ARCH 551. Urban Design and Planning.
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ARCH 551
Urban Design and Planning.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Architecture (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Fundamentals of city-building in Canada relative to municipal, regional, and provincial actions used to guide urban growth and development. Contemporary urban design in major metropolitan centres as shaped by legal, political, and cultural realities. Current preoccupations in citybuilding: reurbanisation and adaptive reuse of infrastructure, collaborative multi-stakeholder projects, strategic initiatives, changing relationships between professional experts and grassroots actors. Introduction to specific aspects of practice: public participation and community engagement; land development and real estate; project feasibility and implementation; policy monitoring and evaluation; emergent city-building regimes.
- Section 01: Architecture students
- Section 02: others; limited enrolment.
- (3-0-6)
- Restrictions: Open only to M.Arch. students. Not open to students who are taking or who have taken ARCH 550 or URBP 550 or URBP 551.
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