Universities of Applied Sciences Graubünden and Rotterdam design cities of the future
The University of Applied Sciences Graubünden and the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences have signed a cooperation agreement. Ideas for the urban design of the future are to be developed on the basis of the Sketchcity project.
The University of Applied Sciences Graubünden (UAS) and the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences have signed a cooperation agreement. According to a media release, the cooperation was sealed during the Sketchcity study week with students from both institutions. The launch of the new cooperation brought together 200 students from the fields of urban planning and multimedia production from Chur, Bern and Rotterdam.
The cooperation arose from the Sketchcity project, which has been carried out by the UAS Graubünden in the Netherlands since 2016. The cooperation is intended to generate innovative ideas for the urban design of the future through interdisciplinary teaching and learning as well as research, according to a statement from the UAS. “We are connected by the Rhine, which is emblematic of this cooperation,” Professor Bruno Studer, head of the Department of Applied Future Technologies at the UAS Graubünden, is quoted as saying.
Based on existing contacts and positive experiences with the Sketchcity project, the two universities of applied sciences have decided to intensify their cooperation, according to the statement. The basis is the Swiss method Sketch&Draw, which is used as a visual development and innovation tool. The idea behind it is to enable co-creation, co-teaching and research also with visual means.
“We all need a visual tool to sketch the future. Sketching has always been the development tool in academic research,” Tanja Hess is quoted as saying, the initiator of the Sketch&Draw method. She is a professor of visualisation in the Multimedia Production bachelor’s degree programme at the UAS Graubünden and the Bern University of Applied Sciences.