Planning Studio IV

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to: 1. conduct a survey of a chosen core area based a reconnaissance and well-structured questionnaire; 2. survey and carry out an urban renewal design to solve the identified problems of the area; and 3. describe the cost, benefits and management of urban schemes.

Urban renewal and assessment of housing needs, housing problems and devising of appropriate solution. Goals, principles and methods of urban renewal. Social culture and socio- economic effects of urban renewal. costs and benefits of urban renewal schemes. Management of urban schemes. Case studies of urban renewal schemes. Students are therefore expected to conduct preliminary field survey, carry out a design of questionnaires, collect data, analyse and come up with a design as a solution to urban decay in a core area of a chosen inner city.