4607759: Community Design

Description

The focus of this module is on the investigation of social, economic and cultural factors driving community development in the Global North and South. Particular attention is paid to the relationship of social structures and spatial design within this process. Interdisciplinary approaches are used to investigate cases of neighbourhood and community design at various scales and socio-political contexts that highlight the potential and risks when designing for / within a community.

Some areas explored in the framework of communities and urban development include: Neighborhoods and social interaction in public space; heterotopias and spatial segregation; cultural identity, creativity and place; incentives for sharing common resources, collective action, cooperation and participation.

Learning Outcomes

Professional competence

• Recognize and understand various underlying socioeconomic and spatial factors influencing the formation of communities and neighbourhoods in differing global contexts
• Show awareness of personal responsibility, professional guidelines and incorporate a critical ethical dimension into own work
• Analyze, synthesize and evaluate cases using interdisciplinary approaches
• Explain competently, discuss and critique own work through oral presentations, writing and visual communication to members from inside and outside the architectural profession

• Identify key elements of complex problems and choose appropriate methods for their resolution in a considered manner

• Discuss and articulate ideas and information effectively
• Demonstrate the ability to work with other students for assignments, exercises, presentations

• Critically assess own work and put it into a historical, theoretical, cultural and social context
• Seek and make use of feedback

Lectures Method

Lecture and seminar: case studies, discourse, writing, interviews

Admission Requirements

Admission requirements for the Master of Science in Architecture Degree Program

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