29/03/2018
This Summer Semester InfAR is starting a new design studio together with the Advanced Urbanism & European Urban Studies chair. The topic is Rural Urban Metabolism - Metabolism-based Planning Strategies for Rural-Urban Transformation in Ethiopia.
To better understand how flows of material resources and
energy are linked to building activities in rural urbanisation processes and their impact on the existing environment, in our study project, we are referring to urban metabolism as a framework for urban design and planning of small cities.
Participants will be analysing urban patterns and flows of small
cities, learn about the context between urban metabolism and its
spatial implications and apply tools and methods for a spatial analysis and finally implement that knowledge in spatial models
and concepts to simulate possible development scenarios. The
findings should also make visible the opportunities and limitations of such concepts for disciplines concerned with urban development, taking into account environmental, social and economic factors.
