Archive Lectures and tutorials

Prospect: Readings in Winter Term 2007/8

Urbanization trends and prospects (Prof. Herrle)
The Habitat Unit offers a series of lectures on basic aspects of contemporary urbanization and related development issues. Topics include:
- global and regional demographic and economic trends
- city typology and urban forms
- impacts of globalization: global cities and megacities
- informal housing, slums and squatter settlements
- informal economies, employment patterns and networks
- sustainablility aspects of urban development
- housing and urban planning strategies
- action area planning and strategic planning
- the role of international cooperation, key institutions and their positions: UN Habitat, UNEP, The World Bank, GTZ, KfW, NGOs. 

Lectures will be open to all students of Faculty VI. However, participation is mandatory for students of the Urban Management Master Program and the Urban Design Master Program. Details will be announced in due time. Together with the tutorial offered in parallel, these lecture series provide the knowledge base recommended for seminars and projects at the Habitat Unit.

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Tutorials on special aspects of the readings will be organized in each winter semester.
Organizational details will be publicized in due time.

Preview: Readings in winter term 2006/2007

Urbanization trends and prospects (Prof. Herrle)
The Habitat Unit offers a series of lectures on basic aspects of contemporary urbanization and related development issues. Topics include:
- global and regional demographic and economic trends
- city typology and urban forms
- impacts of globalization: global cities and megacities
- informal housing, slums and squatter settlements
- informal economies, employment patterns and networks
- sustainablility aspects of urban development
- housing and urban planning strategies
- action area planning and strategic planning
- the role of international cooperation, key institutions and their positions: UN Habitat, UNEP, The World Bank, GTZ, KfW, NGOs. 

Lectures will be open to all students of Faculty VI. However, participation is mandatory for students of the Urban Management Master Program and the Urban Design Master Program. Details will be announced in due time. Together with the tutorial offered in parallel, these lecture series provide the knowledge base recommended for seminars and projects at the Habitat Unit.

Tutorials on special aspects of the readings will be organized in each winter semester.
Organizational details will be publicized in due time.

Special lectures in winter 2005/2006

December 14, 2005, at 6 p.m.
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Marcelo Lopes de Souza, State University of Sao Paulo, Brazil: „Über reale und metaphorische Gefängnisse: Sicherheitswahn, soziale und räumliche (Selbst)Ausgrenzung… und die Wiedererfindung der Systemkritik“, Venue: A 003

November 30, 2005, at 6 p.m.
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Marcelo Lopes de Souza, State University of Sao Paulo, Brazil: „Über die ’gewöhnliche’ sozialräumliche Segregation hinaus: Die soziopolitisch-räumliche Fragmentierung der Stadt in Brasilien, ihre Faktoren und Folgen“, Venue: A 003

Winter 2004/2005

Global City - Local Space
Auf der Grundlage von 5 einleitenden Vorlesungen werden in diesem Seminar an ausgewählten Texten der Stadtforschung neue Tendenzen der Stadtentwicklung diskutiert. Regionaler Schwerpunkt der Analyse ist Asien.
SE | Fach 5.7

Summer 2004

The Own and The Foreign
Lecture by Prof. Herrle on "The own and the foreign: The making of cultural identity in architecture - Report on a research project funded by the VolkswagenStiftung" (in German)
The lecture was given as the contribution of the Architecture Department of Faculty VII to the 125-year anniversary of the TU Berlin.
Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Peter Herrle, gehalten am 7. Mai 2004 als Beitrag der Fakultät VII, Studiengang Architektur zur 125-Jahr-Feier der Technischen Universität Berlin:
"Das Eigene und das Fremde: Die Konstruktion von kultureller Identität in der Architektur - Bericht über ein Forschungsprojekt.

Winter 2002/2003

Urbanization trends
Lectures on demographic, social, economic and spatial aspects of urbanization and their impact on the environment, the housing situation and the overall structure of cities and urban areas. The effects of globalization will be addressed and possible solutions for housing, infrastructure and urban management problems will be discussed.
Donnerstags 14:00-16:00 Uhr, Raum A 060, Wahlfach 5.7, 2 Semesterwochenstunden, mündliche Prüfung.