Urban Design Studio

NEW INFORMATION

Call for participants: Urban Design Studio 2025　（Last Update:Oct.8）
・Here is the video archive of the Open Guidance session (Required: “.u-tokyo.ac.jp” zoom account). You can also see the assignment materials (Required: ECCS account) used during the Open Guidance on October 8.
・Graduate students who wish to participate are requested to apply by filling out this application form by Monday, October 20.

・~~Those who have registered are invited to come to the Kick-off workshop scheduled for Wednesday, October 22, 17:00-18:30, at Room 222 (Urban Commons), 2nd floor, Engineering Bldg. 14.~~
→For the first session on October 22, we will not gather as a whole group. The lecture originally planned for the first session will instead be covered within Prof. Nakajima and Prof.Murayama’s graduate course lectures (the 4th period on October 15 and 22 titled “Urban and Regional Planning” in English). These lectures will cover the history of Tokyo’s diverse urban areas and streetscape formation, as well as explanations of the Chiyoda Ward Urban Planning Master Plan. We plan to record and share these lectures so those not enrolled in the course can also review it.
→Based on applications received by October 20, we will determine participation themes while accommodating preferences as much as possible. All applicants will be notified by email by the evening of October 21. Therefore, for the first session on October 22, please gather according to the instructions from the faculty member responsible for your assigned theme.

・Other key dates are as follows.
　- Interim Presentation: Nov. 28, 17:00-18:30.
　- Final Presentation: Dec. 17, 17:00-18:30.
　Dates besides these will be determined based on the availability of participants for each theme. Typically, each theme meets approximately once a week for work and discussion.

Overview

The Urban Planning Course offers a curriculum for both undergraduate to graduate school students that includes urban planning, urban design, and urban analysis programs targeting various scales of the city such as urban areas, cities, districts, and city blocks.

In the graduate school, we have had three programs held in various types of urban areas in Tokyo since 2017, with each program taking different approaches to planning. A group of 10-20 Japanese and international students each chose one topic for their assignment and took part in group work conducted in English.

In recent years, there have been three types of assignments; activity or place-based design and management of an urban center (A), data-driven planning (B), and landscape design as a climate change strategy (C). Previous works can be seen here.