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Education
Minor - Social Sustainable Community – Transition Strategies for Regeneration Areas
The studio will start in september, subscription is open to students of all academic disciplines. The aim is to work on community improvement from an interdisciplinary point of vieuw. The relationship between society and space within the context of a regeneration area will be the main subject of the course. The relationship will be examined by resreach en design. Liveability, sustainability as well as the design and management of social en enviromental transition processes are the keywords for the (designing) researcher and (researching) designer.
In this interdisciplinary design- and research studio students will be working by means of research, analysis and design within a regeneration area in Rotterdam. Around an actual case the interaction between local residents and politicians will lead to a concrete (spatial or process-) design that reacts to the identified problems. This result can consist of elements of urbanism, spatial designs or processes within the society.
Seminars ‘Liveable City’
A theoretical intensification on the one hand and the practical matter of transition strategies + spatial design on the other hand will be the topic of the seminar series ‘Liveable City’.
Methodology programme
Another course focuses on a number of methodological aspects of strategic development, social-scientific research. Designing research and researching design give the students a good foundation to academically work on the topic of the problem areas.
Communication, Presentation, Visualization
During the minor there wil be a course 'presentation techniques' to improve the students abilities to communicate research, design and strategy in a clear and transparent manner to relevant individuals within the process of planning.
This minor is a co-production of various institutes. The initiator and chairman is the TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture (Chair of Spatial Planning & Strategy and Environmental Design). Furthermore the Erasmus University (Social-Spatial Sciences, DRIFT = Dutch Research Institute for Transitions), the HIS (Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies) as well as the Chair of Media of the TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture are partners in the new programme.
Veldacademie Rotterdam
This new minor takes place within the every day reality of Rotterdam. The Veldacademie Rotterdam is a platform facilitating research and design. The Veldacademie provides a relevant network, needed data and information and (ICT) facilities.
For further questions feel free to contact Dr.ir. Remon Rooij at r.m.rooij@tudelft.nl
Graduation Studio - MSc3+4
Meeting Reality
Field Academy is a collaboration between the Municipality of Rotterdam and the TU Delft. It is - literally - a studio in the field where students of different educational settings can collectively work on topics concerning neighborhood transformation. We are focused on dealing with public issues based on the input generated by the actual context of the area.
Trough this initiative the city of Rotterdam and the TU Delft aim to train the future generation of architects and urbanists that will be able to deal with the complex issue of regeneration. Will you be one of them?
Your research topic
The graduation studio relates to the master tracks of Architecture, Urbanism and Real Estate & Housing. Depending upon your perspective and subject, a qualified team of teachers will be formed. You can either work on subjects according to your own fascination and interest, or choose themes from our extensive research topics database (see our website for more info).
Right now we are working on the following topics: assisted living (life-time sustainable settlements), urban interfaces (building concepts for the network community) and sustainable transformation of the private housing stock. So far we have collaborations within the Faculty of Architecture, the Climate Adaptation Lab, the chair of Urban Regeneration and Explore Lab.
Working on Site
You get to experience everyday life on site. Our first studio is situated in Oud Charlois, a regeneration area on the south bank of Rotterdam close to Zuidplein and Waalhaven. The research territory is the entire Rotterdam inner-city area. In the studio you will have your own place and you will find various facilities such as wireless internet, copier, model room and a presentation space. You will be working under supervision of TU academic staff and professionals of the municipal services. Soon other studios will be opened.
Residents and Professionals
The Field Academy is accessible for all those concerned with the research topics and the district. During the master you will have intense communication on your design proposals with various professionals, stakeholders and residents. The Field Academy is collaborating with officials from different departments of the city of Rotterdam, such as Urban Development and Housing, Social Welfare & Labor, Economics as well as the Statistics Bureau, GIS-Services and Frontline Office. Besides that the mayor housing corporations take part as well as researchers of the Erasmus University.
Complex issues
Many districts in Rotterdam and other European cities face complex social issues and degeneration. Making a design for a regeneration area demands a deeper understanding of this complexity. That's why the Field Academy takes a holistic design approach. We put a great effort on analyzing. Analysis will be carried out using the scales of the city, the neighborhood and the house, meanwhile screening the domains living & habitat, social networks, work & income, education, healthcare, safety and local economy.
During the analysis we make use of different research methods and sources such as literature, statistic data, observations and interviews. We are using GPS-tracking techniques in order to get to know more about lifestyle, mobility patterns and the usage of public space. Inhabitants and other people involved give lectures in our space.
Multidisciplinary
Besides the Faculty of Architecture we are also involving other educational- and research institutes in our practice. We study the metropolitan context through interdisciplinary fieldwork and regenerate cross-links in the complex structure of social, economical and public questions Your work and progress will be published on our website, in a newsletter and is regularly communicated to the people concerned with the realization of the future city.
More info
contact Otto Trienekens
Subscription
contact John Heintz of the Explore Lab
[Application form]
Urban Design - MSc2 = closed =
This module emphasises on an urban transformation of limited scale. Quality and use of public space, urban typology, green and infrastructure are the returning ingredients. The assignment always relates to the current research within the chair of Urban Design.
[Study guide]
[Application form]
Design strategies for problem districts - BSc6 = closed =
Students get familiar with the problems of a so called "problem district" through a "confrontation lecture" with participants from the district and subsequently come up with solutions and strategies. Point of departure is to deal with a publicly relevant issue where theinput is acquired from the "field" instead of the lecturer.
[Study guide BSc6 Urbanism]
[Application form]
