The Sustainable Urban Design program focuses on the design of cities and towns with near and far futures in mind. It combines architecture, landscape and civic design with advanced concepts of local energy and water autonomy, to help fight climate change and other challenges to social, economic and environmental health. Founded on traditions of responsible design, it helps participants conceptualize and manage places as authentic settings with a strong genius loci - nurturing global connectedness while building local prosperity at a shrinking ecological footprint.

The program consists of four connected core courses: the Sustainable Urban Design Studio; The Renewable City; Responsible Property Development; and Urban Quality - Assessment and Design. The program is part of the Institute’s urbanSCAPE (Urban Sustainability, Climate and Planning Education) framework that also contains related research, network and outreach efforts.

Team:

Prof. DI MAAS Peter Droege
Visiting Prof. Dr. Dieter Genske
Lecturer Simon Winker MRICS
DI FH Martin Birgel MSc UD UCL
Dipl. Ing. Hans-Martin Neumann
Anis Radzi BArch MUrbDes
Dipl.Ing. Catarina Proidl
Andreas Jäger MSc
Dipl. Ing. Maria Rutzmoser

All information is subject to change.