Seminar Cross Domain City of the Future

The Cross Domain City of the Future seminar focuses on the challenges linked to the transformation of our cities, specifically to:

- analyze and understand which factors, tendencies, (design research) approaches, technological innovations, development, and governance models will play a role in shaping the future of our cities.

- study relevant examples and/or best practices around the world and compare them.

- collect data into research books to be shared among the participating students.

- argument and develop the investigations (research positions) into a written article.

Multiple aspects / disciplinary perspectives regarding the (research design) project will be presented by the involved researchers in interactive sessions. A.o., the following topics will be discussed: transportation, connectivity, new mobility concepts, housing challenges, hydraulic structures and flood risks, climate change mitigation, cultural planning, health and private, public and semi-public spaces, circular economy, politics, resiliency, and adaptation strategies.

The seminar challenges students to develop critical and comparative investigations focusing on specific insights and positions to be determined within the (research) framework of the studio/students' group.