Audit of integrating urban sustainability into architecture students’ projects-the case of the university of Mosul

Abstract

Creating sustainable environments has become an urgent goal for most communities all over the world. This is because creating a sustainable environment would lead to improving a community’s life socially, environmentally, and economically. To do so, urban sustainability indicators need to be incorporated into the urban design process, beginning with the architecture teaching syllabus. This study aims to find out how students’ projects in the urban design course could consider sustainability indicators when developing built environments, including campuses, and how architecture students’ projects can consider the role of physical character in achieving sustainability when developing campuses. Therefore, students’ projects designated for developing the main campus of the University of Mosul were the case study of this research. Explorative graphical analysis was adopted as the study method. Findings highlighted key characteristics of sustainable urban design that are incorporated into these projects and the way to do so.