11.308J / 4.213J Advanced Seminar: Urban Nature and City Design, Fall 2005
A waterfall that forms part of San Francisco's Yerba Buena Gardens illustrates one of the elements of urban nature explored in the course. (Photograph courtesy of Francisca Rojas.)
课程重点
This course features a complete reading list and exemplary student work files in the assignments section.
课程描述
This course explores the urban environment as a natural phenomenon, human habitat, medium of expression, and forum for action. The course has several major themes: how ideas of nature influence the way cities are perceived, designed, built, and managed; how natural processes and urban form interact and the consequences for human health and welfare; how planners and designers can shape the urban natural environment. Each student researches and presents a case, either historical or an example of contemporary theory and practice.
