• After successful completion of the course, students are able to design relevant problems and formulate variants of proposed solutions in drawing.
• You are able to produce perspective drawings in sketch-like freehand technique.
• You are able to apply various drawing and painting techniques.
• You are able to illustrate your design ideas.

Source: Sketch for "Playground 17", Nicolas Rivero, TU Wien 2017

Urban Connectivity

This semester (2023W) the course "Subjective Spaces / Spatial Utopias" takes the theme of "Urban Connectivity" as an opportunity to plan visionary project ideas at selected locations in Vienna and at important infrastructure intersections, in order to improve urban accessibility and cohesion using the concept of the "15-minute city" as an example. The designs will be developed as comic drawings.

Cargo bikes, E-bikes, and a continuing trend towards decentralized goods delivery are transforming public spaces and shifting the focus of public life from consumption centers to the neighborhoods ("Grätzel"), its meeting zones, and its non-commercial areas. The changing mobility landscape presents new perspectives towards increased environmental and climate protection, as well as new opportunities to enhance the quality of urban spaces. The connection between neighborhoods becomes more important. Infrastructure such as heavily trafficked roads, subway or train tracks become painfully visible as divisive elements that cut through the city fabric and impediment inter-neighborhood connectivity.

Within the course "Subjective Spaces/Space Utopias," ideas are being sought to improve or restore urban connectivity between different areas of the city. The aim is to enhance convenient accessibility between districts on foot or by bicycle. The creation of attractive community centers at key intersections of districts and neighborhoods is intended to promote social interaction and sustainable mobility, while also reclaiming "lost" infrastructure space for society.

During the course "Subjective space / Spatial utopia" we search for ideas to repair current undesirable developments and stop future misdemeanors from happening. The projects should be developed as short stories and be presented as immersive comics in different drawing techniques and styles. The results we are looking for are individual designs and ideas that show your critical, creative and innovative thoughts on the subject "land consumption".

The medium of the comic offers the possibility to us to create a more immersive and intimate experience of our projects.

During the lectures relevant works in architecture and  as well in comic literature will be presented. An overview over the medium comic will be given, drawing techniques, styles and different types of storyboard will be introduced. Spatial awareness and the use of perspective is essential for our final works.

Introduction and start of lecture: Friday, 20.10.2023  15:00, Seminarraum AD 03-1 (3.floor)

1. Workshop: Friday, 20.10.2022 / 16:00-19:00 - Meeting at Matzleinsdorferplatz to sketch in place

2. Workshop: Saturday. 21.10.2023 / 10:00-13:30 14:30-18:30 - Seminarraum AC0440

3. Workshop: Sunday. 22.10.2023 / 10:00-13:30 14:30-18:30 - Seminarraum AC0440

Aftwerwards online Feedback sessions always on Thursdays:

Thursday 2.11.2023 10-13:00

Thursday 9.11.2023 10-13:00

Thursday 23.11.2023 10-13:00

Thursday 30.11.2023 10-13:00

Thursday 7.12.2023 10-13:00

Final session (presentation): 14.12.2023 10-13:00

Deadline for submissions: 4.1.2023

The LVA is partially blocked, complete attendance at the workshop weekend is required!

• Elaboration of the semester subject in sketches and content
• Introduction to the medium comic
• Analytical-technical/compository image review of artists' works
• Individual graphic and compositional image design, training of the personal drawing style

The course Subjective space / Spatial utopia examines the field of creative means of communication taking into account the two-dimensional practice of representation. Students are to be enabled to acquire the purposive use of various representative means of expression for architectural practice. The procedure is determined by the influence of cultural changes and technological innovations. The course is intentionally conceived as a model of self-contemplation and is to consolidate research on adequate forms of representation / communication. Additionally, the creative effect and the influence of concrete methods of representation and means of representation on the design process is dealt with and analysed.

Continuous development of a sketch collection and storyboards
Final project in the form of a comic

Skills in perspective drawing.