Site Planning Online

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Syllabus

The course is organized in 10 one-week units, each containing 3-6 video learning modules. Each module is presented by an expert in the area being covered: Gary Hack, Mary Anne Ocampo, Brent Ryan, Dennis Frenchman, Shail Joshi, Zhuangyuan Fan, Eran Ben-Joseph, Jim Wescoat, Carlo Ratti, Larry Vale, Bob Simha and Tunney Lee of MIT; Dennis Pierprz, Elaine Limmer, Greg Havens and Martin Zogram of Sasaki; and Lynne Sagalyn of Columbia University.

The topics covered during each week are:

  1. Introduction: site values; exemplary greenfield and urban sites.
  2. Site analysis: natural site analysis; man made context of sites; infrastructure capacity; development regulations and policies; sites as property; integrating site knowledge.
  3. Site planning methods: planning processes; users, stakeholders and the public; economic value of sites; design methods; digital media for design; creating a site proposal.
  4. Site infrastructure: stormwater management; complete streets; pedestrian realms; water supply and disposal; energy for sites; intelligent infrastructure.
  5. Site concepts and performance: placemaking; subdivision and site assembly; scoring site performance; impact assessment.
  6. Residential sites: history of residential sites; typology of housing forms; housing and community design; dense residential sites.
  7. Places for commerce and work: prototypes for shopping; future workplaces; innovation zones; planning for e-commerce.
  8. Places for recreation and culture: Landscape structure; urban public spaces; human development and play; cultural districts.
  9. College and university planning: types of universities; campus form and communication; new campuses; networked campuses; planning for adaptability.
  10. Planning communities: mixed use development; new communities; the future of communities; concluding remarks.

Students will be examined in 4 quizzes about their comprehension of the materials covered.

In addition to viewing the modules, students will have the opportunity to prepare a site plan in three stages: a site analysis (3 weeks); a program and concept plan (4 weeks) and a detailed plan for part of the public domain of a site (3 weeks.) The course will provide basic data on two sites that may be used for this exercise. Alternatively, students may select a site in their own community and use it for their project. Or if the course is being taken in parallel with a university level studio or workshop, the results may be submitted for grading and feedback.

Please note that the assignments are available to only those students who sign up for verified certificates.

Prerequisite

No prerequisities, but basic understanding of land and building form would be helpful.

Instructors

Gary Hack
Professor of urban design emeritus
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mary Anne Ocampo
Associate Professor of the Practice
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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MIT is independent, coeducational, and privately endowed. Its five schools and one college encompass numerous academic departments, divisions and degree-granting programs, as well as interdisciplinary centers, laboratories and programs whose work cuts across traditional departmental boundaries.

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