Civic City–The Role of Design for a Social City

[i]A new postgraduate program initiated by Design2Context,[/i] Institute for Designresearch, University for the Arts Zurich in collaboration with Ecole Superieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France Research partner: MIT Visual Arts Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge USA and Merz Akademie, Stuttgart, Germany Due to more process design scale formats and often short term interventions in urban spaces, there is a need for communication and a transparency of the interferences into the city (opposite the different publicness), as participatory concerns are increasingly transforming the field of urban design. Disciplinary borders set the course and architects, town planners and designers look for the mutual competencies, opening up new fields of inquiry. In the context of ten three-day-long modules, experts of different disciplines, along with a guest advisory, bring together different points of view in relation to the specific module topic. Each individual course day is dedicated to separate focuses. [b]DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: 30.07.2009[/b] For more information, please visit: http://civic-city.zhdk.ch For questions about the course-program, please contact Matthias Görlich (course coordinator): [url=mailto:civic.city@zhdk.ch]civic.city@zhdk.ch[/url] For questions concerning the Civic-City research program please send an emial to Jesko Fezer (research head):[url=mailto:jesko.fezer@zhdk.ch]jesko.fezer@zhdk.ch[/url] To apply please contact the Department for Further Education, University for the Arts Zurich http://www.zhdk.ch/index.php?id=779