In this seminar, students design and develop their own research project with the aim to identify similarities and differences of urban design and public space usage and accessibility in the US and Germany. It is an introduction to research methodologies in urban design with a focus of gaining fresh empiric data (e.g. observations, counting, interviews, comparative studies etc.). Research methods leading to a theoretical framework and allowing to contextualize the empiric findings will be applied by students.
The course is a cooperation between Department of Architecture (FB15), Technische Universität Darmstadt (TUDa) and the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center (WAAC), Virginia Tech (VT), intended to enhance the (digital) mobility of students and professors of both universities.
Appointments: see schedule below
Language: English
Credit points: 3ECTS
Moodle: WF E (UHG): Public Life Studies / Comparative Urbanism – 15-02-6494-se
1st meeting: 4.11.2020, 9:30 h, online
Examination: 11.05.2021
Contact: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Knöll, MSc. Gladys Vásquez Fauggier
Appointments
|
Date (d.m.y.) |
TUDa (CET) |
VT (EST) |
Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.03.2021 | 15:00 | 9:00 | kick off meeting |
| 18.03.2021 | 10:00 | 16:15 | inclusive public spaces |
| 25.03.2021 | 10:00 | 16:15 | comparative studies between Germany & United States |
| 01.04.2021 | 10:00 | 16:15 | formulating research questions & analysis tools |
| 08.04.2021 | 10:00 | 16:15 | 1st critique |
| 15.04.2021 | 10:00 | 16:15 | methods to gather empirical data |
| 22.04.2021 | 10:00 | 16:15 | open time for crits |
| 24.04.2021 | 15:00 | 9:00 | workshop & 2nd critique |
| 25.04.2021 | 15:00 | 9:00 | workshop & 2nd critique |
| 29.04.2021 | 10:00 | 16:15 | open time for crits |
| 06.05.2021 | 10:00 | 16:15 | open time for crits |
| 11.05.2021 | 15:00 | 9:00 | final presentation |
