11.301J / 4.252J Introduction to Urban Design and Development, Fall 2003
Skyscrapers in Chicago. (Photo courtesy of MIT OCW.)
Highlights of this Course
This course features a complete
assignments section, including examples of student papers.
Course Description
This course introduces graduate students to ideas about the form of cities and how they are designed and developed. Part 1 explores the forces which act to shape and to change cities. Part 2 surveys models of urban design which have been invented in response to forces acting on cities.