In light of the far reaching trans­for­ma­ti­ons of cities and regi­ons brought about by cli­mate change, socio-cul­tu­ral and demo­gra­phic chan­ges and new tech­no­lo­gi­cal deve­lop­ments, spa­tial and pro­ces­sual know­ledge should be com­bi­ned with a sustainable, liv­a­ble city deve­lop­ment.

Urban design is taught as an „act of sha­ping“ as well as a pro­cess of nego­tia­tion bet­ween the diverse requi­re­ments and visi­ons of the dif­fe­rent actors. Besi­des con­cep­tual design skills, com­mu­ni­ca­tive and ana­ly­ti­cal com­pe­tency and tools for rep­re­sen­ta­tion will also be taught.