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Note: In order to participate in the seminar, attendance at the first event is mandatory. If the number of registrations exceeds the maximum course size, admission will be by lot. The registration as compulsory or elective subject will be taken into account.

After completing the seminar, students will be able to • clearly grasp the term interdisciplinarity, including the theoretical concepts associated with it in spatial planning, • reflect different possibilities of process design of current spatial planning projects on the levels of neighbourhood, city and/or region, • clearly distinguish between the basic terms method, method sequence and instrument, • understand the interaction of analysis, visualisation and communication as basic methodical building blocks, • analyse the impact chains of a spatial planning process, • and to derive suggestions for improving the planning process from their findings.

The seminar itself is focused on alalysis, in that the students examine selected projects of urban and regional development with regard to their process design. Thereby the seminar lays the foundation for students to play an active role in the design of planning processes in their further studies as well as in planning practice itself. The seminar is based on the following hypothesis: If analysis, visualisation and communication are integrated into spatial planning processes, they facilitate the achievement of the self-imposed goals of these planning processes. Within the framework of the seminar, the students examine the process design of concrete case studies of spatial planning. The methods of spatial planning that use the basic skills of analysis, visualization and communication are explored and evaluated in particular. The seminar focus lies on the investigation of the impact and potential of these methods regarding the achievement of the goals set by the stakeholders themselves.

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Work on the case studies will be done in groups. The seminar includes ten classroom sessions in different formats. In input events, the lecturers provide the students with a knowledge base as a foundation for their own work within the seminar. Workshops serve to actively apply the acquired knowledge within the group, to discuss it and to transfer it to one's own work. The results of the group work will be presented in intermediate critiques and in a final critique. The student groups will receive feedback from their fellow students as well as the lecturers, which is intended to promote communication and the exchange of knowledge between the individual groups.

Schönwandt, W.L. (2002): Planung in der Krise. Theoretische Orientierungen für Architektur, Stadt- und Raumplanung. Kohlhammer. Thierstein, Alain; Förster, Agnes (2008) The Image and the Region. Making Mega City Regions visible! Baden: Lars Müller Publishers