What degree of urban density is desirable in housing and how can a successful combination of variable housing and other functions be achieved? A mix of housing and working, an innovative ground floor design and the city of short distances are the objectives of the students' proposals.
Partners: Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, IKEA-Stiftung, Hofheim-Wallau
21st Century Housing Typologies
The aim of this summer school is to produce new sketches, visions, analyses and critics about future housing typologies, using the Neue Mitte Tempelhof as test site.
Partners: University of Kentucky, Lexington, IKEA-Stiftung, Hofheim-Wallau
JUST LIVING: Housing Models for the Future
The design studio focuses on the development of new housing typologies for the Molkenmarkt district in Berlin.
Partners: University of Kentucky, Lexington
CITY AS HOUSE: Mapping Urbanity Berlin Belfast
The students visited and studied a number of exemplar housing projects and their surrounding contexts to understand how urban life manifests itself in the interrelationship between these two scales - House as City /City as House. Partners: University of Ulster, Belfast