URP 550, Section 1

Planning Representation & Communication
Section: 1
Class Number: 550
Credits: 4
Required: No
Elective: Yes
Meets: Mon/Wed 9:30am–11:30am 3100 A&AB
Course Brief:

The purpose of this course is to sharpen the students’ visual communication skills, serving as a basis for physical planning studios and future practice. The course is intended for planning students without any design background; it combines field trips, lectures and reading discussions, software workshops and applied exercises. The class provides an analytical framework and a set of tools to operate at very different scales.