After successful completion of the course, students are able to understand the role of communication and particpation strategies in the field of spatial planning and to critically asses current approaches.

Strategies and processes of participation within spatial planning and architecture are presented and classified throughout a historical overview and will be dicussed critically regarding their impacts in planning action and social effects.

Moreover methodological aspects are presented on the base of international examples and theoretical context.

On the base of an own recherche examples of the planning reality will be discussed and classified critically.

The contact dates of the LVA are Tuesdays 11:00 to 13.00 s.t.

EH_1 05.03.2024 Kick-off: Presentation of course contents and introduction; Instruction Exercise 1 - Analysis of technical texts

EH_2 12.03.2024 Communication and participation - planning as a participative process

EH_3: 19.03.2024 Participation and communication models in planning, communication mangement and guidance exercise 2 role play

EH_4: 09.04.2024 Exercise: 2 role play

EH_5: 16.04.2024 Methodes of communication and participation I: Essential methods

EH_6: 23.04.2024 Methods of communication and participation I: Essential methods and e-participation; guidance Exercise 3: Analysis of a participation process (group work) from xxxx to xxx

EH_7: 07.05.2024 Methods of communication and participation III: Labs and CoCreation-methods

EH_8: 28.05.2024 Debate: challenges and limits of communication and participation processes

EH_9: 11.06.2024 Presentations (students)

EH_10 18.06.2023 Presentations (students). 

Text study & discussions

Research & evaluations

Joint report analyzing a planning/participation process (scientific text with analysis graphics, etc.)

Active participation in the units, participation in the three major and many minor exercises, presentation and written summary