Michael Wagner: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2017 |
| Name | Mr Michael Wagner |
| Address | Dep. Architektur ETH Zürich, HIL H 44.1 Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| wagner@arch.ethz.ch | |
| URL | http://www.michaelwagner.ch |
| Department | Architecture |
| Relationship | Lecturer |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 051-0616-00L | Design and Strategy in Urban Space II Students from the Bachelor course of Architecture BSc will have unlimited admission. Other students will kindly check all corresponding information given (also on the chairs' websites) regarding admission/examination/test practice: http://www.christiaanse.arch.ethz.ch/. | 1 credit | 2V | K. Christiaanse, M. Wagner | |
| Abstract | Means and potentials of urban design are depicted from different perspectives to illustrate how the city can be designed as a sustainable and humane environment. For this purpose general basic principles and specific methods of urban design are going to be presented. The lectures will be given by members of the chair and invited speakers. | ||||
| Learning objective | This lecture series imparts advanced expertise in urban planning. The main focus is to illustrate the complex manner in which various themes are embedded in the everyday practice of planning and design by addressing pressing questions of contemporary urban design practice and theory. The goal is to communicate a broad-based systemic knowledge base, which helps enable students to synthesize and evaluate complex urban design and planning problems. | ||||
| Content | Based on the lecture series 'Design and Strategy in Urban Space I' the spring semester imparts further skills in urban design and is structured in two parts: Part 3: Urbanisation processes More and more people on earth are living in urban spaces, since 2007 already more than half of the population. The third part of the lecture series is dedicated to the urbanisation processes of the 20th and 21st century. Based on a global observation of the amalgamation of cities and countrysides, the urbanisation of Switzerland is looked at and options for action by design and strategy for a sustainable development of these urban territories are presented. Part 4: Control and Laisser-Faire The fourth part of the lecture series deals with the continuous quest for an ideal balance between top-down planning and bottom-up freedom for stakeholders in the city. Guest lecturers with professional experience present urban designs, projects, tools, strategies or processes and put them up for further discussion. | ||||
| Lecture notes | There is no script accompanying the lecture series. At the end of the semester the lecture slides and at the end of the 3rd course year a reader with secondary literature will be available for download on the homepage of the chair of architecture and urban design: http://www.christiaanse.arch.ethz.ch | ||||
| Literature | At the end of the semester the lecture slides and at the end of the 3rd course year a reader with secondary literature will be available for download on the homepage of the chair of architecture and urban design: http://www.christiaanse.arch.ethz.ch | ||||