The MA Cities Design and Urban Cultures offers to undertake a concentrated study of the city and its emerging architectures within the shifting geopolitical realities of our times. The MA will provide foundations in understanding space-making as a political act baring social and cultural implications. It seeks to identify and study situations of urban conflict created in the wake of political and cultural transformation and to develop a contemporary critique of planning practices. The MA addresses architects, artists and other urban practitioners who are interested in exploring and testing design methods against theoretical reflections on the history of the city. The course combines historical and theoretical research about the city with an investigative approach of intervention and the development of creative strategies for space making. The MA Cities Design and Urban Cultures builds on the established strengths of the department and offers the opportunity for a high-level education within a studio-based and cooperative academic research environment and offers opportunities for inter-disciplinary studies. Students will be supported to continue their research in further studies for MPhil/ PhD research degrees.