The interdisciplinary course (3 ECTS) systematically teaches participants about urban heat islands (UHI) and how they relate to man-made structural and climatic factors. Participants use geographic information systems (GIS) to evaluate and interpret climate data and use this to develop various planning and design strategies for reducing heat stress in urban contexts. 

Course phases of the Blended Intensive Programme:
March 16-20, 2026 Presence (Weimar)
January 31 to March 7, 2026 (Online)

Background of participants
Next to 9 graduate students from the hosting programme IUDD (master Integrated Urban Development and Design, Bauhaus-University Weimar) 20 graduate students from the following study programmes and universities took part:

Integrated Urban Development and Design (host) 
Architecture and Building Sciences
Architecture and Urban Design
Architecture and Urban Planning
Architecture and Urbanism
Urban and Spatial Planning
Landscape Architecture
Law and Jurisprudence
Civil Engineering
Industrial Design
Architecture
Visual Arts

from the universities
Athens School of Fine Arts
University of Granada (UGR)
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Brno University of Technology
Czech Technical University in Prague
Instituto Politécnico De Castelo Branco
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Civil Engineering
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Azerbaijan Architecture and Construction University
Universität für industrielle und künstlerische Gestaltung Linz
University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy - UACEG, Sofia
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Architecture and Design (FAD STU)