Master in New Urban Design

Program Overview

Through a combination of theoretical and practical learning, students gain expertise in urban design, ecodesign, and service design, preparing them for careers in urban planning, public administration, and architecture.

Program Outline

New Urban Design Academic Master Program

Degree Overview:

• Key Focus: This program offers a unique perspective on the role of urban designers and helps them enhance their ability to analyze, interpret, and develop city spaces to cope with the escalating complexity of the urban environment.
It complements this with hands-on practical projects and partnerships with local and global stakeholders.
• Learning Objectives: Students will:
• Analyze cities in all their dimensions, encompassing physical aspects, social structures, and political dynamics.
This understanding will be applied to develop urban design initiatives with a particular emphasis on service redesign (both physical and social).
• Become proficient in methodologies for management and planning strategies for neighborhood and metropolis revitalization.
• Interact and collaborate with various stakeholders in the industry including institutions, non-profits, private companies, architects, urban sociologists, cultural anthropologists, and local residents.
• Overall Program Vision: To equip graduates with the necessary knowledge, skills, and practical experience to tackle new urban development challenges and design innovative urban projects with a special focus on service design.

Outline:

• This program adopts an intensive approach that equips students with the most effective methods for evaluating urban spaces, generating regeneration plans, and implementing urban development projects.
• Students deeply explore urban fabric characteristics, social dynamics, digital culture, and its implications across cultural, scientific, anthropological domains.
• Core subjects covered in the program:
• Urban design
• Ecodesign
• Landscape design
• Digital culture in the urban context
• History of architecture and urbanism
• Anthropology of complex societies
• Opportunities for practical experience:
• Internship program
• Final project development (encourages flexible, evolving, and sustainable vision for contemporary urban settings)

Teaching:

• Methodologies: The program incorporates a combination of:
• Interactive lectures
• Seminars
• Workshops
• Site visits
• Case studies
• Group work
• Uniqueness: Interdisciplinary curriculum, emphasis on service design as a driver for urban renewal, focus on contemporary challenges and solutions for modern urban contexts.

Careers:

• Potential paths: Urban designer, Public administation consultant, Public utility or multi-utility companies consultant, City brand designer, Architect and engineering practices and urban design firm collaborator.

Other:

• Program duration: 1 academic year
• Program start: October 2024
• Language: English and Italian
• Degree awarded upon program completion: First Level Academic Master degree
• ECTS credits: 60