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Corona has revealed: an online urban design studio is possible.

The Urban Design Hackathon is a 24h online workshop for international students from European architecture schools. 

Over its past three editions, we tested and successfully established a new format of digital teaching and international collaboration – despite the pandemic and without environmentally harmful air miles. Supported by technically advanced tools, the virtual room became a common ground for learning and intercultural exchange for students and academics from ten institutions across Europe. 

We invite students to develop future scenarios for obsolete structures in the urban environment. It is a novel approach, where the ugly and outdated are not simply erased but valued for their grey energy and embraced as catalysts of a resilient and sustainable further development of our cities. 

Meet the
Organization Team!

Martina Jacobi | Bauhaus Uni Weimar

Organization | International 24h Urban Design Hackathon

Architect | Reaserch and Teaching Assistant
Chair for Urban Design
Bauhaus University Weimar

Gabriele Gagliardi | Bauhaus Uni Weimar

Organization | 24h Urban Design Hackathon

Architect | Reaserch and Teaching Assistant
Chair for Urban Design
Bauhaus University Weimar

Steffen de Rudder | Bauhaus Uni Weimar

Organization | 24h Urban Design Hackathon

Architect | Professor
Chair for Urban Design
Bauhaus University Weimar

Application

Deadline October 20.2023

Seminar Master and Bachelor final year Arch + Urb
6 ECTS
English

20  Final Years Bachelor and Master Students
4 – 6 from each University 

Please send your portfolio to
urbandesignhackathon[at]uni-weimar.de 

As part of the application process, we ask all participants to submit a 40-second self introduction video with the following information:

  • Name
  • University
  • Hometown
  • Current City / Where would you like to live?
  • Why would you like to participate?

Meet & Greet

FRI 17.11.2023
14:00 – 14:15   Welcome / Opening
14:15 – 14:45   Presentation Participant Universities
14:45 – 15:30   Team Definition
15:30 – 15:45   Break
15:45 – 16:10   Team Presentations
16:10 – 16:30   Tutorial BBB / Tools
16:30 – 17:00   Q&A / Meet up

Urban Design Hackathon

Day One – FRI 24.11.2023 
13:00 – 13:10   Welcome / Opening
13:10 – 13:30   Introduction / Task
13:30 – 14:10    Input Lecture
14:10 – 14:20    Break
14:20 – 15:00   Input Lecture
15:00 – 15:30   Q&A
16:00 – 00:00   Section 1

Day Two – SAT 25.11.2023
08:00 – 12:00   Section 2
12:00 – 13:00   Feedback with Tutors
13:00 – 00:00   Final Section
00:00                DEADLINE

Day Three – SUN 26.11.2023
13:00 – 15:30 Final Presentation
15:30 – 15:45 Break
15:45 – 17:30 Discussion Round / Closing

The Bauwelt Magazine about the the second edition of the Urban Design Hackathon in the issue 10.2021.

The newspaper “Berliner Tagesspiegel” on the Karstadt Hackathon and the demise of city centers (17.4.2021)

The Bauwelt Magazine about the Urban Design Hackathon in the issue “Die handelnde Stadt”.