052-1140-19L Architectural Design V-IX: Open City Sarajevo / Urban Prototype Lab
| Semester | Spring Semester 2019 |
| Lecturers | H. Klumpner |
| Periodicity | every semester recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Comment | Please register (www.mystudies.ethz.ch) only after the internal enrolment for the design classes (see http://www.einschreibung.arch.ethz.ch/design.php). Project grading at semester end is based on the list of enrolments on 5th April 2019, 24:00 h (valuation date) only. Ultimate deadline to unsubscribe or enroll for the studio is 5th April 2019, 24:00 h. |
Courses
| Number | Title | Hours | Lecturers | |||||||
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| 052-1140-19 U | Architectural Design V-IX: Open City Sarajevo / Urban Prototype Lab
 Permission from lecturers required for all students.
The course is not taking place 19./20.3. (seminar week) and 23./24.4. (Easter Holidays). | 16 hrs |
| H. Klumpner |
Catalogue data
| Abstract | How can the existing infrastructure and the lack thereof, shortages and limited mobility, climate crisis and scarcity create an integrative urban vision that could regenerate, revitalize and reconcile the city? We will define an urban paradigm based on a pro-active approach to design prototypical projects on different scales in coalition with local stakeholders. |
| Learning objective | We teach students the chair’s method-design to identify and develop networks of stakeholder groups that are on the basis of an urban project, translate demands into ideas and geo-referenced maps, and develop out of these ideas urban prototypes on different scales within narrative that is visualized and communicated in analog and digital tools. |
| Content | Sarajevo is an arena which like no other European city is synonymous for a century of conflict, destruction, de-construction, re-construction, and re-urbanization. Re-living and re-designing this city on shifting scales from urban to architectural is the aim of the studio. Projects will be developed on specific sites and urgently needed programs. The existing assemblage of different religions and ethnic populations requires translation in shared public indoor and outdoor spaces and a narrative of architecture and urban design in practice. We ask for an integration of the social, economic and cultural re-development of the city. Instead of reinterpreting the traditional longitudinal development axis of the valley of Sarajevo (along Ottoman, Austrian Hungarian and Socialist urban models), students will re-develop and give a new reading of the development to the cross-section of the valley. For this design task, the studio turns towards layers of interdependencies, juxtapositions of difference and division in a cross-section of the city. The design students are focusing on identifying an underlying logic that connects the valley’s fragmented neighborhoods, its topographical symmetries and asymmetries, and its natural and human-made divisions that simultaneously splinter and unify Sarajevo. This semester’s studio will allow students to travel to Sarajevo (Seminar week) with the aim of engaging with the action in the real city. They will develop solutions in collaboration with local partners with government, academia, and industry backgrounds to develop a multi-disciplinary approach that builds upon a common base. By tackling real-world urban challenges, this studio is looking to create qualities through urban and architectural projects that transcend the commercial plane. Informed by U-TT’s ongoing research in Colombia, or the post-apartheid South Africa, this studio focuses on Sarajevo to create synergies between the city, research, and integrative design solutions. |
| Lecture notes | Students will undertake research by studying existing international case studies, formulating their design hypothesis, planning urban scenarios, modeling their designs through various formats, and communicating their intentions in a series of critiques and reviews. The goal is the development of an evidence-based architectural project on different scales 1:5000, 1:2000, 1:200. The project will be represented in models and drawings. Students will be encouraged to develop an individual and critical position on the potential role of the architect to guide a design process within broader social, political and economic systems. A series of lectures, screenings, readings, and discussions will accompany the design program. These will be given by selected experts from the fields of architecture, urbanism, landscape, building technologies, and associated disciplines, as well as experts from the Chair. Workshops and in-studio tutorials will be provided to train students in effective methods of representing complex ideas through visual media. |
| Literature | Reading material will be provided throughout the semester, as well as references to case studies. The class material can be downloaded from the student-server. |
| Prerequisites / Notice | Integrated Discipline: Planning / ECTS Credits - 2 Language: English / German Work: Groups (max. 2) / Individual Location: ONA, E25 SARAJEVO AND SPLIT Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia Seminar Week: 18.-22. March 2019 Travel dates: 17.-22. March 2019 The seminar week is not obligatory but highly recommended. Team: Prof. Hubert Klumpner; Arch. Dipl. Ing. M.Arch (Cooper Union) Melanie Fessel; MSc. ETH Arch. SIA Scott Lloyd; All inquiries can be directed to Melanie Fessel - fessel@arch.ethz.ch Participants: max. 18 students |
Performance assessment
| Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again) | |
Performance assessment as a semester course | |
| ECTS credits | 14 credits |
| Examiners | H. Klumpner |
| Type | graded semester performance |
| Language of examination | English |
| Repetition | Repetition only possible after re-enrolling for the course unit. |
| Admission requirement | The lecture series "Design and Architecture" LV 063-0502-00 are integrating part of this design course and attendance is mandatory. |
| Additional information on mode of examination | Ultimate deadline for deregistration from this design course is Friday 5th April 2019, 24:00 h. Deleting the enrolment after Friday 5th April 2019 is prohibited. |
Learning materials
| Additional links | Weitere Informationen |
| Only public learning materials are listed. | |
Groups
| No information on groups available. |
Restrictions
| General |  : Special students and auditors need a special permission from the lecturersPermission from lecturers required for all students |
Offered in
| Programme | Section | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture Bachelor | Architectural Design (from 5. Semester on) | W |  |