Master of Urban Design, Department of Architecture and Planning hosted the implementation of PKRK (Urban Design Professional Development). PKRK is a Continuing Professional Development program that must be followed by all members of the Urban Design Experts Association (IARKI) to ensure the achievement of comprehensive urban design competencies. The event took place online and offline on Saturday (13/7) in room K1, Department of Architecture and Planning.

The event was officially opened by remarks from N. M. Gito Wibowo as Vice Chairman of IARKI and Ir. Deva Fosterharoldas Swasto, S.T., M.Sc., Ph.D., IPM. as Head of the Department of Architecture and Planning Engineering. This PKRK module 301 activity consists of 2 sessions. Session 1 began in the morning with the theme “Behavioral & Socio-Cultural Aspects of the Community” with speakers by Prof. Bambang Hari Wibisono, MUP, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Professor of DTAP UGM) and Ardhyasa Fabrian Gusma, S.T., M.Sc. (A+A Studio). Participants who attended online and offline seemed eager to deepen their knowledge on the topic.

The enthusiasm continued to session 2 in the afternoon which raised the theme “Communication and Urban Design Research” with speakers Ardhya Nareswari, S.T., M.T., Ph.D. (Lecturer of DTAP UGM) and Ahmad Rifai, M.A., M.Sc. (Co-founder of Kota Kita). Although the event lasted until late afternoon, the participants were still enthusiastic in expressing their opinions and questions for the speakers.

Thank you to all participants, speakers, and parties involved in the success of this PKRK event. Hopefully the knowledge gained in this activity can be useful for all of us. See you again at the next PKRK!

Author: Dyah Titisari Widyastuti

Abstract:
Basically, it is urgently needed to build appropriate learning methods in the current pandemic condition, where the teaching and learning process at various levels of education demands a major change from what originally took place face-to-face in educational institution classrooms to turning into screen-to-screen in the personal spaces of individual respective environments. This should not be as simple as simply transferring class material onto a computer screen, but more than that, how the pedagogical aspects of each discipline must be fulfilled, how learning competencies can be fulfilled equivalent to learning under normal conditions. Design learning basically cannot be separated from learning the process of designing in a studio, where pedagogically integrates a learner-centered approach, methods of interaction between learners, and the studio as a physical and social space that forms an atmosphere that triggers creativity. Likewise in urban design learning is based on not only a theoretical component but also an empirical component. This study aims to develop content and learning methods for urban design, that cannot be separated from its pedagogical aspects, as a form of adaptation of urban design learning norms during the pandemic period and their potential as an alternative learning method in the future.

Keywords: alternative learning, pedagogy, urban design.

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