城市设计硕士

WashU的城市设计硕士课程由Fumihiko Maki和Roger Montgomery于1961年创立，是美国第二古老的城市设计课程。这一创新的专业后课程，使学生可以从事针对城市环境的高级设计和研究工作，同时获得城市设计实践的理论和专业基础。该计划借鉴了大学和山姆·福克斯学校的多元化学生群体，跨学科学习机会以及国际工作室和课程机会，为学生提供了在私营和公共部门进行全球实践以及在建筑环境的设计和开发中发挥领导作用的准备为可持续的未来。MUD计划与可持续城市主义博士具有协同作用和互惠关系，该博士专注于城市
Founded by Fumihiko Maki and Roger Montgomery in 1961, WashU's Master of Urban Design program is the second-oldest urban design program in the United States. This innovative, post-professional program allows students to pursue advanced design and research work focused on the urban environment while acquiring the theoretical and professional foundation for urban design practice. The program draws from the University's and Sam Fox School's diverse student body, interdisciplinary study opportunities, and international studio and course opportunities to prepare students for global practice in the private and public sectors, and for leadership roles in the design and development of the built environment for a sustainable future. The MUD program shares a synergistic and mutually beneficial relationship with the Doctor of Sustainable Urbanism, which focuses on the development of applied research in urbanism, and is intended to prepare professionals and advanced urban design students for careers in multidisciplinary, evidence-based, sustainable urban design and planning practice and teaching. Both the MUD and the DrSU programs are STEM-designated.<br><br>Urbanization is an increasing and constantly changing condition of contemporary society, one that presents enormous opportunities for?and challenges to?the creation of resilient, livable, and healthy urban habitats for a sustainable world. Our cities are the the largest consumers of resources, producers of economic activity and prosperity, and agents of social change. For a sustainable future, their design must become the means through which we address the potential of the urban world. To this end, the MUD program focuses on reinventing and transforming cities across the United States and the world through a full range of scales: from region to the district, from district to the block and street, and, ultimately, to the design of the public realm as the place of a lively and vibrant community. During this three-semester program of study (completed in one calendar year for 42 credits), students are challenged to explore the potential of urban design to impact cities, as well as their own role as active and informed participants in the transformation of cities. Studios integrate concepts and principles of urbanism, architecture, landscape architecture, and infrastructure. Required and elective course work, along with associated research, serve as a base for the more speculative and exploratory nature of the design studio experience. Students are introduced to social, political, economic, and environmentally responsible principles of development, as well as the history and theory of contemporary urbanism. Most importantly, the MUD program is structured to provide students opportunities for experiential immersion learning?the best form of education for an urban designer. As part of the curriculum, students travel to a select number of major metropolitan cities in North America, Europe, South America, Africa, and Asia, under the guidance of Washington University faculty and associated local urban design professionals. Through this hands-on experience, students obtain a great appreciation for a range of cities and different approaches to the making of cities.