Philosophical reflections on urban design (glorification)  Urban design, for me, is a field where people combine various ingredients (architecture, sustainability, planning) to create the perfect fragrance – a city where residents can comfortably and safely develop, work, relax, and raise children. It’s hard to imagine a more multifaceted and all-encompassing profession than urban design, and Read the full article…

Personal Experience With time flying by, the second semester has basically finished, and it has been an exciting and fulfilling semester due to the fact that we had two design modules and a research proposal for a design dissertation at this stage. It meant that at the start of the semester, we went straight into Read the full article…

First impression Time flies, the first semester’s courses have come to an end. This semester, I tried blog writing for the first time as a blogger. Basically, this experience is very novel and has benefited me to a large extent. When I first heard about blog creation, I was very excited. To be honest, I enjoy posting Read the full article…

Completely new field When we were informed at the start of the first semester that we would be required to blog, I was perplexed because this was something completely new to me that I had never experienced before. I realised I’d have to write lengthy texts not only for the teacher to review but also Read the full article…

Over the last 9 months, I feel I have learned so much not just in lectures and seminars but also from my peers. Blogging has been fundamental for this. It has encouraged me to explore a variety of urban design topics and facilitated a lot of interesting research. Additionally, I have had the opportunity to Read the full article…

This semester, blogging provided a form of escape from all the coursework we needed to produce for other modules. As I mentioned in my previous reflective blog Looking Back, I saw this opportunity as a way to broaden my reading on a variety of subjects in which I had long been interested but had never Read the full article…

I can’t believe it’s been nine months since I first arrived in Newcastle. It just feels like yesterday when I visited Newcastle University for the first time. And yet here I am almost done with my second semester of the course. The pleasant and thrilling process of creating blogs was a constant thread that ran Read the full article…

Firstly, I would like to appreciate everyone that has read or found my blogs to contain valuable information. The blogs for me have been a good platform to contemplate current conundrums in our urban world. Blogging has been a socially motivated event, so therefore I also take this moment to congratulate my colleagues. The tutors Read the full article…

© Copyright Arundhati Chitnis The local authorities designate conservation areas. These areas include villages, towns and cities with rich historical value. The unique design of buildings, streets and spaces create an impregnable sense of place.  when I visited Ouseburn valley in Newcastle upon Tyne, I could feel the culture and history that place holds. It Read the full article…

  For expressing my view on this I have to speak about my background.  I have done my bachelor’s in architecture for 5 years. Worked for few months as an architect. But didn’t get to explore further due to the pandemic.Writing blogs is a very new thing for me.  All i have written so far Read the full article…

Initial thoughts Contributing to this blog has been a fun and creative way to work towards the completion of this module though at first, it seemed quite daunting. Having entered into the course on an unusual path, with an HND and 4 years of working in practice, I had reservations about my abilities to effectively Read the full article…