The design component aims to prepare students to work with different urban situations and agendas. For the main design project, individual students focus on one site of their choice, for the rest of the academic year. This focus allows very deep explorations of a range of scales and involved urban design issues. Students formulate objectives, briefs, programmes and spatial aspirations of their design work. In this Open Studio, students work on projects for exampl.

The Design work is part of the diverse Diploma Programme at UEL Architecture. It is thaught in the Atelier or Unit system and offers a wide range of choices and preferences for each individual MArch student. The module has a duration of 2 semesters.

The MA Urban Design is organised in two parallel taught modules followed by the Thesis module. The first two modules, the urban design studio www. As well as the lecture and seminar series in urban theory www. The Thesis work consists of two parts. Students write and compile an 8000-10000 word document, where both critical design and theory invigorate each other. This allows each student to structure the work intellect.