My learning experience in urban design During my undergraduate study, I majored in urban planning. In China, urban design is a branch of urban planning discipline. After government departments and planning practitioners planning the national land space, urban designers continue to carry out further land management, spatial design and image beautification of urban space. Actually, Read the full article…

As a female urban designer I am passionate about fostering intersectionality and ensuring universal accessibility within urban design, I aim to shed light on a crucial topic that resonates deeply with my convictions. One area I am particularly keen to discuss is inclusive urban design for women… Shaping Inclusive Cities: Women’s Safety and Empowerment in Read the full article…

Introduction With the fast development of society, our lives are getting better and better, and so are cities. While all the urban designers are adults, only a few designers realized that children also have needs. So recent years have seen a rapidly growing public debate about the welfare of children, people have paid much attention Read the full article…

My background When I was applying for postgraduate, I considered many majors that interested me, Urban Design, Environmental Design, Interior Design and so on. In the end, I chose urban design because, in my first impression, urban design was a macro-level course that involved many areas that I did not have the chance to touch Read the full article…

In my opinion, urban design is a comprehensive discipline which has a close relationship with architecture, interior, landscape, urban planning as well as other majors. When I was a child, I had a strong interest in architecture and history. And as I grew older, my interest became stronger than the old day. Therefore, after completing my college course, I began to borrow and read many kinds of professional Read the full article…

Background of my undergraduate programme I believe that enhancing the environment in my hometown would be extremely beneficial to me. The smog that has afflicted our city for the past few years, in particular, has made me recognise how profoundly the environment influences my life. As a result, during my undergraduate studies, I chose to Read the full article…

When I read the course description of TCP8090 for the first time, I thought it would be a theoretical course, but after the first day’s lecture, I found it was a course that required us to create a website, which felt like a very interesting course. But it’s an area that I’ve never been in Read the full article…

There is no gainsaying the fact that seemingly innate divergent intellect and unbridled imagination have spurred me to proactively search for progressive books and publications pertaining to the realm of artistic endeavours since childhood. The actual reinforcement of design as my lifelong career path stemmed from the insight and inspiration I garnered from a serendipitous Read the full article…

Urban design plans in cities and countryside, covering roads, buildings, parks, and neighborhoods. It focuses on processes and outcomes in building and space design within architecture. Urban design intersects with architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning to create a suitable urban environment. Unlike urban planning, which deals with city area principles, and architecture or landscape Read the full article…

(Sources from Self-made pictures) When I first checked the course description of TCP8090, I thought it was a theoretical course, and after a series of lectures, it would be enough to write an essay at the end of the class, but I didn’t realize that this course is so interesting, it not only requires us Read the full article…

I have continued to find the blog exercise a very powerful educational and developmental tool in my master’s journey this semester. The key benefits that I feel I have gained in this semester are: First, I am more capable of identifying the topics that I want to explore and research, and I have further developed the Read the full article…

Figure 1: National Theatre on London’s South Bank (England, 2023) Figure 2: King’s cross in the summer (Cindy, 2020)   What did you feel when you looked at the first figure? And the second one? Our feelings are complicated, and we can’t control them most of the time, but they are often affected by our Read the full article…