Posted by Graeme Sharpe in Neighborhoods
on Feb 24th, 2011 | 3 comments
My interests in cities led me to enroll in Ball State University’s Master of Urban Design (MUD) program at their Indianapolis Center (CAP:IC). Urban design focuses on the public areas of our cities, including parks, plazas, transportation, and zoning/land use policy. The MUD program and CAP:IC are part of an effort to bring new ideas about planning, design, and theory to Indiana’s capital. The long-term mission of the center is “be a catalyst for recovering and redefining the experience of urban places.”
The purpose of the MUD degree is to integrate knowledge from...