Urban Design in London, England
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Academic level: Undergraduate
Program dates: June 16 – July 7, 2012
Priority application deadline: March 1st
General application deadline: April 2nd
Please note: Applications are accepted after April 2nd on a rolling, space available, first come first served, basis and programs are open until filled.
Total credits: 4 points
Program focus: Architecture, art history, urban planning, architectural preservation
“Professor Broderick is absolutely amazing; she knows everything there is to know about the city of London and its architecture.” – Summer 2011 student
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Program Director
Mosette Broderick, Full Clinical Professor and Academic Director, Department of Art History
Mosette Broderick has been the Director for the NYU Urban Design in London program since its inception in 1995 and is highly knowledgeable of the society and culture of London. She also serves as the Director of Urban Design and Architecture Studies and the MA program in Historical and Sustainable Architecture in the Department of Art History at NYU. She teaches courses on urban subjects, American and English architecture and the art in, and history of New York City Museums. She won the Distinguished Teaching Award in 2010. Additionally, she has published TRIUMVERATE, Knopf, 2010.
Program Summary
Since architecture is by definition three-dimensional and site specific, experiencing it first hand is a must. This course introduces students to the history of Britain's abundant architectural traditions, while at the same time addressing issues such as the preservation and presentation of an architectural heritage, infrastructure, transportation, adaptive re-use, ecological concerns and other topics related to urban planning and architectural practice.
Academics
NYU Urban Design in London is a summer study program intended for undergraduate students interested in a career in architecture, architectural history, art history, urban planning, or architectural preservation. This is an intensive course: students fully engage in class every day all day for three weeks. Attendance at all class sessions is mandatory. The course includes visits to numerous architecturally significant sites and buildings.
Housing & Meals
All students participating in the program are required to live in NYU-provided housing in a newly renovated residence is just off Russell Square, within walking distance of the shops, supermarket and cinema of The Brunswick Center, the public parks and gardens of Mecklenburgh Square, and to all forms of transportation. The residence is a few minute walk from the academic center in Bedford Square. The apartments are shared suites with bedrooms arranged around a community area/kitchen. A suite may have up to four bedrooms, each bedroom, usually housing two students, with a bed, desk, and armoire for each student. Two or three bedrooms share a bathroom. The residence features lounges, laundy facilities, and wireless internet. There is no meal plan; you may prepare meals in your apartment (kitchens include cooking utensils) or eat at restaurants in the neighborhood. A residence manager is on-site as well as residential life staff and 24-hour security staff.
Excursions
Field trips include visits to a wide array of building types - from Oxford University to country houses to Westminster Abbey, to name a few - that serve residential, governmental, clubs and religious purposes. Below is a sample excursion itinerary to give students an idea of what the Summer 2012 itinerary might be:
Day 1: Boat trip down the Thames to Greenwich. Then a walk under the river and a return trip via the new light rail.
Day 2: Stonehenge, Bath and Stourhead (BUS).
Day 3: Museum of London. Walk through the City of London to St Paul's, the Barbican, Lloyd's Mansion House Square, The Bank of England.
Day 4: Ham House, Syon, Chiswick (BUS).
Day 5: Westminster Abbey, Parliament, The Whitehall, St Martin's in the Fields, Pall Mall.
Day 6: Victoria and Albert Museum Decorative Arts Collection and Leighton House.
Day 7: New Museums and Museum Additions. The Tate Modern, National Gallery, British Museum, National Portrait Gallery.
Day 8: Brighton.
Day 9: Thamesmead, Crossness Pumping Station and beam engines, Penshurst Place.
Day 10: Railroad Stations and Kew - Great iron buildings.
Day 11: The Soane Museum, Sommerset House, The Law Courts, The Embankment and St. Clement Dane.
Day 12: Oxford and Blenheim.
Day 13: New aspects of the City. Canary Wharf, the new tube stations, Thames Barrier.
Day 14: Multiple dwelling units. Streatham Street worker's housing, Pimlico, Greater London County Council housing units.
Day 15: To be announced.
Faculty
Mosette Broderick, B.A. Finch College (1967); M.A. Columbia University (1972); Full Clinical Professor of Art History, Urban Design and Architecture Studies Program, NYU
Summer 2012 guest lecturers:
Edward Diestelkamp of National Trust and NYU in London
Peter Howell of Royal Holloway College
CONTACT INFO
NYU Office of Global Programs
110 East 14th Street, LOWER LEVEL
New York, NY 10003
t: 212-998-4433
f: 212-995-4103
urban.design.london@nyu.edu