URBAN DESIGN THEORY

INSTRUCTOR: MATTHEW SCHUM

ARCH 334

Course Title: No Mainland: Island Hopping Urban Archipelagos

Cultural, sociological, contextual, and formal issues of urbanism and their influence on the contemporary design of cities were studied in this class. We investigated the relationship between architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning. With emphasis is placed on processes of visual analysis, the role of nature and society, public and private space, human behavior and the physical environment of human diversity.