Prof. Dr. Dodo zu Knyphausen-Aufseß Chair of Strategic Leadership and Global Management Institute of Management and Technology Technische Universität Berlin Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin Phone: 030/314 28744 Email: knyphausen@strategie.tu-berlin.de Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Elke Pahl Weber Chair for Urban Renewal and Sustainable Development Institute of Urban and Regional Development Hardenbergstraße 40a, 10623 Berlin Phone: 030/314 28 132 Email: pahl-weber@isr.tu-berlin.de Syllabus Project Seminar WS 2017/18 Designing Smart Cities: Creative Strategies for Urban Challenges Time Room Course language Coaches Registration Office hours Homepages Full and half day sessions between Nov 2 and Feb 16 2018 Changing locations (see course schedule) English Cornelia Schlott, Nadja Berseck, Malte Hager, tba Application (CV and transcript, no motivation letter needed) via email until Oct 20, 2017 to: schlott@strategie.tu-berlin.de On demand http://www.strategie.tu-berlin.de // http://www.isr.tu-berlin.de Course Description: Background: Approaches to urban co-production for housing projects in Berlin No large construction site without information pavilion, no planning process without public consultation, workshops and online dialogue. The collaboration with interest groups, affected residents and the housing sector is key to sustainable neighbourhood development. Nevertheless, citizens often protest. Especially in the case of larger housing and urban development projects, their protests are directed both, against the content of the planned measures and against the planning and decision-making procedures. Critical citizens and initiatives often perceive participation offers as pseudo-democratic. Or, as the example of the former Tempelhof Airport shows, fundamental differences about the new development of urban areas can hardly be ruled out by extensive participation procedures. Other examples clarify that sometimes the staying power and commitment of all parties is missing; however, this is necessary for lasting success. Urban co-production is an approach that goes beyond traditional consultation or participation in urban planning. Not only do local residents and users of the space have to have their say; they must have a decisive input on developments in their neighbourhood. But how can this interaction of residents with urban practitioners be organized effectively? At the moment, there is a lack of understanding on the minimum requirements or quality criteria for participation or even coproduction procedures. Challenge: How could we design processes of urban co-production that go beyond traditional participation or consultation? Appropriate formats and strategies have to be created, which motivate the affected individuals to engage in planning processes in the long term. This assumes that planned projects have to be presented in an accessible and comprehensible manner with sufficiently robust information. To tackle this challenge, we use the method of Urban Design Thinking to develop and test formats of urban co-production for selected housing projects in Berlin. Accompanied by our project partner UTB Projektmanagement GmbH, a major Berlin-based project developer, students will work in small 1
multidisciplinary teams. They will go through a process focussing on understanding, need-finding, thinking, creating, and doing. It consists of the following steps: During the understand phase, students immerse themselves in learning about existing participation standards. They get expert inputs and conduct their own desk research. The goal is to develop background knowledge. In the next phase, students try to gain empathy by observing, engaging and empathizing with local residents, initiatives and other affected stakeholders to understand their participation experiences and motivations regarding the planned housing project. Empathy is crucial to the process, as it allows students to set aside their own assumptions about the world in order to gain insight into users and their needs. During the define phase, students analyse and synthesize the information they gathered during the empathize stage in order to define the core problem that they have identified up to this point. During ideation students identify new solutions to the problem statement they have created. They will produce a number of inexpensive, scaled down versions of their solutions. Prototypes will be shared and tested with the actual users in the housing areas. At the core of this process is a bias towards action and creation: by creating and testing something, students can continue to learn and improve upon their initial ideas before they think about the actual implementation of their solution. Course Objectives: The course is intended for students who want to enhance their innovation knowledge by using design thinking and urban planning tools to tackle an interesting real-world challenge in the urban context. More specifically, the course is designed to help students to: incorporate design thinking into your analysis of urban problems learn how to build and lead an innovation team develop project management skills The aim is to develop (1) urban co-production approaches in the form of conceptual prototypes and corresponding operating models, (2) a graphic visualization of the solution, (3) an evaluation of the developed solution based on a comparison with existing practices, and (4) a project documentation. Course Content: This is a workshop-based course where students learn by doing. Students will be required to be present in class (see course schedule) to get to know the key urban design thinking concepts through 2
presentations, short videos or brief activities to practice relevant methods and approaches as well as to present their preliminary results. Between classes, the participants are going to work independently with their teams, supported by a coach. Teams are expected to use the opportunity to get advice from mentors of the project partner. By the middle and the end of the course, students have to give two interim and two final presentations. After the final presentations, students are required to write a project documentation and evaluation of their team work. Class Participation & Engagement: The best learning experiences occur when students participate actively. We have several in-class exercises throughout the semester, which are compulsory. Students who want to take this class should be able to attend EVERY workshop session (special arrangements with Venture Campus students are possible)! An active participation and engagement is expected. These exercises give you the opportunity to stretch your creative cognition skills. Moreover, independent group work and consultation of the mentors is expected in between the classes. Prerequisites & Grading: The course is open graduate and advanced undergraduate students of all disciplines. We encourage urban planners, business students, engineers, architects and so on to work collaboratively on the project. The idea is that the interdisciplinary breadth will lead to new perspectives and innovations. Grading is based on the following components (12 ECTS): 2 Mid-term presentations 2 Final presentations Class participation (peer assessment) Visualization/project poster Evaluation report Project documentation Administration: A course web site is available on ISIS2. This site contains the course syllabus. PowerPoint presentations and other handouts will be posted after each class. The ISIS2 password will be provided during the introductory session. A short application, including CV and transcript, is required to participate in the class. Please send the documents until Oct 20, 2017 to: schlott@strategie.tu-berlin.de 3
Course Schedule: (deviations from the schedule may be necessary) Note that the independent teamwork sessions should be scheduled in agreement with the team. Months Week Day Date Time Location Topic November December Oct CW 43 Tuesday 24.10.2017 10:00-11:00am TUB, TC 010 Information session Explanation about course structure, grading, homework CW 44 Thursday 02.11.2017 9:00-6:00pm TUB, H 3005 Urban Design Thinking Bootcamp Day I Intro to the method, expert input Friday 03.11.2017 9:00-6:00pm TUB, H 3005 Urban Design Thinking Bootcamp Day II More intro to the method, teambuilding CW 45 Friday 10.11.2017 09:00-11:00am TUB, probably Atelier Challenge Kick-Off & Understand Presentation of housing projects and getting to know project partners CW 46 11.11.-16.11.2017 Independent teamwork Field research to gain empathy CW 46 Thursday 16.11.2017 9:00-6:00pm TUB, H 3005 Define Interpretation of fieldwork results and synthesis CW 46 Friday 17.11.2017 Halfday, tba EB 222 Understand Expert inputs on participation processes CW 47 & 48 18.11.-29.11.2017 Independent teamwork Field research phase 2 and synthesis CW 48 Thursday 30.11.2017 9:00-6:00pm TUB, HBS 005 Interim presentation I Ideate + Prototype Creation of solutions CW 49 1.12.-07.12.2017 Independent teamwork Prototype & Test CW 49 Friday 08.12.2017 9:00-2:00pm TUB, HBS 005 Iterate + Preparation Interim II Planning of next steps based on feedback CW 50 09.12.-14.12.2017 Independent teamwork Iterate CW 50 18.12.2017 9:00-11:00am tba Interim presentation II + Feedback Presentation in front of project partners CW 51 16.12.-22.12.2017 Independent teamwork Iterate CW 52 Christmas break 4
January February March & April CW 1 Christmas break CW 2 Friday 12.01.2018 9:00-6:00pm TUB, H 2036 + H 2037 Iteration II Further development of prototypes and testing CW 3 & 4 13.01.2017-24.01.2018 Independent teamwork Prototyping and testing CW 4 Thursday 25.01.2018 9:00-6:00pm TUB, H 3005 Implementation Development of operating models CW 5 26.01.-08.02.2018 Independent teamwork Implementation and prep of final presentation CW Friday 09.02.2018 2:00-4:00pm HBS 005 Final presentation Presentation in front of project partners and get together CW 7 tba tba tba tba Final presentation ISR Presentation and planning of next steps Evaluation and project documentation Independent writing of reports, consultations on demand 5