Urban Form and Society (BARC0019)

Key information

Faculty: Faculty of the Built Environment
Teaching department: Bartlett School of Architecture
Credit value: 15

Restrictions: This module is only available to students on the MSc Space Syntax programme.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

This module explores the role of the city in structuring social, economic, and ethnic diversity. It offers an overview of how space syntax research fits into the history of concepts relating to society and urban form, with an additional session dedicated to housing and community. The subject of how cities adapt to change over time is studied, alongside research into the relationship between urban design and poverty, health, mobility, religion, ethnicity 鈥� and overall, how through a careful application of social cartography we can study urban inequalities empirically. Its aims are that students will听develop an appreciation of the complexity of the relationship between built form and social diversity; that they will听gain understanding of social theories as they pertain to family, community, and societal structures; and that they will听appreciate the design issues that stem from people's living arrangements in different parts of the world.

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 2 听听听 Postgraduate (FHEQ Level 7)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In person
Methods of assessment: 100% Coursework
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 12
Module leader: Professor Laura Vaughan
Who to contact for more information: d.pessoa@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.

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Important information

The catalogue has been updated with key information about the modules that will run during the 2024/25 academic session. Current and prospective students can browse through the catalogue to consider possible module choices for the coming year.

Please note,听information in the catalogue is听subject to change as teaching and assessment arrangements for 2024/25 may need to be adjusted in line with the University's Feedback and Assessment principles and operating model.

Centrally managed exam durations will be provided on students' individual exam timetables. Arrangements for locally managed exams and in-class activity will be confirmed by the teaching department for the module.

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