HOW CAN WE MAKE A CITY BETTER?

KAIST Urban Design Lab’s design and research both explore roles of building environments in human being’s daily challenges to continuously sustain urban life. Major areas include:

Urban Design of Innovative, Experimental, Creative Approaches
- Demonstrate experimental approaches to urban design
- Pursue innovative and creative designs and methods capable in academia
- Promote environmental, social sustainability in urban design methods and projects
- Sustain daily experiences and lives by analyzing urban spatial configuration and identity
- Conduct urban design projects of mixed-use developments, housing complexes, urban renewal

Urban Data-driven Analysis
- Analyze urban conditions based on urban-generated data
- Analyze spatial configuration, urban perception, urban identity, urban redevelopment impacts
- Identify urban characteristics based on spatial, social big data
- Analyze urban spatial configurations based on urban spatial network
- Analyze correlations between urban networks and social, spatial, cultural, economic, environmental features