Master of Urban Design UNCC

04/08/2021

It's Niner Nation Gives week, and we are championing the new David Walters Scholarship Fund for MUD students. 49 gifts of any amount to the fund will unlock a generous donation of $2500 from David to the scholarship fund. Want to join the effort? Visit https://ninernationgives.uncc.edu/coaa

Professor Emeritus David Walters taught architectural design, housing design, urban history, and urban design from 1990-2014 and was the founding director of the Master of Urban Design program. During this NinerNationGives 49 hours of giving, we are trying to reach 49 gifts to the David Walters Scholarship Fund to unlock David's challenge of $2500! You can join the effort here: https://ninernationgives.uncc.edu/coaa

10/28/2020

Please join us this Friday for a Virtual Open House for students who have applied or are interested in applying to our Master of Urban Design program (or any of our graduate programs) for 2021. More information can be found at:

Fall 2020: Friday, October 30, Noon: Introductions to the MArch, MUD, and MS Programs Prospective students who have applied or are considering applying to the MArch, MUD, and MS programs are invited to our Virtual Graduate Open House, where they will learn about the details of each program and meet....

10/18/2020

We had a lot of fun touring uptown Charlotte!

09/21/2020

Congratulations to new Master of Urban Design student Jacob Lyons, who won third place in the "Urban Food Hub" category of the 2020 Steel Design Student Competition for his project, Pesce Plaza, completed while he was a student at Louisiana State University. Pesce Plaza is an educational urban food plaza, community garden center, public park, and micro-culinary school proposed for a site along Baton Rouge’s Plank Road corridor.

08/11/2020

https://www.designboom.com/architecture/carlo-ratti-biotic-technology-and-innovation-district-brasilia-08-11-2020/

08/06/2020

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-05/how-the-ada-reshaped-urban-street-design?fbclid=IwAR3o68scZfZ1UqPzWcaNT_M1jnpvP_PUYiviWrMVPAifaEokJpFh-8bR_q8

Curb cuts may seem like an obvious civic good now. But the protracted battle to enact them exposes a design history that focused on a normative “user” of streets.

07/27/2020

https://www.noma.net/news/5-essential-books-to-read-on-making-cities-anti-racist/

Curbed's five essential books for architects and policymakers about making cities anti-racist including suggestions from Kimberly Dowdell and Tiffany Brown

07/21/2020

In the 1930s, the government-sponsored Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) denied credit access to neighborhoods with high proportion of minority residents. It’s called Redlining. While the 1968 Fair Housing Act made it illegal, the practices are still evident today in the segregated structures of our cities. Join us on Wednesday to learn more and discuss solutions for our City’s neighborhoods.

07/19/2020

https://www.charlottestories.com/city-council-approves-600-million-plan-to-completely-redevelop-uptowns-north-tryon-street/?fbclid=IwAR1HY1ZyAdcBJK1gQsiZpDBk5yOWtdgSSWKh_aCn8lj77BUzLCNUD290yjI

The Charlotte City Council has just voted unanimously to approve a new $600 million plan to completely redevelop most of the area between Tryon and College, from Sixth to Eighth Streets, aka The North Tryon Vision Plan. According to yesterday’s meeting agenda, the newly approved plan includes the ...

11/15/2019

Cars changed the way we move. They also led to toxic levels of air pollution in many cities. Now, under pressure from their citizens, city officials are experimenting with new ways to reimagine the role of cars.

08/30/2019

Charlotte NC is looking to rezone thousands of acres along the Blue Line. Officials hope it will help implement new regulations passed by Charlotte City Council guiding development near the light rail.

08/30/2019

https://www.wfae.org/post/charlotte-talks-how-should-uptown-charlotte-grow-inside-future-plans-center-city

Wednesday, August 28, 2019 The process begins for Charlotte’s 2040 Plan for uptown. With our explosive growth, planning is vital. Guest host Erik Spanberg