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11.302[J] Urban Design Politics
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(Same subject as 4.253[J])
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: M EVE (3-6 PM) (10-401)![]()
Examines ways urban design contributes to distribution of political power and resources in cities. Investigates the nature of relations between built form and political purposes through close study of a wide variety of situations where public sector design commissions and planning processes have been clearly motivated by political pressures. Lectures and discussions focus on specific case studies of 20th-century government-sponsored designs carried out under diverse regimes in the US, Europe, and elsewhere.
L. Vale
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