4.213J/11.308J
Advanced Seminar: Urban Nature and City Design
Instructor: Anne Spirn
Room: 10-497
Phone: 617-452-2602
spirn@mit.edu
Units: 3-0-9
Level: H
Prerequisites: permission of the instructor
Examines the urban environment as a natural phenomenon, human habitat, medium of expression, and forum for action. Subject has two related, major themes: how ideas of nature influence the way cities are perceived, designed, built, and managed; and how natural processes and urban form interact and the consequences of these for human health safety and welfare. Enrollment limited.
http://architecture.mit.edu/class/nature/
