Welcome to Transforming Site Methodologies
Description:
The site is the setting for both analysis and design strategies. Site methodologies are an integral part of research and development, tools in which analysis and design inform each other and unfold in a context that today is characterized by time playing as much a role as space, by movement, change, and by place not necessarily staying in place. In this description of the contemporary urban situation, traditional site analysis tools are challenged and although new ways of seeing the site as a dynamic and time affected spatiality are common, we need to continuously develop and challenge our ways of dealing with the dynamics and complexities of sites. There is a need for current methods that are in sync with contemporary urbanity and that can be used in analysis and in the development of alternative design strategies.
The PhD course inserts itself into this field and takes as its point of departure the investigation and development of contemporary site methodologies relating to analysis and design strategies – thus Transforming Site Methodologies. Within the title lies a twofold meaning that encapsulates this intention: 1. methodologies relating to the site that have the ability to transform - to influence the future of site and be used as a generating tool, 2. the underlying need for transformation in the field of site methodologies.
The PhD course is directed at PhD students working within fields such as architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, urban design, planning and related fields.
The PhD course will be combined with a research seminar, co-funded by Center for Strategisk Byforskning and the Study board of Architecture and Design, AAU, and directed also at experienced researchers.
The 2-day course will be comprised of keynote addresses from researchers and practitioners as well project presentations by the participants. Prior to the course, the PhD student will be required to deliver a 400 word abstract of the paper they will be presenting at the course, in addition to a 100 word description of their PhD project. For the course, the PhD student must prepare a paper for presentation. Each student will have 15 minutes each to present the paper they have developed from the abstract and it is expected that the presentation relates the participant's PhD project to the course theme of site analysis and methods.
(Please see course programme below under "Materials").
Literature
A compendium covering extracts from key literature within the field will be distributed to the participants prior to the course. The following literature will be used:
Burns, C. and Kahn, A. (2005) Site Matters. Routledge: New York
Corner, J. (ed.) (1999) Recovering Landscape. Princeton Architectural Press: New York
Cosgrove, D. (ed.) (1999) Mappings. Reaktion Books Ltd.: London
Cresswell, T. (2004) Place – a short introduction. Blackwell Publishing: Malden, USA
Lynch, K. (1960) The Image of the City. The MIT Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Miller, J.H. (ed.) (1995) Topographies. Stanford University Press: California
Shane, G. (2005) Recombinant Urbanism. John Wiley and Sons Ltd: West Sussex
Waldheim, C. (ed.) (2006) The Landscape Urbanism Reader. Princeton Architectural Press: Newark
Organizer: Lea Holst Laursen, Associate Professor, Civil Engineer, PhD , email: llhl@create.aau.dk
Lecturers: Lea Holst Laursen; Shelley Smith, Associate Professor, Architect, PhD; Victor Andrade, Associate Professor, Architect, PhD; Ditte Bendix Lanng, PhD Student, Civil Engineer
Course fee: € 50 / DKK 350 covers lunch and coffee
ECTS: 3
Time: September 26-27, 2013
Place: ADMT and Utzon Centre, Aalborg city centre
Zip code: 9000
City: Aalborg
Number of seats:15
Deadline: August 20, 2013
Important information concerning PhD courses
We have over some time experienced problems with no-show for both project and general courses. It has now reached a point where we are forced to take action. Therefore, the Doctoral School has decided to introduce a no-show fee of DKK 5,000 for each course where the student does not show up. Cancellations are accepted no later than 2 weeks before start of the course. Registered illness is of course an acceptable reason for not showing up on those days. Furthermore, all courses open for registration approximately three months before start. This can hopefully also provide new students a chance to register for courses during the year. We look forward to your registrations.
- Teacher: Lea Holst Laursen