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Metropol.X: Kyiv

The booklet is the result of a seminar, which took place in the "Remote Lab of Urban Planning“, elaborated by students of the Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture. It focuses on different facets of the Ukrainian capital in times of crisis. Now available at our chair during opening hours!

Metropol. X Tel Aviv
Metropol. X Tel Aviv

Tel Avis’s development presents a multifaceted story: This booklet examines the different urban layers of the city and the way they reflect the social, cultural, and economic structure of Israeli society in one of the most expensive cities to live in.

Now available at our institute!

Daegu
Metropol.X: Daegu

Daegu ist nach nach Seoul, Incheon und Busan die viertgrößte Stadt Südkoreas. Sie liegt im Südosten des Landes und hat über 2,5 Millionen Einwohner. Dageu wurde historisch als „Apple City“ oder „Textile City“ bezeichnet ...

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Metropol.X: Beriut

Beirut, 5000-year-old layered city, had been built, rebuilt, and redefined over the centuries by the flow of goods, people and ideas. In 1920, Beirut became the capital of Greater Lebanon under French mandate, and in 1943, that of the independent...

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Ressource Parkplatz
Ressource Parkplatz

Experten gehen davon aus, dass ab 2030 das vollautomatisierte Fahren in Städten greift, was sich auch auf die Gestaltung und Nutzung unserer Stadträume auswirken wird. Im Rahmen des Forschungsprojektes „Profilregion Mobilitätssysteme Karlsruhe“...

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Mass Housing in the Socialist Cities

Mass housing in Germany, Russia, and Ukraine represents an enormous volume of housing today and therefore a huge resource for the future development of cities. But transformation of these prefabricated districts from the 1960s and 1970s is needed...

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 historisch versus modern
Historisch versus Modern

 

Weltweit werden neue Stadtquartiere mit Rückgriff auf historische Typologien und Formensprachen realisiert. In Innenstädten werden Gebäude historisierend neu errichtet, andernorts wird Bausubstanz abgerissen, um verlorengegangene historische Häuser...

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Metropol.X: Odessa

Large settlements from the 1960s and 70s pose both more qualities and problems than apparent on first eyesight. The political and economic system, the state socialism, had a huge impact on the appearance, structure and urban and spatial qualities...

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Metropol.X: Odessa

Odessa, with over one million inhabitants, is one of the most prominent cities of the Ukraine. Directly located at the north west coast of the Black Sea it is the main administrative, cultural and trade centre of the Odessa Oblast and has been a...

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Metropol.X: Cairo

In 2019, the city of Cairo will be 1050 years old. Since its establishment in 969, as the ruling Capital of Egypt, Cairo has been growing and expanding over the years. It is a large metropolis that has been shaped, through the course of history,...

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Metropol.x: Tehran

Tehran, the capital and the most populous city of Iran—and the country’s political and economic center—lies at the foot of the Elburz mountain range. As Iran’s most secular and liberal city, it experiences never-ending growth, which gives rise to...

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Metropol.X: St. Petersburg

Since its foundation few over 300 years ago, Saint Petersburg has had a tremendous influence on the political, economic and cultural development of Russia. Until today, not only Russians have an idiosyncratic relationship to the city created by force... 

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Metropol.X: New Towns

Als mitteleuropäischer Stadtplaner sieht man sich eher selten Phänomenen wie den hier so treffend analysierten „New Towns“ ausgesetzt. Um so interessanter ist die Annäherung an dieses Kuriosum, stellt es doch eine Realität dar, die faszinierender...

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