Welcome to the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space!

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space contributes a unique and international urban studies perspective to TU Wien’s research and teaching agendas. As part of the Faculty for Architecture and Planning, the centre versed in urban co-production, co-research and co-teaching has been established as a new institution situated in an international network of urban scholars. It is our aim to discover existing potentials in fields connecting the study of urban life with an expertise in urban form, touching analytical perspectives on public space, urban culture, housing, and others. In collaboration with public institutions, civil society actors and with those engaged in public, social or civic innovation, we provide a range of key scientific publications, stimulate debates and take a position to enhance practices of democratisation as regards present urban development. Starting from 1st January 2024, the centre returns as 9th research unit (E280-09) to the faculty’s Institute of Spatial Planning with which it has been affiliated since its beginnings in 2009. We would like to warmly thank the team of the Faculty’s Future Lab (E285) which kindly hosted the centre between 2019 and 2023.