Urban Design (UD)

The prevailing mindsets and planning instruments are increasingly called into question when dealing with polycentric city regions, small- and large-scale polarisation processes or informal urban developments. A change in how different academic programmes perceive each other and an overcoming of disciplinary borders are required with regard to how teaching, research and practice in urban design are carried out in order to be innovative when it comes to examining and designing urban areas.

The urban design teaching and research area is based on an interdisciplinary understanding of urban areas. It is dedicated to the examination of present-day urban structures in order to develop sustainable design approaches from these and implement these approaches in the built environment.

The Master in Urban Design lies at the heart of the teaching and research area. In addition, subject-specific and open courses for other HCU Bachelor and Master School courses are also offered.