Cities of the World - BMEEPUI0893


  • CITIES OF THE WORLD (BMEEPUI0893)



    Lecturers: Gábor Csaba SOÓKI-TÓTH
    Person in charge at the department: Imre VARGA, Árpád SZABÓ


    Credits: 2

    Hours per week: 4 hours every second week  

    dates of the classes in 2024: 13th and 27th September / 11th and 25th October / 08th of November

    from 12.00 to 15.00

    Grading: practical task

     

    Course on current challenges of global urbanization with special focus on neighbourhood scale interventions in cities and suburban areas. 

    Topics discussed: 

    (1) how theoretical thinking on urban development changed since the industrial revolution; 

    (2) how politics and market forces drive the development of cities; 

    (3) how sustainability policies and smart technologies shape cities; 

    (5) possible ways to enhance the overall quality of urban life.

    The course requires active participation of students. Self-managed research and design tasks are carried out in groups of three students (preferably from different countries and cities/settlements to facilitate transnational learning experience). 

    Introductory tutorial is provided during the class meetings followed by work in groups. Each group prepares a research paper to be submitted on the 21th of November. The topic of the student coursework is to be selected from the following list of subjects. The exact focus and scope of the research paper shall be finalized during the course.

    Research topics:

    Downtown revitalisation in the age of remote work and food delivery - exploring the future of the city centre.

    Suburban futures: how the idea of the garden city transformed into urban sprawl - finding ways to 'retrofit suburbia'.

    The concept of a 15-minute city - steps towards the making of a 'compact city'.

    Research papers shall build on a comprehensive literature survey, case studies (from the participant's cities), discussion and conclusion or a demonstration project/plan.

     


     Soóki-Tóth Gábor