In the graduate design studio, architectural design is studied as an urban intervention. Student proposals are expected to stem from an architectural position developed through the collective analyses and individual readings of the urban context, as well as the typological research on the relevant precedents. Benefitting from a process of collective effort to analyze and understand the given sites, students will start prioritizing some aspects of the site and form their individual positions. Working on the redevelopment of an urban public space, the student projects are expected to be driven by an understanding of the city beyond the specific site and to enhance public life around it.