Spring 2027

Urban Design and Open Space Systems

A studio course that examines how public open spaces function as shared social places within urban design, integrating human activity with physical and natural site features at the site and neighborhood scale.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Eric SchuchardtShu Sun

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.54 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.75 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify how land use regulations and other public policies shape the built environment and which, in turn, influence human health, safety, and well-being

  • Describe how networks of formal and informal open spaces function in a variety of urban contexts and are planned and designed by interdisciplinary teams

  • Describe how individuals and social groups interact in and respond to particular open space settings and land uses

  • Illustrate urban design principles and best practices that influence architectural massing and placement in relationship to transportation and open spaces systems

  • Demonstrate how open space can function as sustainable social, economic, and environmental infrastructure systems that support human health and well-being

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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LAND ARC 321 and 560

LANDARC 562 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.54 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.75 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=22 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.75 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=22 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ERIC SCHUCHARDT is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SHU SUN is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 320
LAB 301Classroom Instruction0 / 320

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.54 GPA, 84.6% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.75 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=22 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Social dimensions and connectedness of urban design and open space systems viewed through landscape architecture, architecture, urban planning, real estate development, urban ecology, civil engineering, and visual arts.
  • Integration of human activity requirements and experiences with physical and natural site features, focusing on form-giving, place-making, and sustainability at the site and neighborhood scale.
  • How land use regulations and public policies shape the built environment and influence human health, safety, and well-being.

Skills

  • Analyze how land use regulations and public policies shape the built environment, and illustrate urban design principles influencing architectural massing, placement, transportation, and open space systems.
  • Describe how formal and informal open space networks function in urban contexts, and demonstrate how they serve as sustainable social, economic, and environmental infrastructure supporting human health and well-being.

Grades

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LANDARC 562 · Spring 2027

Urban Design and Open Space Systems

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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