Academic year/semester: 2026/27/1

ECTS Credits: 5

Available for: Only for the faculty’s students

Lecture hours: 0
Seminarium:0
Practice: 3
Laboratory: 0
Consultation: 0

Prerequisites: Minimum 1 completed year in architecture or civil engineering studies. IMPORTANT: Students can choose whether ONLY MSc courses, or ONLY vertical studio courses! Exceptions we can make on individual decisions based on special requests, maximum for less than 50% of the courses - please contact our international coordinator.

Course Leader: Zsolt Cseh, Guest lecturers: International experts by CEEPUS Representative of District Municipality Invited experts such as Civil engineer, Landscape architect

Faculty: Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, 1146 Budapest, Thököly út 74.

Course Description:
The course
 highlights the importance of reinventing and develop urban brownfields,
 introduces the complexity of the urban issue of brownfields,
 provides the most relevant sites in Budapest / Hungary,
 describes the potentials, the opportunities and the constraints of the reuse the sites,
 introduces the good international examples of the reintegration of brownfield sites,
 students are required to work on one of the sites in Budapest as semester project.
In the context of the course, a key element in the regeneration of brownfield sites is to analyze how the modern urban planning and urban design principles of Walkable City, 15 Minutes District, Smart City, Positive Energy District, etc. The reuse and integration of brownfield sites into the surrounding urban fabric requires a high degree of creativity and innovation and a holistic approach involving multidisciplinary thinking.
Since the problem of brownfield sites and degraded urban areas in general is almost ubiquitous, particular emphasis should be placed on the exchange of international experience, on the exposure of students to innovative solutions and thus on the emergence of new ideas and creative urban concepts.

Competences:
Competences  to learn new innovative ideas and good practices from the partner institutions on urban renewal programs.  a unique opportunity for students to think and work in a multidisciplinary environment (architect and civil engineer students);  to be involved into real urban development / revitalization plan.  to learn the best practices from the host country, get experience in the building design, urban design, infrastructure network considerations, landscape design aspects, legal and environmental background.  inviting guest lecturers (CEEPUS Network!) students can get a taste of different or similar experiences of practice in different European countries.

Topics:
Semester program
Week 1: Introduction of the semester\\\'s schedule and project requirements, organizing the working teams
Week 2: Site visit and project briefing
Week 3: Lecture: How to analyze the project site
Studio work: Site assessment
Week 4: Lecture: The components of the Opportunity and Constraints Plan and the Urban Concept
Studio work: Developing urban concept
Week 5: Mid-term Presentation - Opportunity and Constraints Plan and Urban Concept
Week 6: Lecture: The nature and specialty of brownfield projects
Studio work: Developing site layout
Week 7: Lecture: Urban design theories of the 21st century
Studio work: Developing site layout
Week 8: Lecture: The design of POS, the integration of brownfield sites into urban fabric
Studio work: Developing site layout
Week 9: Lecture: The stakeholders in the brownfield projects – The Municipality (guest lecturer from the district)
Studio work: Developing urban design proposal of the site
Week 10: Lecture: International experience (guest lecturer by CEEPUS)
Studio work: Developing urban design proposal of the site
Week 11: Lecture: Best practices of Hungary
Studio work: Developing urban design proposal of the site
Week 12: Final presentation

Assessment: final mark, based on  Design project outcome (70%)  Engagement and collaboration (15%)  Interim submissions & presentations (15%)

Exam Types:

project-based evaluation

Compulsory bibliography: none

Recommended bibliography: none

Additional bibliography: none

Additional Information: none