SKuOR 2011: Urban culture, public space and resources: Aesthetics and materiality

In March 2012 the new City of Vienna Visiting professor 2012 – Prof. PhD. Maria Kaika (University of Manchester, Manchester/UK) – is starting to work at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space (SKuOR) in the field of 'Urban culture, public space and resources. Aesthetics and materiality'. Together with Dr. Sabine Knierbein, Head of SKuOR, the PhD candidate Dipl. Ing. (Arch) Tihomir Vidermann, MSc, Levente Polyak, MAS, external lecturer from Budapest (Hungary) and Markus Maicher, MSc, external lecturer from Vienna, she will be involved in teaching an research activities during summer term 2012. This term SKuOR offers a set of integrated courses compiled as Module 11: Urban culture, public space and resources. Aesthetics and materility at the interface of the fields of urban studies and urban design/urban planning related to the yearly focus 2012. These courses at Vienna University of Technology mainly address master students in related disciplines, such as planning, architecture, urban design, geography, sociology, landscape architecture, cultural studies, ... . Nevertheless, late bachelor students as well as PhD students are most welcome to join in too! In line with SKuOR's basic principles, the team aims at combining interdisciplinary perspectives with explorative approaches in urban design, urban planning and urban research. Read more.