4007759: Community Design

Beschreibung

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.

Lernergebnisse

Professional competence

• Recognize parameters and factors contributing to the formation of communities and neighbourhoods
• Show awareness of personal responsibility and professional codes and incorporate a critical ethical dimension into own work
• Explain competently, discuss and critique own work through oral presentations, writing or visual communication, to members from inside and outside the architectural profession
• Analyse case studies and infer principles and motivations

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

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

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

Lehrmethoden

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

Voraussetzungen (inhaltlich)

Admission requirements for the Master of Science in Architecture Degree Program

Literatur

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