Green Infrastructures for Diverse Users
Transdisciplinary Programming of Kravi Hora area in Brno
Date: 09/07/2025—13/07/2025
Place: Brno, Czech Republic
ECTS: 4 credits
Case study: area of Kravi Hora (multifunctional area in Brno located on the hill of Kravi Hora surrounded by allotment gardens and sports facilities between Brno University of Technology Faculty of Civil Engineering and astronomical observatory).
The Workshop’s goal is to research and program the Kravi Hora area in Brno from the perspective of multi-user accessibility of urban green infrastructures. It identifies the main modes of mobilities and of boundaries, which define the status quo uses of the area; and, based on this, develops an integrative program for a more accessible and transparent deliberated green public space. Mobilities are understood broadly - including varieties of human uses; movement of plants, seeds and species; distribution of urban services; outdoor civic extension of adjacent institutions, etc.
The research and design process is aimed to integrate the outdoor public program of Brno University of Technology campus, different statuses of the green infrastructures in the area (and their multi-scalar connections), different user groups and formative practices of the present open spaces, the existing property rights and the delineation practices (with the special focus on the allotment gardens and their uses), as well as legal-administrative stakeholders. The anticipated result of the design phase is a program for more transparent and intensively used green space.
During the 5 day workshop, students will scrutinise Kravi Hora as a multifunctional area in Brno. The investigation will be organised in formats of lectures, workshops, as well as supervised research and design work.
- work in a medium-size group with active participation of the workshop lecturers and tutors
- lectures on topics of green infrastructures, boundaries in urbanist research and practice, current urban development scenarios and issues, etc.
- methodologies of spatial analysis and their conceptual and problem-based backgrounds
- digital tools for collecting, organizing, and analysing data
- guided stakeholders’ analysis
- tools for presentation of urbanist research results
2025/06/09 Mon: Applications deadline
2025/06/16 Mon: Participants selection
2025/06/30 Mon: Introductory presentation, group creation (online)
2025/07/08 Tue: Arrival
2025/07/09 Wed — 2025/07/14 Sun: Intensive work on site
2025/07/14 Mon: Departure
The workshop is organised in partnership by Faculty of Architecture Brno University of Technology, European Humanities University, and the University of Wroclaw. Cooperation of three universities will offer students a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and improving cities.
