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.
Pula. Hinterland in Foreground
Cities as a repeatedly reshaped construct of political ideologies expose existing and past narratives. Pula is scarred by its political and economic upheavals of the last 150 years, which highlight the complexity of its many realities: Imperialism, Fascism, Communism, Neoliberalism.
Today, in addition to mass tourism, the city is threatened by a decline of the coast as a result of the climate crisis. At the same time, since the Yugoslav Wars, the population is continuously in decline, exaggerated by emigration following Croatia's joining the European Union.
The question of long-term development in de- or post-growth arises.
We approach the city from the background, from its hinterland. From there, where the substance of the city comes from, or the used material is deposited again. The studio searches for the structure-forming resources of the territory, its historical layers, and the correlations between the core and its hinterland. After a collectively developed matrix in form of a cartographic atlas of situations and patterns, concrete scenarios and urban designs will be developed at multiple scales.
Mentoring: Benni Eder, Clara Linsmeier, Nela Kadic
Thursdays 9-13h
Kick-off:
Thursday, March 3rd 2022
10h
Excursion Pula: Mid/End of March (tba.)
Workshop Vienna I: April 25-29th 2022
Workshop Vienna II: May 30th – June 3rd 2022
Final presentation:
Thursday, June 30th 2022
9-13h
In cooperation with the Faculty of Architecture, University Ljubljana
