Blended Intensive Programme - Sustainable Infill Development - International Design Summer School

BLENDED INTENSIVE PROGRAMME - SUSTAINABLE INFILL DEVELOPMENT - INTERNATIONAL DESIGN SUMMER SCHOOL

Hosted by the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture

•                   Timeframe: 07 – 13.07.2024 (plus online meetings  one week beforehand)

•                   Registration Deadline: 20.06.2024

•                   Location: Opole University of Technology, Poland

•                   3 ECTS credits

•                   Language: English

•                   Fee: free Erasmus BIP

Due to the intensive, and often little controlled, transformation of urban landscapes urban landscapes some areas in cities do not have a clearly defined purpose. Often as a result of these processes is the creation of empty, unused places with unusual dimensions and shapes, which are overlooked as locations for new development.

There may be many such sites in cities, especially in the especially in inner-city areas, and their location is random. Filling such sites with infill development is difficult in terms of design (due to atypical plot shapes, small plot sizes, neighbourhoods, size of the plots, light conditions, conflicts with existing buildings and others) as well as in organisational terms (due to possible conflicts with neighbours, problems with plot ownership or provisions in planning documents).

However, infill development, despite the difficulties that may accompany its implementation, can have a high potential for creating a sustainable urban environment. Infill development allows existing city development to be densified, completes fragmented urban tissue, revitalises urban fragments that have lost their significance, counteract urban sprawl, contribute to the implementing the concepts of the compact city and the 15-minute city, as well as enabling sustainable urban development and enhance biodiversity.

The objectives of this projecs are: building a strong cooperation and information exchange platform between partners on the topic of sustainable infill development; learning to work together and find solutions to complex design issues in city centres; correct and detailed recognition of the difficulties and opportunities offered by infill development locations; possible solutions and scenarios for infill development location in city centers.