Course Description
Urban design, as a discipline, tackles the built form as it relates to the physical site and the non-physical environment. This course is premised on risk as a factor of design, location, use, and users of built spaces and community settings. As a specialized course at the doctoral level, it may be taken as a qualified elective course by students who are either working on a dissertation topic in the urban design studio laboratory or following topics in other studio laboratories. It complements studies dealing with the natural environment, building materials, building systems, and site development, among others. It relates to health, safety, and efficiency issues and can lead to investigations set within macro and micro urban settings.
Course Rationale
Threats of global climate change and disasters due to natural or human-induced factors call for urban design responses that could mitigate effects on built-up areas. The course covers both the private and public realms, neighborhood settings, and urban districts. The scope underscores the fact that buildings and the environment affect each other and that they should be designed as integrated spaces.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students must be able to:
CO 1. Expound on the relationships between disasters and the physical and socio-economic features of an urban setting;
CO 2. Discuss various disaster mitigation strategies that entail urban design interventions;
CO 3. Critically analyze disaster-mitigation strategies that have been adopted in the Philippines and other countries;
CO 4. Recommend alternatives or ways in which strategies can be improved
- Teacher: MARIA FAITH VARONA