The need for improved affordability, safety, resilience, and dependability of aging urban infrastructure systems is growing for local governments, public service organizations, and urban utilities as urban population density rises.

For these systems to effectively support economic growth, urbanization, and the provision of basic public services, they must be updated and modified on a regular basis (often using technological solutions). Urban planners establish the framework for our daily existence.

This Certified Urban build (CUD) course will teach students how to analyze public demands and build urban infrastructure in a way that is sustainable for the environment. This will help shape our cities and make them livable, safe, convenient, and comfortable.

Course Objectives:

At the end of this Certified Urban Designer (CUD) Course, learners will be able to do:

Practical exam training
Explanation through case studies
Solving previous years' exam questions
Interact with fellow students and the instructor, who is on hand to give advice and promptly respond to questions in the discussion forums.

Who Should Attend?

The course of certified urban design is ideal for the following:

Environment professionals
Urban designers, for example, in management positions,
Professionals who need to understand the urban design profession and work requirements.
Principal, director or other management role overseeing urban design projects in architectural, landscape, planning or multi-disciplinary practices
Design managers or team leaders in a local authority
Development Managers
Project managers

Course Outlines:

3D Design, Creativity and Critical Insight

Deconstruct and reconstruct (how to take apart and recreate designs or
problems)
Generate creative solutions (i.e., thinking in ways not yet apparent)
Using professional judgment to make decisions based on incomplete information
Integrating broader critical and imaginative thinking into logistical (physical)
hypothesis
Understanding diverse perspectives and values

Sustainability

Built environment (open spaces, infrastructures)
Natural environment (water, land form, climate)
Historic preservation
Retrofitting buildings
Energy (conservation, generation)
Cultural associations (references)
Sense of community identity
Appreciation for traditional patterns, materials and practice
Access to transportation
Access to housing
Jobs to housing balance
Access to services

Urban Framework

History and Precedents
Theory and City Forms
Land Use, Density and Intensity
Urban Typology
Block typology
Street typology
Publicly accessible open spaces, streets and orientation
Civic and cultural facilities

Agency

Understanding and Managing Change
Tools and techniques appropriate to the audience (e.g., social media, mainstream media, public presentation, engagement and education etc.)
Communicating benefits of urban design
Engaging in diagnostic activities
Project management | Conflict resolution | Managing interdisciplinary teams
Aesthetics (sense of beauty) | Fiscal impact | Quality of life (sense of place) | Improved health, safety and wellness

Implementation Tools | Development | Legal | Tools of the trade

Design Standards and Urban Design
Capital Improvement Programs
Incentives: Public, Private and Instutional
Real Estate Economics
Construction impacts | Capital, operating, maintenance and lifecycle cost
Ownership rights | Case law | Land, building, fire and related codes
Visual evaluation tools | GIS | Graphic presentation of quantitative information

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