20-10-2012, 04:03 PM
Master inInfrastructure Planning
The New Jersey School of Architecture offers a unique interdisciplinary graduate program in
infrastructure planning and design directed at students with prior degrees in architecture, landscape
architecture, urban planning, and civil or environmental engineering.
Infrastructure is defined as the whole built fabric of public spaces, institutions, facilities and
services that shape and sustain daily life. Capitalizing on NJIT’s resources in architecture,
civil and environmental engineering, transportation, management, and environmental policy,
the program addresses the global need to train planning and design professionals to work across
the spectrum of disciplines involved in infrastructure development. The program’s specific
educational objective is to focus on the formative role of infrastructure systems in determining
the growth and renewal patterns of cities, suburbs, neighborhoods and public spaces.
The need for such a program in New Jersey, the nation’s most urbanized state located at the
center of its greatest concentration of urban infrastructure, has been confirmed by the support
and collaboration of state and local government and non-government agencies, civic and community
organizations, and private sector developers. As a result, the MIP program has completed
funded applied research projects for New Jersey cities and communities such as Riverside,
Pleasantville, Newark, Newark-Ironbound, Lincoln Park, Jersey City, Florence-Roebling,
and Paterson.
These “real-world” projects are an integral part of the academic structure. They are carried out
in Infrastructure Planning studios, which function as the core of the curriculum and incorporate
applied research, practice and community service. Besides offering a service to communities
and promoting new strategies for improving the urban environment, “live” projects give
students opportunities to deal directly with real issues in actual situations and to become involved
in the difficult process of devising solutions to complex urban problems. Active participation
by stakeholders and officials makes academic work more probing, tangible and productive.
The possibility that studio projects may lead to actual planning initiatives brings to
them a sense of purpose and commitment unattainable with hypothetical scenarios.
Infrastructure planning projects are multifaceted. They must include analytical, financial and
design components; and emphasize infrastructure systems, technologies, planning strategies
and the overall coordinating function of the planning process itself. GIS, CAD and other
computer applications are used to manage information, build digital models, generate graphics,
and produce multi-media presentations. Studio work is collaborative: teams of students
carry out the work under the direction of interdisciplinary faculty. The studio is organized to
simulate the conditions of innovative practice.
The New Jersey School of Architecture offers a unique interdisciplinary graduate program in
infrastructure planning and design directed at students with prior degrees in architecture, landscape
architecture, urban planning, and civil or environmental engineering.
Infrastructure is defined as the whole built fabric of public spaces, institutions, facilities and
services that shape and sustain daily life. Capitalizing on NJIT’s resources in architecture,
civil and environmental engineering, transportation, management, and environmental policy,
the program addresses the global need to train planning and design professionals to work across
the spectrum of disciplines involved in infrastructure development. The program’s specific
educational objective is to focus on the formative role of infrastructure systems in determining
the growth and renewal patterns of cities, suburbs, neighborhoods and public spaces.
The need for such a program in New Jersey, the nation’s most urbanized state located at the
center of its greatest concentration of urban infrastructure, has been confirmed by the support
and collaboration of state and local government and non-government agencies, civic and community
organizations, and private sector developers. As a result, the MIP program has completed
funded applied research projects for New Jersey cities and communities such as Riverside,
Pleasantville, Newark, Newark-Ironbound, Lincoln Park, Jersey City, Florence-Roebling,
and Paterson.
These “real-world” projects are an integral part of the academic structure. They are carried out
in Infrastructure Planning studios, which function as the core of the curriculum and incorporate
applied research, practice and community service. Besides offering a service to communities
and promoting new strategies for improving the urban environment, “live” projects give
students opportunities to deal directly with real issues in actual situations and to become involved
in the difficult process of devising solutions to complex urban problems. Active participation
by stakeholders and officials makes academic work more probing, tangible and productive.
The possibility that studio projects may lead to actual planning initiatives brings to
them a sense of purpose and commitment unattainable with hypothetical scenarios.
Infrastructure planning projects are multifaceted. They must include analytical, financial and
design components; and emphasize infrastructure systems, technologies, planning strategies
and the overall coordinating function of the planning process itself. GIS, CAD and other
computer applications are used to manage information, build digital models, generate graphics,
and produce multi-media presentations. Studio work is collaborative: teams of students
carry out the work under the direction of interdisciplinary faculty. The studio is organized to
simulate the conditions of innovative practice.