After successful completion of the course, students are able to... 

• critically reflect upon spatial development strategies and the specific spatial challenges in Japan and Austria, 

• understand the impact of urban policies on the spatial development in different countries and on different levels, 

• identify impediments and challenges in the development and implementation of urban policies at different levels and in different administrative systems, 

• analyse urban spaces in intercultural cooperation and develop proposals for improvement, 

• communicate the specific challenges of spatial development in Austria to students from Japan through concrete examples. 

The transdisciplinary lecture series "Experiencing Japan" is organized in cooperation with the Department of Architecture and Environment Systems at the Shibaura Institute of Technology (Tokyo). 

In the first part - "Hospitality" - a group of students from Tokyowas be hosted at TU Wien in October 2022. Now, the TU Wien students will get the chance to explore Japan in the second part of the lecture series – "Discovery". Students who have completed the first part ("Hospitality") are guaranteed a spot on the field trip to Japan. 

Field trip to Japan and joint seminar on case studies in Japan, together with students and professors from the Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT) in September 2023. 

Through collectivediscussions and research, topics of spatial planning will be reflected and interpreted from Japanese and Austrian perspectives. The specific challenges of spatial and transport planning practice in the two countries are investigated. Out of this interdisciplinary and theoretical discourse, strategies or recommendations for future spatial and/or transport development policy are developed. 

International field trip, site analysis, research, discussion, elaboration of development ideas. 

The course is eligible for credit as a supplementary course in elective modules 1 and 3. 

Compilation of a field trip reader, participation in the field trip. 

Students who have completed the first part ("Hospitality") are guaranteed a spot on the field trip to Japan.

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