Urban Design Projects - Fakultät VI Planen Bauen Umwelt - TU Berlin

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3 ECTS / Sustainable Urbanism / ISR
Verantwortlich: Rafael Pizarro
in English!
The environmental crisis brought about by climate change and the nearing energy crisis that
will result from the end of cheap oil have given new currency to the notion of sustainability and
sustainable development. Sustainable urbanism is arising as the only viable urban design and
planning paradigm to address the environmental and energy problems. The societal demands
on action to mitigate global warming and to develop cities powered by alternative sources
of energy suggest that all dimensions of planning and urban design (urban form, aesthetics,
culture, politics, economics, and governance, for example) will have to be based on an ecological
paradigm. This module exposes the student to state-of-the-art knowledge on sustainable
urban environments and to the new so-called carbon-neutral, zero-carbon, low-carbon, green,
eco-, or sustainable cities. The module ties together all the theoretical and normative strands
that constitute what we now know as sustainable urban design, development, and planning.
It provides students with knowledge on how to plan and design urban environments that are
compact, pedestrianised, which meaningful, lively, and socially rich public places and that rely
on alternative sources of energy for public transport and to power private vehicles. In addition,
students will learn how to include within urban districts sustainable infrastructure systems
to generate electricity, recycle wastewater and solid waste, and produce food. Overall, the
course aims at developing a practical and critical understanding of sustainable urban design
and development.
Mi 10:00 bis 12:00 13.04.2011 bis 13.07.2011 Bauingenieurgebäude - B 319 wöchentlich