After successful completion of the course, students are able to work on complex design tasks from the field of urban planning independently, systematically and with an original, contemporary design approach on the basis of a precise design language. They have the competence to recognise fields of action in an urban context and to develop appropriate urban planning solutions. Students are able to conduct their own research and to establish topic-related fundamentals. They are able to create design concepts and present them comprehensively in the form of strategy, draft and detail plans.
The continuing urbanization trend is increasingly transforming cities into metropolitan areas. Even though metropolitan management and planning is not yet sufficiently integrated into contemporary planning practice and culture there are first attempts to develop new strategies and tools which tackle the emerging challenges of growing metropolises of the 21st century.
The Design Studio is part of the international Forum MetroLab.
MetroLab is a metropolitan Think Tank and consulting service for the integrated urban development of metropolitan areas and city regions. It introduces participative, integrative and creative-artistic elements and develops innovative metropolitan strategies as well as place-based solutions. Based on a co-creative and dialogue-oriented planning and design approach, it fosters not only placemaking interventions, but also the transfer of cutting-edge knowledge in creative urban planning and bureaucracy. Facing the immensity of contemporary urban challenges, the MetroLab works with an elaborated toolbox of metropolitan planning.
The Design-Studio is looking for growth strategies on specific locations in the metropolitan area of Vienna. In form of models and grafics students will develop during a 3-week workshop, bald concepts for new centralities, involving agriculture and recreation.
Kick-off: Oct 12th 2020, 11h via Zoom: https://tuwien.zoom.us/j/96078551179
Input during the Forum 'Metro' 12th/13th oct 2020
Final presentation with guest experts during the Forum 'Growth' 2nd/3rd nov 2020
Lecturer: Nela Kadic, Stefan Mayr, Cédric Ramière
Examination-immanent exercise in the form of group work
