Brief Course Description
1. Course Title:
Seminar: Smart Placemaking
2. Language of Instruction:
Tiếng Việt
3. Course Code:
ARC512034
4. Credits:
2
5. Course Objectives:
During this seminar, students (work in group) will collect different key projects (including housing, hospital, squares, parks, schools, libraries, workshops,….) from the world and Ho Chi Minh City. Each group will collect 4 projects (2 from HCM City and 2 international projects). It is not just to collect but with an analysis exercise (making collage from pictures) to recognize a good design fot the public realms. The purpose is to train students to compare, analyze, do fieldwork, and critical review of the projects. From all the projects, students wil build up their own criteria of smart placemaking.
6. Brief Description of Course Content:
This seminar introducing students to the Vietnam and Global Context, specifically, Vietnam in economic and political transition and developing country in transformation; focusing on the public realm. The settings for the case study might range from Vietnam cities like Ho Chi Minh, Nha Trang, Vinh Long,… to International ones such as Seoul, Bangkok, Brussels,… The work will be based on a concrete case study and work at the site (if possible).
During this seminar, students will represent a specific stakeholder to participate in workshops, city tours, site visits, and lectures. Each student will make a presentation and write an advisory report from this specific stakeholder perspective. Activities in this seminar aim to investigate the complex in the process of planning and urban design. Students will work collabrorative to produce a project that is either design based, or in the form of a strategic proposal for a specific urban development project on the neighborhood or city district level. Placemaking is in the heart of the seminar, very much related to local community's assets, inspiration, and potential, with the intention of creating public spaces that promote people's health, happiness, and well being.