Master of Arts (Urban Design)
For inquiries about the
MAUD program, please
e-mail program director
Mr
Low Boon Liang |
Field Trip
During the second semester, students are required to travel to a
regional country to work with local authorities on a short
intensive project for a week to ten days in order to gain
exposure and insight on the urban planning and design practice
in the country concerned. One of the objectives of the field
trip is to inculcate in our students the ability to understand,
analyse critically, and intervene sensitively and reasonably in
environments very different from that of Singapore. The
opportunity to work closely with the local authorities on a real
project also gives the student an added sense of gravity and
responsibility. In one year, students worked with officials from
the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development in Sri Lanka as
well as local officials from the southern coastal township of
Dondra. At the request of and working in conjunction with the
local authorities, the students proposed several developmental
projects for the communities and townships concerned. In another
year, students went to Manila where they worked with the Metro
Manila Development Authority as well as a local architectural
practice to develop solutions for the revitalisation of Manila's
Pasig River. Another cohort of students went to Suizhou, China,
together with a dozen other graduate students from Wuhan
University and University of New South Wales to produce a
concept plan and urban design solutions for the city in
collaboration with the municipal planning authority.
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