Description:

The experimental studio of urban design is dedicated to a significant challenge - to create a viable, sustainable place to live in localities that have been devastated, abandoned, or have any of many burdens that do not allow for classical methods of urbanism. Students are challenged with questions of how hard or how easy it is to reuse those localities.

The assignments are non-traditional locations such as abandoned quarries or mining sites, testing the student's creativity to break away from the classic concept of urbanism.

The goal is to create a city under difficult conditions that will withstand the 21st century and meet the trends of sustainable living.

The Studio also invites experts in landscape architecture, water management, and technical infrastructure to discuss the proposal with.

Recommended literature:

periodicals, regulations, standards
Jan Gehl (2010): Cities for People
Jan Gehl and Lars Gemzoe (2000): New City Spaces
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (2017): Planning A Green-Blue City

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar