UNHIDING URBAN MATTERS: Hansaviertel and Stalinallee
this summer's seminar focuses on a first approach to architectural tools and methods to investigate the city. the seminar builds upon the application and the deepening of insight from continuous supervised research, literature reviews, in-class discussions, city-walks and on-site workshops held in berlin. we will critically investigate specific urban landscapes with a special emphasis on excavating urban narratives, the social and subjective phenomena hidden therein. by mapping and unhiding these matters -- such as conflicts, negotiations, frictions or potential qualities of an urban environment -- the seminar aims to create a deeper understanding of the multifaceted city and the processes and networks in place. students taking part in this seminar will be encouraged to incorporate their own individual interests and professional backgrounds. the research outputs from the seminar will be presented to a broader audience in form of a final publication.
this semester's seminar is supervised by Dipl.-Ing. MArch Katrin Rheingans and Mag.Arch. MA Lukas Staudinger
katrin.rheingans(at)b-tu.de
unhiding the street ballet
Marina Petrova and Anna Titova
unhiding thresholds: the entrence
Eirini Tricha and Danai Paschou
unhiding the role of art in public space
Nourah Alsaleh and Eleni Mentesidou
unhiding sequences
Andreas Lang
unhiding urban situations
Eleni-Ioanna Karagianni and Alexandra Androutsopoulou
literature:
- simmel, Georg: the metropolis and mental life
- jacobs, jane: the use of sidewalks: safety. In: „death and life of great american cities“
- robert fishman: urban utopias
- elisabeth strom and margit mayer: the new Berlin
- saskia sassen: a new geography of centers and margins
- holm, Andreij Berlins Gentrification Mainstream.
- Tom slater: gentrification of the city
- Mayer, Margit: Cities for people, not for profit.
- Lefebvre, Henri: The right to the city
- Harvey, David: Henri Levebvre´s vision and the right to the city
- Marcuse, Peter: From the critical urban theory to the right to the city
- Lynch, Kevin: The image of the city