The class will be divided into groups, with each group focusing on one project in depth. The second session will be devoted to actual practice as seen through the case examples, with each group reviewing their projects according to the previous discussions. Guest faculty will present projects of particular interest throughout the course. What project papers say, what don't they say. Accountability of funds, bookkeeping.
Stress is on basic tools and techniques of sustainable planning appropriate to transitional areas.
Topics are structured around measurement, modeling and prediction of design interventions, using evaluation as an entry into understanding good practice. The course is a joint MIT and Oxford Brookes University activity, held annually since 1989. Primary instructor is Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Goethert, MIT, co-author of Urbanization Primer, assisted by Oxford faculty. It provides technical training in site design, evaluation, and standards.