Life between buildings (Jan Gehl, 1971)
Instructor(s):
Tom Broekaert
Engagement:
Craftsmanship
Location:
Gent
Language/Taal:
English
Semester:
Semester 3, Fall 2025
Description/Inhoud:
This studio starts off where a former Urban Cultures studio landed. The relocation of an existing train station in the Philippines is the starting point for this studio. The research re-starts with the results of a made proposition. It will further elaborate an architectural proposal for the site.
This studio wants to focus on the design for a new public space adjacent to the train station. It focuses on the importance of public spaces in cities and how these spaces can be generators for change in these cities. The design strategy for this new public space will be viewed as a new public building, with its specific program of requirements, internal logics, constructive performance, flows, materials and spatial qualities.
Line of inquiry/Onderzoekslijn:
For Real / Practice as Study / Working With
Topic, Thematic Focus/Thema:
connection, transit hubs, public space, community
Key Questions or Provocation/ Centrale vragen en provocaties:
• How do public spaces operate?
• Can we design public spaces as if it were buildings?
• Public spaces as instigators for placemaking
Methodologies or Formats / Methodologie:
data-based (re)research, digital prototyping, sociological collage, scenario thinking
Design / Expected Outcome(s) / Ontwerp / Verwachte Resultaten:
design (strategies) for a vaster public place in the Philippines
Deliverables / In te dienen documenten:
research booklet, collages & digital design documents
- Find the full studio brief as pdf here.
Photo: Antoine Gouachon, Morocco – Aguerd, 2019