Designing Cities BA Honours
Designing Cities BA Honours (BADC) is an integrated course between planning and architecture that equips students with the necessary skills and competences to tackle together the multiple challenges of city sustainability, inclusion and resiliency. Over the last years, the BADC teaching team gathered together with students and alumni to discuss the future of the course in the context of an evolving job market and new emerging challenges. As a result, the course was re-launched as Urban Planning and Design BA Honours in October 2023, with a focus on using design as a method of enquiry, an explorative tool to creatively test ideas of sustainable urban futures.
BAUPD emphasises the relationship between the climate emergency and cities, and is aligned with the on-going work of ArCCAT, the Architecture and Cities Climate Action Taskforce. Cities are understood as both problems and opportunities in the transition towards net-zero emission. At the same time, they are places in which one can experience new ways of living, and are linked to emerging narratives of happiness, well-being and diversity.
Designing Cities BA Honours
Our aim is to equip our future urban planners to play a leading role in shaping climate resilient, sustainable, healthy and inclusive cities. Therefore, our teaching focuses on solving emerging urban problems such as the increasing demand for affordable homes, more active and sustainable modes of travel for everyone, and better access to quality green open space in cities. This has been the focus of our students’ work in the context of Year 3 Urban Planning and Design Studio, geared towards tackling climate change, social justice and health inequalities in London. The work of our students aspires to make places better by improving every aspect of our cities for all who lives in them, not just a few.
As in the past, we have organised industry project with our key partners (including Jacobs, Grosvenor, WSP), exposing students to new problems to solve, and providing an opportunity to explore new solutions. The best students’ works are generously awarded by JCDecaux. The course is accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).
The course is accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).
Luz Navarro Eslava
Course Leader
Giulio Verdini
Course Leader (2016-2023)
Designing Cities BA Honours
Designing Cities BA Honours (BADC) is an integrated course between planning and architecture that equips students with the necessary skills and competences to tackle together the multiple challenges of city sustainability, inclusion and resiliency. Over the last years, the BADC teaching team gathered together with students and alumni to discuss the future of the course in the context of an evolving job market and new emerging challenges. As a result, the course was re-launched as Urban Planning and Design BA Honours in October 2023, with a focus on using design as a method of enquiry, an explorative tool to creatively test ideas of sustainable urban futures.
BAUPD emphasises the relationship between the climate emergency and cities, and is aligned with the on-going work of ArCCAT, the Architecture and Cities Climate Action Taskforce. Cities are understood as both problems and opportunities in the transition towards net-zero emission. At the same time, they are places in which one can experience new ways of living, and are linked to emerging narratives of happiness, well-being and diversity.
Designing Cities BA Honours
Our aim is to equip our future urban planners to play a leading role in shaping climate resilient, sustainable, healthy and inclusive cities. Therefore, our teaching focuses on solving emerging urban problems such as the increasing demand for affordable homes, more active and sustainable modes of travel for everyone, and better access to quality green open space in cities. This has been the focus of our students’ work in the context of Year 3 Urban Planning and Design Studio, geared towards tackling climate change, social justice and health inequalities in London. The work of our students aspires to make places better by improving every aspect of our cities for all who lives in them, not just a few.
As in the past, we have organised industry project with our key partners (including Jacobs, Grosvenor, WSP), exposing students to new problems to solve, and providing an opportunity to explore new solutions. The best students’ works are generously awarded by JCDecaux. The course is accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).
The course is accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).
Luz Navarro Eslava
Course Leader
Giulio Verdini
Course Leader (2016-2023)