Faculty of Civil Engineering August 8-17, 2022 490 € (585 $), 5 ECTS Capacity: 25 students
Apply now Application deadline: June 22, 2022, deadline for payments June 30, 2022
Target group of students: current Bachelor and Master students
Important information: A FEE OF 490 EUR COVERS ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS.
Discover Brno and study! Brno post-industrial, modern, sustainable, popular, phenomenal!
The summer school focusing on municipal engineering at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of Brno University of Technology (FCE, BUT) perfectly combines theory and practice, studying and fun. You will participate in professional lectures, practical measurements, excursions, team work on projects, social activities. Based on specific examples, you will learn about urban planning, its development and its future. You will learn about city transport modelling, about green vegetation in cities or about using rain water. You will gain information about sustainable buildings in relation to city planning. The practical excursions will include for example the Tugendhat Villa, the future smart town part of Špitálka, water management laboratories, the Brno reservoir, the developing town part called Jižní čtvrť and others. Your task will be to produce a schematic design of a town part at a selected brownfield site in Brno. It must be based on the principle of sustainable development with the lowest possible CO2 footprint.
Main topic and goals
Brno post-industrial (how to build the city of today) Producing a schematic design of a town part at a selected brownfield site in Brno based on the principles of sustainable development with the lowest possible CO2 footprint. Students will work in groups of approx. 5. The outcome will be a 15-minute presentation and a 70x100 cm poster.
Schedule
Day 1, Monday 8th August 2022
Welcome, presentation and a tour of the BUT Faculty of Civil Engineering and the AdMaS centre Assignment of the summer school topic. 5 o’clock tea
Day 2, Tuesday 9th August 2022
Brno post-industrial (lecture/presentation) A walk around Brno with comments on history and urban planning with reference to the morning block
Day 3, Wednesday 10th August 2022
Workshop: Barracks on Veveří street Workshop: Brno, excursion of the Tugendhat Villa
Day 4, Thursday 11th August 2022
Workshop: Sustainable cities, visit to the Open gardens
Day 5, Friday 12th August 2022
Workshop: Presentation of laboratories and research center AdMaS
Day 6, Saturday 13h August 2022
Workshop: Waterways and navigation Trip to the Brno reservoir and a boat ride
Day 7, Sunday 14th August 2022
Work on the assignment (individual/study hall)
Day 8, Monday 15th August 2022
Brno South Center (lecture/presentation) Workshop: Traffic and green infrastructure in the city
Day 9, Tuesday 16th August 2022
Workshop: Dukovany Nuclear Power Plant and Dalešice hydroelectric power plant
Day 10, Tuesday 17th August 2022
Presentation of results, evaluation, a thank-you and goodbye meeting
