During this module we will investigate orientation: consuming cities, walking, memory, information and porosity of space. Myths of community, identity and the 'other': queering the city. fear and surveillance; the global city and network society e will context this by looking at the history: modernist utopias and realities: tower blocks, sprawl and favela. Situationist critique of consumerist no-space, post-modernity and the theory and practice of 'new urbanism'. Post-planning and the Asian mega-city: a case study of ShanghaiWe will also use site visits: analysing the sensory experience of space and place, urban typologies, density and character; the art of place-making and rationales of design policy. Regeneration, city promotion and festival spaces to develop your sense of urbanism in context of your own design work.During this module students will investigate the city through primary and secondary research: exploring cities as utopias, dystopias, sites of consumption as well as myths of community, staged identities and spaces of fear and surveillance. Research of consumerist non-space will provide a means of exploring post-modernity and the theory and practice of 'new urbanism'. Students will also analyse the city according to visual and sensory experiences of space and place, as well as critiquing recent urban typologies; the art of place-making and rationales of design policy, regeneration, city promotion and festival spaces to develop a sense of urbanism in context of their own design work.