help!...a theory-heavy urban design course??

Anonymous

Hi i'm a geography undergrad at the university of bristol in the UK. I'm thinking about what to do after i graduate...and i think perhaps i'd like to find a course in urban design theory or a theory-heavy urban design course. does anybody know if such a thing exists and if so then where?!i believe in the emancipatory potential of the city and wish to explore this further. id be very grateful for any suggestions...worldwide! thanks for reading!

beatriz

I am not aware of an entire course as such. However, the University of Melbourne has a master of urban design course (1.5 years full-time) and this has an important theoretical component - plus great electives from the planning area.
See: http://www.abp.unimelb.edu.au/courses/pg/pgud/
Good luck with finding the right place!

peter_j

Here's another good melbourne school, the Urban Architecture Lab at RMIT:
http://ual.tce.rmit.edu.au/

And this looks promising:
http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/architecture/index.php

This new and innovative research centre brings together architects, urbanists, filmmakers, curators and other cultural practitioners from around the world to work on expanded notions of architecture that engage with questions of culture, politics, conflict and human rights.

Anonymous

thanks very much guys for your suggestions...it seems theres much to choose from!