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What is urban planning?/what does an urban planner do exactly?
I guess the title says it all! :D
Seriously though, I'm sure I want to go to school for architecture, but I've also been vaguely looking at urban planning. It seems to me like urban planners mostly just do paperwork and memorize building codes and things like that. Is that true?
Would it be a good idea to, when I get to graduate school, go into a double masters program (like architecture + urban planning)?
I'm really sorry about the lack of coherency in this post, but I have no idea what urban planning is about!
Johnsenl,
Your post is perfectly coherent, just very general.
Maybe the best way for you to start this quest here is to search "urban planning" and "urban design" in the search box at the bottom of the discussion page. Your questions have been answered in several threads many times over --by me, and many, many others here on Archinect over time.
After you've done that, coming back here (to this thread) with more focused questions will probably yield much more useful information.
Planning and urban design can be a great complement to architectural studies. Happy hunting!
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