ARC635

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Completion This course aims to expose graduate students to the importance of understanding the history of the notion of sustainable development and design in order to assess the importance of concept and policies attached to it. This course aims also at helping students to have a careful overview of both large and small scales, in understanding environmental issues as well as societal and economic imperatives. The overarching goal is to illustrate that it is the professional responsibility of architects to act as informed decision-makers and provide planning and design solutions to a number of environmental concerns. The course rely on debate around notion of sustainable development, in different geographical contexts, in order to build on cases studies and theoretical approaches. Students will understand the need of continuously assimilate information from various scientific disciplines in their professional development

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