We welcome an independent, organized and reliable work attitude. And are looking for your special skills in VR/AR technology, programming (C#), and/or 3D modelling.
We offer you a friendly and open working environment. The working hours are compensated with about 12-13€ per hour (20 hours per month).
If you are interested in working with us at ISU and SpACE Lab at ISU, please send your application with CV, motivation letter, and portfolio until 12/04/2024 to isu(at)tu-braunschweig.de
Online from 03:00 pm!
The area along the Oker between the high-rise building on Mühlenpfordtstraße and the student house is a main connection between various facilities on the central campus of the TU Braunschweig and is characterised by rubbish containers, car parks and other infrastructure. Due to its proximity to the river, the area has great potential to become a place to linger and meet. A spatial vision for this is to be developed as part of the impromptu project.
From January 8th we’ll be available again for you as usual. We are looking forward to an exciting and beautiful year 2024 with you!
Our colleague Oshin Agarwal is currently working on her master's project titled 'Walkability Planning in Hill Areas' based in India. We would greatly appreciate your assistance by taking a moment to fill out a brief survey. We have versions available in both English and German, allowing you to choose the language most comfortable for you.
Your insights are invaluable to this research. Thank you sincerely for your time and consideration.
The focus is on the small town Wernigerode in the Harz-Mountains. The questionnaire needs to be filled out by both residents and tourists.
Click here for the Survey Deutsch
Click here for the Survey English
During the Academy Lectures in the Braunschweiger Schloss in 2023 by the Braunschweigische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, topics of current mobility research will be highlighted by leading scientists in mobility research.
Prof. Dr. Vanessa Carlow is holding a lecture regarding pleasant roads and sustainable cities: "The Reclamation of the City-Street as a Space for all!" from 6.30 – 7.30 pm on December 12, 2023 at the "roter Saal" in the Braunschweiger Schloss.
For more Info see:
http://bwg-nds.de/veranstaltungen/2023-akademie-vorlesungen/
Register for the lecture at:
https://transferhub.de/veranstaltung/10323/
11/20/2023
We welcome an independent, organized and reliable work attitude. And are looking for your special skills like Adobe CS, programming, digital tools, graphics, working on models and helping with administration.
We offer you a friendly and open working environment. The flexible working hours are compensated with about 12€ per hour.
If you are interested in working with us at ISU and SpACE Lab at ISU, please send your application with CV, motivation letter and portfolio to isu@tu-braunschweig.de
Model: Svea Schumacher & Sofie Eichler – Trilogie für Dortmund, WS22
10/26/2023
The first session of the lecture "Making City - Fundamentals of Contemporary Urban Design" by Prof. Dr. Vanessa Miriam Carlow will take place on Tuesday, 07.11.2023 at 11:30 am in room PK4.7.
Please sign in to the StudIP event: Vorlesung: VL | Making City
Only one week left for registration!
The SP involves planning an urban area in the context of its surroundings. Everything from the layout of the basic structures and routing, to the type of open spaces, to the functional distribution of the buildings is taken into account.
Before starting the project, you have the possibility to choose one of the two urban design focused institutes of the TU Braunschweig. ISU / Institute for Sustainable Urbanism or ISE / Institut für Städtebau und Entwurfsmethodik.
From 02.10.2023 the registration period for the SP starts in TU Connect. Do not miss it!
We look forward to your registrations and working on the project with you!
Design across Social Realms & Scales in Riga.
With the Master Thesis we focus the re-purposing and re-design of an industrial building complex in the Kengarags Area of Riga, Latvia. The Thesis is co-supervised by the Institute for Sustainable Urbanism (ISU) and the Institute of Building Design (IEB).
Based on the observations and analysis during a joint excursion to Riga from 17.10.-22.10.23, in the first phase of the semester, the students will envision a program and development concept for the site. They will develop a master plan as urban setting for concrete architectural interventions and are guided by ISU through that. In the further in-depth study, guided by IEB, a building block of the urban design will be elaborated in more detail. By selecting a building block in its own urban design, in particular questions of contemporary housing in combination with other functions are to be investigated at all levels, from the urban scale to detailed housing types, whereby synergies with the existing context are to be developed.
The Master Thesis „Between Mass Housing and Exclusive Enclaves“ is therefore divided into three design complexes, which accompany the work on the project in the leaps in scale from the urban planning level to the building design level and building detail, supervised by ISU and IEB jointly.
An Exkursion to Riga is part of the course!
Intro: Wednesday, 11.10.23, 12:00, ISU Seminarroom
Exkursion: 17.-22.10.23
01/16/2023
In cooperation with Protohaus, the ISU offers a beginner course in digital manufacturing technologies and micro controller programming worth 2 SQ
The workshop is about the basics of design and the individual manufacturing technologies. In particular, the workflow, the possibilities, the limitations but also the practical use of 3D printing and laser cutter machines will be taught.
As an introduction to the world of programming, we will work with the Arduino micro controller in this workshop. Together with LEDs, buttons and sensors, the basic ideas of programming can be learned quickly and the first simple projects can be implemented directly.
As a hand-in, a simple project is to be documented and implemented in a portfolio in small groups. This could be, for example, the design and manufacture of a housing for an Arduino with sensor kit. Within the workshop you will get further inspiration and ideas presented by us, but you are also welcome to implement your own practical projects after consultation.
Course for interdisciplinary qualifications at the TU Braunschweig
Admission: Students of Bachelor/ Master Architecture and Master Sustainable Design
Type: Block course, 03/20 – 03/22/2023, 09AM - 4PM each day
Course achievement: Portfolio in small groups
Hand in date: 03/22/2023
Credit Points: 2 CP / 2 SQ
Further information and registration:
The Making City Exam will take place online on 28.08.23 from 13:00 - 15:30. If you registered in time for the exam, you should have received an email with the relevant links and tan for EvaExam.
The declaration of independence can be downloaded here:
If you have any questions, please contact
c.karadag(at)tu-braunschweig.de
06/15/2023
Now online!
Architecture students of the TU Braunschweig have designed and realized a high-profile intervention with the support of the Institute for Architecture-Related Arts (IAK): The ClimateCrisisClock (CCC), which will be visible from afar on the canopy of the Forum building (architect: Friedrich Wilhelm Kraemer), counts the remaining time until the global warming limit of 1.5 degrees1 set in the Paris Climate Agreement is exceeded.
Action!
The Institute for Sustainable Urbanism together with the authors, the ...
05/17/2023
The SpACE Lab at ISU – Institute for Sustainable Urbanism jointly with the College of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University invites to the Webinar “GLOBAL research and action DIALOGUES: #Designing Low Carbon Communities”. Challenges and opportunities of carbon-neutral urban development in the broader context of future cities will be discussed.
Key Lecturers:
Dr. Stephan Anders,
Director Network and Consulting, German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB)
Zheng Wang and Dongwei Pan,
Future Architecture and Urban Research Institute (TJAD) Tongji University Shanghai
Hosts:
Prof. Dr. Vanessa Miriam Carlow (TU Branschweig)
Prof. Dr. Nannan Dong (CAUP, Tongji University)
Tue. 23.05.2023
09:00 - 11:15 am CET
online
For more Infos visit: https://www.spacelab-isu.org/posts/global-dialogues
Register Now: https://lnk.tu-bs.de/joRx4r
04/24/2023
On 09.05.2023 the exam insight for the exam "Making City" from WS2022/23 will take place at ISU.
Appointment requests here: https://lnk.tu-bs.de/KuAxCZ
02/23/2023
Now online!
The inner city of the future needs spaces for encounters; spaces to linger, for cooperation, information, exchange and inspiration. The idea of the AuftankStelle, conceived in cooperation with the Haus der Wissenschaft Braunschweig, follows this approach. Accompanied by a team from the Haus der Wissenschaft in cooperation with the local network of partners, the AuftankStelle supplements existing spaces and places in Braunschweig with an element of communication.
02/09/2023
The International Urban Design Competition Studio (IUDeCS) is an international student competition jointly organized by ISU - Institute for Sustainable Urbanism and the Department of Landscape Studies, CAUP College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University. The task was to design urban planning strategies for a "Low Carbon Community" for 10,000 residents for Beiguan in Shanghai or Westkreuz in Berlin. IUDeCS was funded by the Promoting Digital education through Global Interconnection (ProDiGI) program with funds from the Innovation in Higher Education Foundation.
The submitted works will now be discussed in a public jury session and the best works will be awarded. By opening up the jury session, which is normally held behind closed doors, students are given the opportunity to gain insight into the process of a competition and how their work is perceived and evaluated by third parties.
Members of the jury are Prof. Dr. Josefine Fokdal (University of Kassel), Prof. Dr. Martin Prominski (Leibniz University Hannover), Prof. Dr. Xin Wang (Tongji University) as well as Dou Zhang (Sasaki Office) and in an advisory capacity Prof. Dr. Vanessa Miriam Carlow (ISU, TU Braunschweig) and Prof. Dr. Nannan Dong (CAUP, Tongji University).
The jury meeting will take place on Wednesday, February 15 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm via Webex.
Access data and further information:
iudecs.org
01/09/2023
Jasmin Gora submitted her thesis "Connecting Emil, Pünktchen & Anton" to the Wolfsburg Award for Urban Vision 2022 and received a nomination.
The master's thesis "Connecting Emil, Pünktchen und Anton", written at the Institute for Sustainable Urbanism, focuses on urban redensification in Wolfsburg's Detmerode district, particularly from the perspective of child-friendly inclusive design. The thesis was supervised by Marie Scheer, Prof. Dr. Vanessa Carlow as first examiner and Dan Schürch as second examiner.
The thesis explores strategies at the building, infrastructure, and open space levels. The existing stock is redensified by leaning building types with more flexible floor plans adapted according to user profiles. In addition, the new types incorporate residential follow-up facilities to create a lively neighborhood. Infrastructure is adjusted according to current occupancy, generating new spaces. These can not only be used by various, including new (shared) transportation options, but also enrich the open space. A coherent network of paths is created. In addition, a circular path through the area offers various forms of social gathering and identity-creating green spaces make their way into the area, linking the existing green and open space planning.
10/24/2022
The first session of the lecture "Making City - Fundamentals of Contemporary Urban Design" by Prof. Dr. Vanessa Miriam Carlow will take place on Tuesday, 01.11.2022 at 11:30 am in room PK4.7.
On Tuesday, there is a university-wide recommendation not to run courses, so we have to start next week.
Please sign in to the StudIP event: Vorlesung: VL | Making City [WiSe 2022/23]
09/26/2022
The “Städtebauliche Projekt” will start soon.
As the name suggests, it involves planning an urban area in the context of its surroundings. Everything from the layout of the basic structures and routing, to the type of open spaces, to the functional distribution of the buildings is taken into account.
Before starting the project, you have the possibility to choose one of the two urban planning focused institutes of the TU Braunschweig: ISU / Institute for Sustainable Urbanism or ISE / Institut für Städtebau und Entwurfsmethodik.
From 03.10.2022 the registration period for the SP starts in the QIS portal. Do not miss it!
We look forward to your registrations and working on the project with you!
09/13/2022
ISU is hiring HiWis ...enthusiastic, dedicated and team player.
We welcome an independent, organized and reliable work attitude.
And are looking for your special skills like Adobe CS, programming, graphics, design, writing,...
We offer you a friendly and open working environment.
The flexible working hours are compensated with about 12€ per hour.
Apply now!
If you are interested in working with us at ISU and SpACE Lab at ISU, please send your application with CV, motivation letter and portfolio to isu(at)tu-braunschweig.de.
09/13/2022
Jesus J. Lara is now working as a Fulbright Professor through the scholarship from DAAD at ISU.
Lara works as a professor in the City and Regional Planning Section of Knowlton School's at Ohio State University. His pedagogy and research focus on sustainable urban design, community development, Latino Urbanism, and sociocultural factors influencing planning and design. This is reflected, for example, in his contributions to various publications as editor and curator.
We welcomed him with the rest of the team at SpACE Lab, where he introduced himself to the team and our team members to him in an interested exchange.
As a Fulbright Professor, he will help with the SpACE Lab's research, but will also assist with teaching in the upcoming winter term. In addition to holding some of the MakingCity lecture series, he will also offer the Seminar "Place-Making in an Age of Globalization". The course gives students' insight into place-making strategies and a variety of contemporary planning and community building practices through the sustainability lens.
We are looking forward to working alongside him in the upcoming semester!
09/13/2022
The Ukrainian architect Yevheniia Berchul joins our SpACE Lab team at ISU to investigates the impact of war on the environment. As part of the special programme for young Ukrainian scientists offered by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), she has been awarded a fellowship for a research stay at TU Braunschweig.
Yevheniia Berchul is a graduate of the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv and the well-known Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design in Moscow. Within the framework of the special program for graduates from Ukraine as part of the CEE Fellowship Program, the DBU supports the further qualification of young Ukrainian scientists.
During her research stay Yevheniia Berchul will participate in different research projects of the SpACE Lab at ISU and develop her PhD project “Environmental degradation of devasted Ukrainian territories”. This focuses on the impact of war in Ukraine on the natural and built environment, as well as opportunities for sustainable reconstruction of Ukrainian war-torn territories.
07/14/2022
The ISU is looking for a new Research Associate (m/f/d) for teaching and research support of the SpACE Lab. This is a part-time position (50%), initially limited to 2 years, starting on 10.15.2022.
More information about the job, as well as application requirements can be found at:
06/30/2022
In cooperation with Protohaus, the ISU offers a beginner course in planning and designing sustainability projects worth 2 SQ
Have you ever had a super exciting idea, of your own or a collaborative sustainable project? But the implementation has been a problem? This semester you will have the opportunity to learn just that:
By participating in the course, you will acquire basic knowledge in planning and designing sustainability projects. Based on successful projects in the fields of sustainability, environmental protection and education, you will learn the basics of project planning and design. After successful participation you will master the basic tools to implement, plan and finance sustainability-oriented projects. In groups, you will develop your own project ideas and submit them as part of an exemplary funding application.
The course covers the following content:
- Presentation of sustainability-oriented projects
- Financing possibilities for non-profit projects
- project organization
- project communication
- Development of solutions to practical problems
Course for the area of interdisciplinary qualifications at the TU Braunschweig
Admission: Students of Bachelor/ Master Architecture and Master Sustainable Design
Type: Block course, 10.04.-10.06.2022, 10AM - 5PM each day
Course achievement: Portfolio in small groups
Hand in date: 10.20.2022
Credit Points: 2 CP / 2 SQ
Further information and registration:
makeracademy.io/events/architektur-planung-und-gestaltung-von-nachhaltigkeitsprojekten
06/30/2022
In cooperation with Protohaus, the ISU offers a beginner course in digital manufacturing technologies and micro controller programming worth 2 SQ
The workshop is about the basics of design and the individual manufacturing technologies. In particular, the workflow, the possibilities, the limitations but also the practical use of 3D printing and laser cutter machines will be taught.
As an introduction to the world of programming, we will work with the Arduino micro controller in this workshop. Together with LEDs, buttons and sensors, the basic ideas of programming can be learned quickly and the first simple projects can be implemented directly.
As a hand-in, a simple project is to be documented and implemented in a portfolio in small groups. This could be, for example, the design and manufacture of a housing for an Arduino with sensor kit. Within the workshop you will get further inspiration and ideas presented by us, but you are also welcome to implement your own practical projects after consultation.
Course for interdisciplinary qualifications at the TU Braunschweig
Admission: Students of Bachelor/ Master Architecture and Master Sustainable Design
Type: Block course, 09.26.-09.28.2022, 10AM - 5PM each day
Course achievement: Portfolio in small groups
Hand in date: 10.12.2022
Credit Points: 2 CP / 2 SQ
Further information and registration:
makeracademy.io/events/architektur-digitale-fertigungstechnologien-und-arduino-mikrocontroller
04/11/2022
Last week, eleven students traveled for 7 days to the Ahr Valley, to Kreuzberg an der Ahr, to resume work on Christina’s house, which was affected by the flood disaster.
The outside temperatures and drying times now made it possible to repair the frames in the half-timbering that had been partially washed out and washed away by the flood. Once again under the supervision of clay building expert @David Moritz, this involved repairs to interior and exterior walls using various clay mixtures, masonry with clay bricks and mortar, installation of insulation and wall heating, and repair of the false ceiling, so that in the end most of the walls could be covered again with clay plaster. The students learned how to use the building material clay, various tools and measuring instruments, so that Christina’s house will soon be ready for occupancy again.
Note: The team has agreed on a 2G-Plus arrangement for the collaboration.
Credits: Chantal Karadag/TU Braunschweig
Read more at: https://magazin.tu-braunschweig.de/m-post/architektur-studierende-sanieren-fachwerkhaus/
02/25/2022
The SpACE Lab at ISU – Institute for Sustainable Urbanism jointly with the College of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University invites to the “Sino-German Symposium Low Carbon Communities Shanghai 2022”. Challenges and opportunities of carbon-neutral urban development in Shanghai and the broader context of future cities in China and Germany will be discussed.
Due to the economic boom of the 1950s and 1980s and massive growth following reforms in the 1990s, the former fishing village of Shanghai developed into a metropolitan region with approximately 23 million inhabitants, 15 million alone live in the center. The city has evolved into the most important industrial city in China with extreme urbanization and redevelopment. It is an important transportation hub, leading center of the textile industry, essential for the production of vehicles, machines, steel and is also the location of one of the world’s largest container ports. This development is gigantic. The city is increasingly transforming into a post-industrial economy, with the service sector accounting for about 70 per cent of the city’s GDP. The sustainable city agenda is being pursued, which on the one hand should contribute to CO2 reduction but also combines social and economic aspects. This Urban Renewal Code should help to provide economic opportunities and make the city more livable at the same time.
Speakers:
Prof. Hou Li (CAUP, Tongji University)
Prof. Dr. Dong (CAUP, Tongji University)
Magdalene Weiß (GMP)
Prof. Wang Xin (CAUP, Tongji University)
Christopher Knabe (Obermeyer)
Moderation:
Prof. Dr. Vanessa Miriam Carlow (TU Branschweig)
Prof. Dr. Nannan Dong (CAUP, Tongji University)
Link to the meeting via ZOOM:
Uhrzeit: 25.Feb.2022 08:30 Amsterdam, Berlin, Rom, Stockholm, Wien
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84829154400?pwd=TFhjV2V5SXVYRFBHZ3FiR1MyeTQ0QT09
Meeting-ID: 848 2915 4400
Kenncode: 019835
01/06/2022
Together with members of the Core Research Area from „Stadt der Zukunft“, President Angela Ittel exchanged views on the topic of the future city. In order to discuss the research and visions, the members met at the ISU Space Lab on the 12th floor of the Architower.
As soon as I visited the rooms with their bright yellow flooring – a pleasant contracst tot he gloomy conditions outdoors during the winter season, I realised how diverse and extremly interdsciplinary is the Core Research Are of „Future City“. From research on thsunamis and climate change adaptation in coastal areas, data-driven approaches to sustainable urban construction, urban production, public participation, urban development, the climate emergency and even fictional dystopian cities, just a few oft he topic under consideration.
Remarkable 40 different institutes are active here. As spokesperson Professor Vanessa Carlow explained, the research focus originated in 2015 in the form of a grassroots movement initiated by Faculty 3 and has since become firmly established at TU Braunschweig. Its vision: live-able cities for everyone! These cities will be digital, sustainable, safe, healthy and facilitate mobility; this is a goal that I am happy to put my full support behind.
I was also very impressed by their concept of investing seed money as a way of funding urban-related research projects. I believe this idea has major potential when it comes to interdisciplinary research, and particularly with regard to involving the humanities and social sciences into joint projects. When I visited Faculty 6 back in late summer, I was delighted to discover that humanities and social sciences academics were already working together with researchers of Faculty 3 on two impressive projects – one dealing with the chronotopography of waste and the other with social inequality in urban settings.“
To continue reading visit: https://magazin.tu-braunschweig.de/en/m-post/quo-vadis-future-city
The Future City research discussion was featured in the TU Braunschweig’s magazine Campus Life under the Topic of Quo vadis „Future City“?
Everyone at a glance after the joint workshop (from left): Prof. Nils Goseberg (Leichtweiß Institute for Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources), Prof. Tatjana Schneider (Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture and the City), Anna Lux (Managing Director „Future City“), Prof. Elisabeth Endres (Institute for Building Climatology and Energy of Architecture), Prof. Thomas B. Siefer ( Technische Universität Braunschweig Organisation Faculties Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences Institutes Institute of railway systems engineering and traffic safety Logo Institut für Eisenbahnwesen und Verkehrssicherung der TU Braunschweig Institute of Railway Systems Engineering and Traffic Safety), TU President Prof. Angela Ittel, Dr.- Ing. Gabriel David (Junior Research Group „Future Urban Coastlines“), Prof. Eckart Voigts (Institute for English and American Studies), Prof. Vanessa Carlow (Institute for Sustainable Urbanism), Prof. Jochen Zehfuß (Institute of Building Materials, Concrete Construction and Fire Safety), Dr.-Ing. Kolja Meyer (Junior Research Group „Urban Flows and Production“) and Katharina Beckmann (Personal Aide to the President).
Picture credits: Max Fuhrmann/TU Braunschweig.
01/04/2022
Cities are built by adults for adults. Despite this 12.5% of the population in Germany is under the age of 14. For a vibrant city, a focus on the human scale is essential - including the scale of children. Furthermore, spatial dimensions, networks, accessibility and visibility are a few additional aspects.
When one speaks of the human scale, one assumes an adult's perspective. ln spite of that, how do children experience our built environment? Can existing structures in the city function equally for all ages? What does it take to translate the adult scale into a child-friendly scale? How can we as urban planners do justice to the human scale in the cityforchildren?
Delivery of impromptu is at Monday, 17.01.2022 to 12:00 via Stud.IP.
Download of task and templates available via StudIP: https://studip.tu-braunschweig.de/dispatch.php/course/overview?cid=a22e441384946f773c89384553c5842b
