URBD5710 Urban Design Studio I
Target Students MSUD
Course Term 1
Course Type Required
Teacher(s) CHEUNG, Jessica; HO, Eric; LAM, Rick
The city-making process is often decided in the hands of a few, with a developmental mind-set that prioritizes time and cost efficiency over people in global cities like Hong Kong. This approach has resulted in a top-down view of the city that celebrates grand architecture and infrastructure, while people and everyday life are often left out of the picture. This exclusive planning process has led to social issues such as weakened community ties and the misallocation of urban resources.
As urban designers, positioned between the institution and the end-users, we have a chance to rethink urban design in a bottom-up way that reconnects people to the city, and question how we can create strategies to influence stakeholders towards urban design that can impact all. How might we rethink our urban condition through 'commons' as the inspiration for collective action? We rethink the process of delivering urban design projects through:
- Bottom-up Problem Identification
- Collective Decision Making
- Participatory Design
- Crowdsource Funding
- Consensus Building
- Co-Managing
