Context
The term Urban Density generally means the quantity and quality of urban space available per person. Urban Density is therefore used for defining dimensions and criteria within current and upcoming urban developing processes.
Urban Density defines in fact more than the relationship between built-up volumes and free space, it expresses the quality of urban life based on the interaction of multifunctional urban activities. Urban Density might become a crucial tool to provide and ensure vitality and vibrancy in residential areas. Our Laboratory will provide an experimental situation were we can test and simulate several applications of Urban Densitiy.
Project
In this class the term Urban Density will be discussed within a multifunctional context. Questions like ¿How to define criteria for densifying urban areas?¿ or ¿What level of density will be appropriate for a metropolis, ... for a city quarter, ... for a neigbourhood?¿
In this Urban Density Lab our working tools will be:
¿ good practice research
¿ international communication and exchange
¿ on-site urban design on two locations in Vienna
Method Research I Design work I Teamwork I International workshop setting
Cooperation Lviv Polytechnic University, Ukraine
partners Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá
Timing
¿ 1st meeting: Tuesday March 8th, 12:30 hrs, Sem 5
¿ Kick-off: Research phase May 2nd; 9:30 hrs, Sem 5 - weekly meetings every Tuesday
¿ Urban Density Lab Vienna 2016: June 6th¿10th - Location: TVFA Room, Gußhausstr. 30
Joint workshop with students of the mentioned partner universities
¿ Project design phase until end of June
¿ Exchange of results
Participants 15 students of Architecture; Vienna University of Technology
15 students of Architecture; Lviv Polytechnic University
15 students of Architecture; Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá
Tutor TU VIE Ass.Prof.Dr. Andreas Hofer andreas.hofer@tuwien.ac.at
Tutors Lviv Prof.Dr. Halyna Petryshyn halapetr@poczta.onet.pl
Polytechnic Ass.Dr. Anton Kolomyeytsev antonkolo@gmail.com
Tutors Universidad de los Andes
Prof.Arq. Mauricio Pinilla mpinilla@uniandes.edu.co
Prof.Arq. Diego Velandia dvelandi@uniandes.edu.co
