Perspectives on Contemporary Practice is an urban design seminar offered in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. The course exposes graduate-level students to contemporary design practices and ways of working across scales. Class discussions and visiting lectures are augmented by visits to local (Boston or NYC-based) architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and planning firms.
Thank you to the practices and organizations that participated in the Spring 2024 seminar: MAPC, Stull+Lee, Agency, Scape, Hargreaves Jones, Northeastern University, Sasaki, AECOM, BPDA, Landing Studio, urbanAC/The Just City Lab.
Teams also visited the following firms and presented their findings to the class: Hargreaves Jones, nbbj, Supernormal Studio, Agency, Stoss Landscape Urbanism, Studio Luz, Utile, Interboro and Mass Design Group. David was the course instructor and is a Lecturer in Urban Design at MIT.
Image of final conversation with guests Basak Alkan, HDR / Elizabeth Christoforetti, Supernormal Studio / Tomás Folch, Paisaje Urbano – PAUR / and Mark Klopfer, Klopfer Martin Design Group