After successful completion of the course, students are able to work independently in a problem-related and task-oriented way. They have deepened the methodological and instrumental knowledge acquired in the basic courses and gained new skills in conceptual, strategic, integrated and application-oriented planning. They have become acquainted with fields of action in a concrete planning area such as a district, a municipality or an urban region and experienced the interaction of politics, decision-makers, planning experts and the population; in groups, they have independently devised a development concept including a mission statement and flagship projects as well as an implementation strategy. Their findings are presented in a clear, conclusive, graphically appealing and well-written way.
Simmering, the 11th district in the south-east of Vienna is oftenly described as a typical worker and industrial district. With around 100.000 inhabitants, Simmering has about as many people as Klagenfurt. Of the nearly 7,000 buildings in the district, less than 700 were built before 1919, and more than 60% of all buildings in the 11th district were not built until after 1961. In no other district are there fewer old buildings than in Simmering.
Simmering is also very green, 40 % of the district's area are green spaces like parks, meadows and forests, but not all of these areas are open to the public. About half of the area is used for agriculture, an important economic factor for Simmering and for the whole of Vienna.
Between Südosttanggente and the airport, between the Danube canal and the Südostbahn between the central cemetery and the sewage treatment plant, a wild, heterogeneous, ambiguous, mixed picture of industrial plants, traffic junctions, community buildings, allotment garden associations, greenhouses and much more emerges. It is important to see, understand, question, interpret, reinterpret and show new ways forward. What do attributions such as "working class district" mean? Urban fringe? "Urban dung heap"? and how to deal with them?
Recording and analysis – the spatial, constructional, economic, social, ecological and cultural conditions in specified fields are examined and the findings for each field are presented.
Mission statement and flagship projects – the mission statement should present the ‘big picture’, focus on the key aspects and encourage action.
The iterative design process is accompanied by and supervised at design workshops and revision meetings.
Input and contributions by supervisors and external experts
Interim presentations with feedback
Presentation and discussion of results
Kommunale und regionale Planungsinstrumente, -institutionen
Grundlagenwissen und methodische Zugänge, um sich selbstständig einen Überblick zu sozialen, ökologischen und ökonomischen Situation von Gemeinden und Regionen zu verschaffen
GIS / Plangestaltung
