The course is for third and fourth year undergraduate students in City and Regional Planning (‘urban design’ module) aand those from the Department of Architecture. The course, in this context, aims to provide the planning students with the basic knowledge on architectural typologies (especially for a better understanding of designing urban form) while providing the architectural students with the fundamental principles of residential planning and design. The course invites students reconsider the existing trends in ecological perspectives to the quality standards of life in the residential areas within a renewed comprehension of the idea of ‘neighborhood’. In this regard, the course also aims to support students to specialize on the design dimension of urbanism from a multi-disciplinary perspective.