The Workshop aims to research and program the Kravi Hora area in Brno from the perspective of multi-user accessibility of urban green infrastructures. It identifies the main modes of mobilities and boundaries, which define the area's status quo uses; based on this, it develops an integrative program for a more accessible and transparent deliberated green public space. Mobilities are understood broadly - including varieties of human uses; movement of plants, seeds and species; distribution of urban services; outdoor civic extension of the University research, art and study program, etc. 

The research and design process is aimed to integrate the outdoor public program of Brno University of Technology campus, different statuses of the green infrastructures in the area (and their multi-scalar connections), different user groups and formative practices of the present open spaces, the existing property rights and the delineation practices (with the special focus on the allotment gardens and their uses), as well as legal-administrative stakeholders. The anticipated result of the design phase is a program for more transparent and intensively used green space.

During the 5-day workshop, students will scrutinise a multifunctional area in Brno. The subjects of investigation will be different aspects of urban life: the physical environment (urban morphology and natural systems), social and economic conditions, and organisational and legal framework. 

Join us to be part of the co-production of space and knowledge. We will explore the various research tools used in data collection via analysis and visualisation. You will get familiar with mapping spatial systems, understanding urban morphologies, analysing and visualising actors and using questionnaires. You will also unfold your creative thinking by creating conceptual models and visualising possible scenarios.

The workshop is organised in partnership by the Faculty of Architecture, Brno University of Technology, European Humanities University, and the University of Wroclaw. The cooperation of three universities will offer students a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and improving cities.

Place: Brno – Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture

ECTS: 4

Case study: area of Kravi Hora (multifunctional area in Brno located on the hill of Kravi Hora surrounded by allotment gardens and sports facilities between the Brno University of Technology Faculty of Civil Engineering and the astrological observatory.