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 quality of life in Vienna is not only defined by its urban centre but also, to a large part, by its surrounding landscapes. Considering the increasing consumption of land and the challenges related to the climate crisis, it is a shared responsibility to preserve green and blue infrastructure to create a resilient metropolitan area. There is also a high demand to rethink urban food production and ensure a sustainable and affordable energy supply.

Furthermore, metropolitan areas consist of functionally connected heterogeneous environments that cross administrative boundaries and different spheres of competence. The cross-border cooperation needs to be established within a well programmed polycentric network, shaped by the potential and role of all places. Multi-level governance structures, as well as inter-municipal cooperation mechanisms, are necessary in order to establish intraregional synergies, ensure a coherent approach and thus, meet the challenges of sustainable metropolitan development.

The design studio is looking for strategies for the metropolitan area by developing concepts for programming its urban and rural landscapes, both on the metropolitan and local scale.

The results will be presented in an exhibition on the Forum MetroLab. A publication is planned. 

The design studio is part of a series. The results of the studio MetroLab Growth: http://metrolab.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Forum-Magazine-2-GROWTH-NEU-small.pdf

Kick-off: Oct 4th 2021 11:00h via Zoom:  https://tuwien.zoom.us/j/96078551179

Input during the Forum 'Delta' Oct 4th + 5th 2021

Final presentation + exhibition with guest experts during the Forum 'Program'  Nov 8th + 9th 2021

Lecturer: Nela Kadic, Stefan Mayr, Cédric Ramière

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 Metrolab project is funded by Wirtschaftsagentur Wien. 

http://metrolab.design/

Examination-immanent exercise in the form of group work