Students will create 6 mappings of their selected city. The themes for the mappi

Students will create 6 mappings of their selected city. The themes for the mappings will be: 1) Evolution – Four/Five diagrams showing the incremental growth of the city over time 2) Street Network – Plan drawing showing the heiraracy of streets, major and minor 3) Block Structure & Types ‐ Plan drawing showing the forms and disposition of blocks Fall 2021 Syllabus for ARCH 562, Page 3
4) Formal Structure – Four small plan diagrams showing readings of the urban form (such as monuments, train stations, districts, downtown, etc.)
5) Nature and Ecology ‐ Plan diagram showing natural elements within/around the city 6) Open Space Network – Plan diagram showing parks, greens etc within/around the city The intent of this exercise is to teach students to collect, organize and decipher data and information towards original graphic communication of the urban condition. The format for each of the six graphics will be 11 x 17 landscape. Details will be discussed in class.