IUDeCS – brings together students from TU Braunschweig and Tongji University to jointly explore solutions to one of mankind’s most urgent challenges: sustainable urban development. Together, we seek to investigate sustainable strategies and future-proof concepts for „Low Carbon Communities” in Germany and China. We explore the potentials of existing sites, to propose pathways for a livable and sustainable future.
The teams from Germany and China work towards the same goal, but on sites in their own country with local university peers. After submission, an interdisciplinary jury with specialists from China and Germany will jointly evaluate the submitted proposals. Projects from both universities will be awarded. In an experimental approach, the jury will be held online so that all participants can listen in and experience the jury’s discussion. This will facilitate learning across borders and cultures.
IUDeCS is hosted in 2022-23 for the first time. For us, IUDeCS is an open process and experiment by which we seek to explore new ways of collaborating in teaching across time zones, borders and cultures.
Each member of the winning team will be awarded a one year subscription of a national professional journal (China: Landscape Architecture Academic Journal / Germany: ARCH+). Furthermore the awarded works will be published in an exhibition in China and Germany along with an accompanying publication.
Be part of IUDeCS 2022 and enroll now at https://stdb3.ila.bau.tu-bs.de
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