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City Design at MIT
The
Joint Program in City Design and Development/CDD is is an academic
program, a research community, and a forum for debating propositions
about the future of city form.
CDD is
a collaboration of the MIT Departments of Architecture and Planning, also involving the Center for Real Estate and
the Media Lab . As such, it joins
key actors and disciplines that are shaping cities. Together, we seek to
better understand the changing urban environment and to invent new
architectural forms, public policies, development products, and
technologies that will improve the quality of urban life.
The
program is led by scholars and practitioners who are committed to
interdisciplinary research as well as action in the field, developing new
modes of professional intervention. Our extensive course offerings and
projects allow advanced students to develop specialized skills, while
enabling those new to the field to achieve professional competence in
city design.
The
program addresses both cities and urban regions. It examines ways that
they have been designed, planned, and developed in the past, while
proposing new visions for the future. It is also international in scope,
with studios and research projects in the US and worldwide. In all of
these venues the faculty brings a commitment to reflective practice, to
involving those who will be affected by city design decisions, to
sustaining the natural setting and local culture, and to promoting a long
range perspective on the consequences of actions that shape the urban fabric.
Students
in CDD come from many countries with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Some have prior professional degrees in architecture, landscape architecture,
and planning; others come from varied academic fields in the sciences and
arts. Faculty advisors help students to tailor the program’s
extensive subject offerings and research opportunities into
individualized areas of study, supported by the unparalleled information
and technology resources of MIT.
Urban Design
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