Program Area Studios
Studios in this Pathway investigate and propose design ideas that respond to changing urban conditions in different locations across the globe. Seminars and lecture courses provide a theoretical and practical foundation for identifying, analyzing, and communicating urban design and research problems. Faculty expertise includes urban history, colonial and contemporary history, urban morphology, collective-public space design, cultural facilities design, housing design, high-rise architecture, informationalism, media, disaster response, and cities in developing regions.