Certificate in Urban Design
The Urban Design Certificate program enhances student’s ability to concentrate on topics related to sustainable place making and creating human-scale spaces by focusing on urban theory, history, and design.
Total Credit Hours for Completion: 12
Required Courses:
- ARCH 620: Architecture - Theory of Urban Design (3 credit hours) This is the seminal course, required of all Certificate students and taught by the lead architect, Andrew Moddrell, a founding partner of PORT. He is currently leading a diverse range of public realm, urban design and master planning projects, including the Master Plan Framework and Phase 1 implementation of Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness Gateway Park and Phase 1 and 2 of the Lakeview Low-Line. He blends history and theory with urban reality.
Any combination of the following courses can be taken:
- ARCH 608: Architecture–Urban Dwelling (6 credit hours) A continuation of the Architectural Studio sequence with major emphasis on program analysis and design of urban building(s) and urban spaces with culture, context and precedent as major form determinants. Prerequisite: ARCH 508 and ARCH 509; or ARCH 602.
ARCH 600: ULI Hines Student Competition (3 credit hours) The ULI Hines Student Competition—entering its 20th year in 2022—offers graduate students the opportunity to form their own multidisciplinary teams and engage in a challenging exercise in responsible land use. Teams of five students pursuing degrees in at least three different disciplines have two weeks to devise a development program for a real, large-scale site in a North American city. Teams provide graphic boards and narratives of their proposals including designs and market-feasible financial data. This is an ideas competition; there is no expectation that anyone will apply the submitted schemes to the site. The winning team receives $50,000 ($5,000 of it goes to their university) and the finalist teams each receive $10,000. One representative from each of the four finalist teams typically receives an all-expenses-paid site tour in the selected competition city prior to the final presentation. All participating finalist students typically attend the all-expenses-paid final presentation in the host city where the jury selects the winning project.
ARCH 600: Special Topics in Architecture (3 credit hours)* Urban-focused syllabus must be submitted
ARCH 700: Directed Readings (3 credit hours)* Urban-focused syllabus must be submitted
UBPL 716: Urban Planning – Community & Neighborhood Revitalization (3 credit hours)* The course examines the fields of community development and the revitalization of urban neighborhoods. In the course, students study the theories of community redevelopment as well as the methods of analysis guiding the planning of neighborhoods. The course also reviews the many programs that exist to assist the neighborhood revitalization process and looks at the literature evaluating the implementation of these programs. As an implementation course, students complete a project that calls for them to apply the knowledge learned to real world setting. Prerequisite: UBPL 764 or permission of the professor.
*Varies each semester
Questions regarding the Urban Design Certificate should be directed to: Dr. Marie-Alice L’Heureux, Professor of Architecture, malheur@ku.edu
The Urban Design Certificate program enhances student’s ability to concentrate on topics related to sustainable place making and creating human-scale spaces by focusing on urban theory, history, and design.
Total Credit Hours for Completion: 12
Required Courses:
- ARCH 620: Architecture - Theory of Urban Design (3 credit hours) This is the seminal course, required of all Certificate students and taught by the lead architect, Andrew Moddrell, a founding partner of PORT. He is currently leading a diverse range of public realm, urban design and master planning projects, including the Master Plan Framework and Phase 1 implementation of Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness Gateway Park and Phase 1 and 2 of the Lakeview Low-Line. He blends history and theory with urban reality.
Any combination of the following courses can be taken:
- ARCH 608: Architecture–Urban Dwelling (6 credit hours) A continuation of the Architectural Studio sequence with major emphasis on program analysis and design of urban building(s) and urban spaces with culture, context and precedent as major form determinants. Prerequisite: ARCH 508 and ARCH 509; or ARCH 602.
ARCH 600: ULI Hines Student Competition (3 credit hours) The ULI Hines Student Competition—entering its 20th year in 2022—offers graduate students the opportunity to form their own multidisciplinary teams and engage in a challenging exercise in responsible land use. Teams of five students pursuing degrees in at least three different disciplines have two weeks to devise a development program for a real, large-scale site in a North American city. Teams provide graphic boards and narratives of their proposals including designs and market-feasible financial data. This is an ideas competition; there is no expectation that anyone will apply the submitted schemes to the site. The winning team receives $50,000 ($5,000 of it goes to their university) and the finalist teams each receive $10,000. One representative from each of the four finalist teams typically receives an all-expenses-paid site tour in the selected competition city prior to the final presentation. All participating finalist students typically attend the all-expenses-paid final presentation in the host city where the jury selects the winning project.
ARCH 600: Special Topics in Architecture (3 credit hours)* Urban-focused syllabus must be submitted
ARCH 700: Directed Readings (3 credit hours)* Urban-focused syllabus must be submitted
UBPL 716: Urban Planning – Community & Neighborhood Revitalization (3 credit hours)* The course examines the fields of community development and the revitalization of urban neighborhoods. In the course, students study the theories of community redevelopment as well as the methods of analysis guiding the planning of neighborhoods. The course also reviews the many programs that exist to assist the neighborhood revitalization process and looks at the literature evaluating the implementation of these programs. As an implementation course, students complete a project that calls for them to apply the knowledge learned to real world setting. Prerequisite: UBPL 764 or permission of the professor.
*Varies each semester
Questions regarding the Urban Design Certificate should be directed to: Dr. Marie-Alice L’Heureux, Professor of Architecture, malheur@ku.edu