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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

Adequate housing facilities, inclusive dwelling environments, and sustainable living setups are the need of the hour across societies. Understand and master the key design strategies for facilitating environment-friendly urban development with the Global Housing Design course. The six-week training requires candidates to put in 4-5 hours of work every week. Students learn through interviews with residents and practitioners, case studies, videos, and feedback sessions.

More than a billion people currently dwell in slums and improving the living conditions for a populace growing by the minute is a challenge. Every location, region, city, and country demands definite residential models and prototypes. With the Global Housing Design certification programme students will gain in-depth knowledge about the varying housing design needs.

The edX Global Housing Design online course extensively covers the range of economic, environmental, and social factors instrumental in designing housing settlements. The programme allows learners to examine the aspects of community, environment, and time through specific design approaches, including clustering, typological mix, and incrementality. The Delft University of Technology in partnership with Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) offers this instructor-led training.

The self-paced programme offers two tracks, namely, paid certificate and free. In the former mode, the candidates will have unlimited access and in the latter track, they will have access only for a limited duration.

The Highlights

Online architecture course
Instructor-led (on-schedule) training
Delft University of Technology and AKTC offering
Faculty from Delft University of Technology
On-site documentation
Self-paced programme
Videos with English transcript
Key case studies
Regular feedback sessions
Paid instructor-signed certificate
Interviews with residents and practitioners

Programme Offerings

Online architecture course
Instructor-led (on-schedule) training
Delft University of Technology and AKTC offering
Faculty from Delft University of Technology
On-site documentation
Videos with English transcript
Key case studies
Interviews

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 14676	yes	Delft University of Technology

The Global Housing Design course payment is not mandatory; merely those concerned in purchasing the certification should pay.

Global Housing Design programme fee structure

Training	Fees
Global Housing Design	NA
Global Housing Design certificate	₹14,736

Eligibility Criteria

Students who want to pursue the Global Housing Design training programme must have undergraduate-level education in urban design, architecture, or planning. Familiarity in domains dealing with the built environment, and housing development, especially in social sciences like art and architectural history, sociology, and anthropology, and applied sciences such as civil engineering will also prove beneficial.

After finishing the training curriculum, reviews, feedback sessions, case studies, interviews, and more, students can pay for the Global Housing Design certification.

What you will learn

Knowledge of Urban Planning

By the end of the Global Housing Design online programme, learners will:

Identify the spatial configurations and social, economic, and cultural practices that constitute the existent dwelling communities.
Understand the design approaches of incrementality, clustering, and typological mix
Use these to improve the sustainability level and living conditions of various urban communities.
Determine design approaches that are well-suited for developing adequate housing in middle and low-income countries
Evaluate the characteristics of different housing schemes
Measure and assess the performance of settlements and dwelling communities. Take into account the interrelation between economic, social, and environmental factors.
Learn about Shushtar New Town, by Iranian architect Kamran Diba, Aranya Low-Cost Housing project by an Indian architect, B V Doshi, and Dar Lamane Housing project, Casablanca in Morocco.
Understand the features of housing projects by considering geographical, social, and political contexts
Devise a managerial strategy and a design hypothesis to create an inclusive housing cluster situated in a city in a middle or a low-income country.

Admission Details

Step 1: Click on the edX link to reach the ‘Global Housing Design’ course page: https://www.edx.org/course/global-housing-design.

Step 2: Either click on sign/register or ‘enrol’ to proceed.

Step 3: Start a new EdX account or log in with credentials.

Step 4: Get started with the training.

Step 5: Pay the mentioned charge for the certificate.

Application Details

Apart from the necessary personal and contact information, there is not much required in the Global Housing Design training programme's enrolment process.

The Syllabus

Instructors

Delft University of Technology Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Is the Global Housing Design course available globally?

No. Students from the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, and Iran cannot sign up for the Global Housing Design certification course.

2: Who is offering this programme?

Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) and the Delft University of Technology provide the course through edX.

3: Can I access the case studies for free?

Yes. You can access the case studies and other learning material for the Global Housing Design online training for free.

4: How can I share my certificate on LinkedIn for the Global Housing Design training programme?

You will receive a digital copy of the certification that you can easily share on LinkedIn. For more information, kindly check out: https://support.edx.org/hc/en-us/articles/206501938-How-can-I-add-my-certificate-to-my-LinkedIn-profile-.