Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US, BArch, Master of Architecture in Urban Design
The MAUD/MLAUD program introduces post-professional students, already trained in architecture or landscape architecture, to the critical concepts, strategies, and technical skills associated with contemporary Urban Design research and practice. Through studio and coursework, students are challenged to imagine new formal and organizational strategies for the delivery of housing, infrastructure, and a democratic public realm by taking on issues of inequality, climate change, the environment, and public health. Through history and theory lecture courses, seminars, and research projects, students engage a range of critical frameworks and conceptual models for understanding the complex socio-spatial dynamics of urban design practices and the technological, institutional, and political contexts in which they operate over time and across cultures and geographies.
School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, Bhopal, IN, BArch, Bachelor of Architecture
As part of the school's charter and mission, Architecture Department of the School is providing a vibrant design culture, ensuring its graduates are not only valued by the architectural practice, but are also able to make critical contribution to the future of the profession. The school has put efforts in the development of open studio culture, in which students at all levels can learn from each other, how innovative ideas are generated and developed as well as developing an in-depth practical knowledge through independent and original research.
The study of architecture and planning is all-encompassing that involves broader and deeper understanding about the people and the physical and cultural contexts of places within which we all live. It requires innovative thinking and rethinking, technical and practical knowhow and encourages in-depth study of the arts, history and the culture, but they also need to understand, in the society, how their role interacts with role of others in order to create good building designs for better and safe environments.
The Course at bachelor's level is integrated within studio-based design projects along with theoretical knowledge, abilities and skills generated by lectures in technical studies, cultural context along with an extensive practical knowledge imparted through site visits and case studies. Design projects, which require development of both manual and computer generated presentation skills, are taught in small groups, enhancing personal attention throughout the course. This work forms the basis of the design portfolio which, eventually, signifies the achievement when applying for postgraduate courses or employment.
