Field Trips in Public Space #3

Test Tube (South-)Eastern Europe

The experimental Field Trips format takes place again this semester! For the third time, students of architecture and spatial planning set out on an expedition, dedicated to engaging with the field of public space. In the Summer Semester 2018, the geographical and thematic focus is on (South-)Eastern Europe. Together with the teaching team, students will examine selected cities and their specific characteristics with regard to public space.

Specifically, the Field Trips involve the academic preparation, implementation, documentation, and evaluation of expeditions conceived as journeys of discovery and research. The format is a component of the future.lab knowledge platform “Public Space.”

Through this knowledge platform, current issues in the development of public space are integrated into teaching and research—topics that are of high relevance for the urban development of Vienna and that further sharpen the SKuOR competence area within the architecture and spatial planning programs. In line with the applied orientation of future.lab, these research-led activities are also intended to generate impulses for addressing urban challenges in Vienna.

The course is primarily aimed at Master’s and doctoral students of architecture and spatial planning. Architecture students may receive credit for it as an elective seminar or as an artistic project and excursion.

To carry out the research trips, scholarships are awarded through future.lab, financed by funds from the City of Vienna.

Teaching Team

Guest Professor: Stefan Ghenciulescu
future.lab: Jerome Becker, Teresa Morandini, Rudolf Scheuvens, Lukas Vejnik
City of Vienna: Erich Streichsbier, Georgine Zabrana
A Palaver: Bernhard Frodl, David Pasek