Summer Course – International Virtual Course (IVC) 2021
Summer Course – International Virtual Course (IVC) 2021
Creative Culture and Urban Commons
The Architecture Study Program, Bandung Institute of Technology in collaboration with the Architecture School of the University of Auckland, New Zealand is holding a Summer Course on 9-20 August 2021 with the topic "Creative Culture and Urban Commons". This virtual workshop takes a case study in Majalengka, Indonesia, where terracotta handicrafts are a local product that is not only the color of the face of the area, but also has the potential to drive the economy of its citizens. We invite students to jointly explore the potential of this area, discuss it with experts and community leaders, and translate it into a design or planning proposal.
Registration opens on 19-30 July 2021, limited to 30 domestic students and 10 foreign students. Students will get 4 credits in this program as elective courses for the MBKM Program.
Registration links: https://admission.itb.ac.id/registration/nonreguler
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Creative movement, on one side, contributes to generate an artistic concern for urban design and planning (Landry, 2008; Fahmi, 2017; Kim, 2017). But on the other side, it brings controversies due to its incapability to give economic leverage to the people (Moreti, 2013; Novy & Colomb, 2012). Understanding urban commons opens an opportunity to redirect creative movement, as a collective action of making artistic decisions in the urban development plan, to give economic and social benefit for the urban life.
Taking the case of the Terracotta City Movement in Majalengka, Indonesia and tentatively several creative places in Auckland, New Zealand, this Summer Course aims to exercise ideas and approaches to support local creatives in enhancing the quality of urban life. This course is a hybrid of course and workshop, brought by a collaboration between Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia and the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Participants would be students from both universities and other universities in Indonesia as it is open to the public. This course invites final-year undergraduate and also postgraduate students in Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Development Studies, and other disciplines related to urban revitalization issues. This course expects students to collaborate with their peers and discuss any concerns with the stakeholders to initiate creative urban development ideas and strategies to support collective actions and urban commons.