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Time Schedule:

Autumn Quarter 2008

Daniel B Abramson
URBDP 508
Seattle Campus

Specialized Planning Laboratory

Studio/field project on a specialized planning problem. Several options are offered each year, such as regional-environmental planning, housing, metropolitan planning, and urban design. Prerequisite: ARCH 500 and ARCH 507. Additional prerequisite for some sections: urban planning seminar or lecture courses.

Class description

UrbDP 508A, Urban Design Studio ("Special Planning Lab"), "Urban Form in South Lake Union". Instructor: Dan Abramson

Specific topic to be determined.

The studio will include a visit to Vancouver, BC, early in the quarter, as part of a precedent-gathering phase of the work to familiarize students with different approaches to inner-city neighborhood development.

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Class assignments and grading

The information above is intended to be helpful in choosing courses. Because the instructor may further develop his/her plans for this course, its characteristics are subject to change without notice. In most cases, the official course syllabus will be distributed on the first day of class.

Last Update by Daniel B Abramson
Date: 08/28/2007