Thesis supervisor: Melinda Benkő
co-supervisor: Annamária Orbán
Location of studies (in Hungarian): Department of Urban Planning and Design Abbreviation of location of studies: BME
Description of the research topic:
The city – as a laboratory - represents the whole society. Therefore the aim of this interdisciplinary research (architecture: urban design and planning / regional studies: economic and social process of urban development) is to find and analyse those contemporary socio-economic fields and factors – such as social economy, socio-cultural innovations, urban green, bottom-up civil and community development initiatives - which have a particular effect on urban housing and urban well-being in general. A special attention is paid to social relations and social capital, effecting the present and future physical conditions of urban housing. Our aim is to explore the motivations of bottom-up initiatives and potential alternatives of spatial occupation and to describe, explain the project process and the architectural and urban results with the help of quantitative and qualitative comparative research methodologies related to the contemporary international literature. On the other hand, modern cities have become quite stressful, many times unhealthy living habitat both in a physical and metaphysical sense with their crowdedness, densely built areas full of ‘unnatural’ materials, polluted air, unbearable traffic and noises of urban way of life. In such circumstances citizens can become depressed, antisocial, unhappy and less satisfied with their whole life even if materially they are much better than their ancestors. Therefore we would like to find those ‘healing solutions’, socio-cultural innovations, innovative architectural and housing forms, etc. which make our cities more sustainable, the citizens more satisfied with their life, that is happy.
Number of students who can be accepted: 1
Deadline for application: 2018-05-31
2024. IV. 17. ODT ülés Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).
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