Brief Course Description
1. Course Title:
Smart Urban Design StudioLab
2. Language of Instruction:
Vietnamese
3. Course Code:
ARC549038
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 is a comprehensive practical course on what is urban design. The course is further developed based on the definition of urban design in the previous theoretical course. It is about dealing with cities; it is the science of the city and acting smartly on the city's structure in multiscale. Such acting is based on an understanding and reading, both historical and morphological, of the cities and settlements layer by layer (topography, urban morphology, typology, vegetation, water, infrastructure, culture, climate, etc.). Smart urban design seeks to strengthen and (re)structure urban and social-ecological systems in order to respond to changes in cultures, societies, climates, and economies. In this studio, the students together with lecturers will develop urban design strategies for a city to deal with (contemporary) social-ecological challenges.
This 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.