Urban Housing - BMEEPUI0901
URBAN HOUSING / BMEEPUI0901
lecturer: Dr. BENKŐ Melinda habil PhD
person in charge: Dr. BENKŐ Melinda habil PhD
every second Friday 12.15-15.00 (16.00) / in 2025: Febr 14, 28, March 14, April 11, May 09
grading: semester mark / 2 creditsThe objectives of this optional course are to introduce you to thinking critically about contemporary mass housing issues and solutions, to have an international comparison of the urban housing situation, and to understand the complexity of mass housing development. As students arrive from different countries, the seminar allows them to learn from each other and discover and compare several case studies. The lessons are differentiated by geopolitical position and key topics:
Introduction / urban housing terminology
Post-Socialist Central and Eastern European Countries / historic vs modern housing estates
Western European Countries / contemporary alternative housing solutions & social housing
Outside Europe / high-rise living & gated communities
task: case study analysis / individual work
attendance: min 70% so 4/5 double occasions are mandatory
The seminar is related to the activity of the Urban Housing LAB of the BME Department of Urban Planning and Design: http://urb.bme.hu/urbanhousing/
The Department of Urban Planning and Design proposes Landscape Architecture BMEEPUI0904, another optional subject for the other Fridays of the semester. You are welcome on both!
Bibliography:
Benkő, Melinda & Kissfazekas, Kornélia (Eds.) (2019): Understanding Post-Socialist European Cities: case studies in urban planning and design. Budapest: L'Harmattan
Urban, Florian (2012): Tower and Slab: History of Global Mass Housing. London: Routledge
Homy: coliving, cohabiter (2018)