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Program Requirements

The Urban Design and Housing program enables students who have already completed their professional M.Arch. degree (or equivalent) to develop specialized skills for contemporary practice in housing, urban design, and the management of human settlements. The twelve-month program comprises three consecutive semesters of coursework. Intensive seminars held during the first two terms focus on contemporary theory and research methods in urban design and housing. Students take ARCH 603 Urban Design and Housing Studio as an applied synthesis of the material discussed in the two core seminars. Nine credits of complementary coursework round out the Fall and Winter terms along with ARCH 623 Project Preparation, in which students develop the strategy for a major independent project (ARCH 632 Urban Design and Housing Research Report) to be completed in the Summer term.

Research Report (15 credits)

• ARCH 632 Urban Design and Housing Research Report (15 credits)

  Offered by: Architecture (Faculty of Engineering)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Architecture : An individual research report addressing interdisciplinary concerns in Urban Design and Housing.

  Terms: Summer 2019

  Instructors: Friedman, Abraham; Bhatt, Vikram (Summer)

  • Prerequisites: ARCH 604, ARCH 623

Required Courses (18 credits)

• ARCH 551 Urban Design and Planning (3 credits)

  Offered by: Architecture (Faculty of Engineering)

  Overview

  Architecture : Fundamentals of city-building in Canada relative to municipal, regional, and provincial actions used to guide urban growth and development. Contemporary urban design in major metropolitan centres as shaped by legal, political, and cultural realities. Current preoccupations in citybuilding: reurbanisation and adaptive reuse of infrastructure, collaborative multi-stakeholder projects, strategic initiatives, changing relationships between professional experts and grassroots actors. Introduction to specific aspects of practice: public participation and community engagement; land development and real estate; project feasibility and implementation; policy monitoring and evaluation; emergent city-building regimes.

  Terms: Winter 2019

  Instructors: Luka, Nicholas (Winter)

  • (3-0-6)

  • Restrictions: Open only to M.Arch. students. Not open to students who are taking or who have taken ARCH 550 or URBP 550 or URBP 551.

• ARCH 602 Housing Seminar (3 credits)

  Offered by: Architecture (Faculty of Engineering)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Architecture : Advanced studies in housing: general preoccupations, theoretical antecedents, epistemological foundations, and practical techniques pertinent to contemporary theory and practice.

  Terms: Fall 2018

  Instructors: Friedman, Abraham (Fall)

  • (2-1-6)

  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken URBD 602.

  • Corequisite(s): ARCH 604

• ARCH 603 Urban Design and Housing Studio (6 credits)

  Offered by: Architecture (Faculty of Engineering)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Architecture : Comprehensive project in urban design and housing drawing on contemporary theory and practice.

  Terms: Fall 2018

  Instructors: Bhatt, Vikram (Fall)

  • (2-6-10)

• ARCH 623 Project Preparation (3 credits)

  Offered by: Architecture (Faculty of Engineering)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Architecture : Guided background preparation for the project.

  Terms: Winter 2019

  Instructors: Bressani, Martin; Perez-Gomez, Alberto; Adams, Annmarie; Theodore, David; Bhatt, Vikram; Mellin, Robert; Friedman, Abraham; Luka, Nicholas; Türeli, Aysenur (Winter)

  • (2-1-6)

• ARCH 627 Research Methods for Urban Design and Housing (3 credits)

  Offered by: Architecture (Faculty of Engineering)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Architecture : Survey of research methods used in both urban design and housing studies. Introduction to research ethics; differentiating between primary and secondary methods; contrasting macro- and micro-social approaches; setting research questions; undertaking literature scans; reviewing empirical findings by others; designing instruments and tools for primary research; conducting field research; presenting findings.

  Terms: Fall 2018

  Instructors: Luka, Nicholas (Fall)

  • (2-1-6)

  • Restriction: Open only to students enrolled in the M.Arch. (Professional), M.Arch. (Post-professional) and Ph.D. in Architecture programs.

Complementary Courses (12 credits)

12 credits of any courses at the 500 level or higher, approved by an adviser.