Future Cities (847251 + 847290)
Oswald Jenewein
Mohsen Hajibabaei
Yannick Back
Future Cities: Collective Intelligence. Shared Visions.
Dates: FEB 3 – FEB 26, condensed workshop-style instruction
Questions: Oswald Jenewein, [email protected]
Description:
This seminar explores future city concepts through five thematic modules: Sustainable, Resilient, Inclusive, Smart, and Transscalar Cities. It examines how architecture contributes to the urban ecosystem by translating planetary systems into locally grounded strategies for climate adaptation and urban transformation.
Students develop shared urban narratives through a mixed-methods approach that combines human and artificial intelligence. Generative AI and traditional design tools are used to map, model, and visualize site-specific scenarios, integrating data-informed insights with design experimentation.
The course concludes with a Prompt-a-thon Workshop, where students co-develop future visions with AI collaborators in a 48-hour intensive format, focusing on the Alpine region and the city of Innsbruck.
Course environment:
Students work collaboratively in groups, with 15 participants from the University of Texas at Arlington and 15 from the University of Innsbruck.
Alpinestudio International Program:
The Alpinestudio International Program is the global campus of the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Innsbruck, focusing on climate-resilient cities in the Central Alpine Region. In 2026, the program theme aims to address the question: How can architecture act as a change agent for urban climates?