Thanks for posting this question! I'd say a few things:
- Make sure graduates are working across multiple disciplines (slightly endemic to the profession). Urban Designers need to understand a range of issues and a range of vocabularies
- Understand relationship between UD and climate issues
- Understand relationship between UD and equity issues
- Understand how emerging tech (new mobility, autonomous vehicles, e-commence) are going to be impacting cities
Looking forward to the symposium!
-Nico
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Nicolas Larco AIA
Assistant Professor
University of Oregon
Portland OR
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-24-2019 22:43
From: Steven Wilson
Subject: How do we better prepare graduates for new/future challenges?
As we start to think about the next RUDC symposium (coming up in February!), I keep thinking about our last symposium where we discussed some of the current gaps in education, and would like to continue the discussion:
How can we better prepare our architecture and urban design graduates for the challenges facing cities today and tomorrow?
Whether you're an architect, an educator, or simply interested in the future of cities, I'm curious to hear your thoughts.
Sincerely,
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Steven Wilson AIA
Cities + Urban Design Practice Area Leader, North Central Region
Gensler - Chicago
Chicago IL
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