Third semester is focused on the understanding of the manifestation processes of urban design projects. While subjects like Urban Design Policies: Practice and Implementation, Urban Conservation, Urban Economics and Financial Planning contribute the theoretical understanding of the same, studio inquiring into the urban transformations further adds to the understanding of design approaches and their compatibility with implementation strategies.
Elective subjects often strengthens the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary understanding of urban design.
Fourth semester is the final semester and culminates into an individual research based Urban Design Project. Starting from second semester every student frame and build their own research relevant for the discipline of urban design in today’s context and demonstrate the same through an urban design project individually.
To strengthen hands on experience of practice of urban design there is 40 days of professional training introduced between second and third semester.
As this course deals with the public domain and quality of built environment of human habitations, field studies are integral to this course. Studio based learnings are further strengthened with reviews and juries with experts from the field. Guest lectures are organised often to expose students to the projects and studies happening in the field of urban design and allied disciplines. In this course participatory learning process is encouraged by participating in joint workshops, competitions, collaborations at local, national and international levels. Efforts have also been to put together explorations, learnings and outcomes from studios, assignments in the form of books and/or public exhibitions through PVPCOA’s Research and Design Cell, so that it can reach people forming a bridge between our school and the society of which we are a part.
