Brief Course Description
1. Course Title:
(EN) Smart Urban Design StudioLab
2. Language of Instruction:
Tiếng Anh
3. Course Code:
ARC549045
4. Credits:
6
5. Course Objectives:
The studio lab is a design research assignment, which means students will use design as a tool for research. The design serves as an answer to a hypothesis, rather than solving any specific problems. The studio begins with fieldwork and mapping exercises to extract and read essential information about the sites and cities in order to understand the urban structure and landscapes. The intention is to primarily focus on conceptualizing design strategies that address projected social-ecological challenges rather than elaborating on specific details. It will then invite experts, practitioners, and stakeholders to discuss alternative ways for urban development, restructuring, and conservation. Therefore, the studio lab is a platform for co-thinking and co-design.
6. Brief Description of Course Content:
This course is a studio type class for physical site planning. The site planning is the design process of planning for a new development project. It refers to the organizational stage of the external physical environment such as architecture and landscape design process. It involves the organization of site analysis, land use zoning, infrastructure, access and circulation, natural environment, and other factors.
This course aims to plan a sustainable city environment by systematically arranging the compositional elements of topography, buildings, open spaces, planting, water, and paving in site plans. Three stages constitute the compositional arrangement of the site planning and design; research, analysis, and synthesis phases. In this studio type course, a medium scale area will be selected for planning and design…
The site and studio topic will be selected every year in the current urban issues and challenges.