b'The MUDD UDES0003 International Urban Design Studio has been conducted in 53 cities worldwide since 1995 and is strongly aligned with the UNSW Strategic Priorities of Social Engagement and Global Impact. The principal aim of the International Urban Design Studio is to engage in a creative and critical way with global patterns of urbanisation, the culture of cities and the design dimension of urban development through direct experience of an international city. The studio provides the critical test of the MUDD approach to urbanisation and changein direct experience, or through contrast, engaging with the megacities of the world, the scale and pace of city building, the vast demographic shifts and cultural transformations involved in the urban process, the implosion and explosion of design ideas, and understanding that cities are a human construct, a complex human environment that can be theorised, conceptualised, revealed and at times, redirected.25P2-20200229-FOLIO 25 ANNIVERSARY.indd 2 2020/3/2 21:52:12'