The course integrates architecture and planning students in joint work and requires individual designs and planning guidelines as a final product.

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Greg Morrow, and Michael Dennis. 4.163J Urban Design Studio: Providence. Spring 2005. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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