Summer School
The International Forum on Urbanism organizes joint (design) studio’s that are open for students from all member institutions.As a special form of joint studio’s the International Forum on Urbanism organizes IFoU Summer Schools outside the regular lecture period.
For each joint studio the content of the program, the study goals and the conditions of participation have to be elaborated and be published on the website of IFoU before the students sign in.
Each participating institution on joint studio’s appoints one professor who has the task to supervise the quality of the program.
Upcoming summer school
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Past summer school
| July 2009, Delft | |
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Randstad Challenge |
| In line with the general goals of the Forum and focus on the up-to-date urban debate (Randstad Vision 2040, Randstad Urgent program, Twin city: Almere-Amsterdam), the IFoU Summer School 2009 theme will tackle the Dutch government call who wishes that the highly urbanized region in the west of the country - the Randstad - to develop into a sustainable and competitive European top region. | |
| randstadchallenge.ifou.org >> | |
| October 2008, Hong Kong | |
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Hong Kong Fantasies |
| The issue of the master class is the sustainability of cities. Focusing on the city of Hong Kong and the region of the Pearl River Delta, research and design interventions will be elaborated to improve the sustainability.
From the ecological point of view: Which spatial interventions can contribute to a sustainable environment under the conditions of an explosive growth of the region and in view of worldwide ecological threats? From the economical point of view: Which spatial interventions can strengthen the economical position of Hong Kong and can support the competitiveness of the region? From the social point of view: Which spatial interventions can combat segregation and deterioration and can contribute to a more integrated urban society? From the cultural point of view: Which spatial interventions can support the identity of city and region? | |
| hkfantasies.ifou.org >> | |
| July 2008, Beijing | |
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Urban Rehabilitation in Beijing |
| From the early 1950s to the late 1990s, a huge amount of public housing areas were built up in Beijing under the plannes socialistic welfare housing distribution system. Among with the socio-economic trasnformation and the process of housing privatization, those former public housing areas, more or less, have started to face the challenge of demolition.
However, those areas still keep their values due to the good accesibilities, convenient public spaces/facilities, or xisting conditions of mixed-use and as the collective memory of a special historical era. Therefore, we chose the Sanline neighbourhood in Beijing, which is a typical public housing area developed in 1950s, as a study case for the feasble rehabilitation strategies and design. | |
| urbanrehabilitation.ifou.org >> | |
| June 2007, Lugu Lake | |
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Lugu Lake |
| Lugu Lake is situated on the border of the two south-west Chinese provinces Sichuan and Yunnan.
The summer school focusses on one hand the Sustainable Development and Cultural Conservation in response to the acute crises of local development, cultural identity, and water pollution. On the other hand the process of Community Participation and Settlement Conservation but also the strategies for Local Economic Development through Responsible Tourism and the Transformation of Ecological Agriculture. | |
| lugulake.ifou.org >> | |
