Theme:    Megacity Research Project TP. Ho Chi Minh/Vietnam:
                  Sustainable Strategies for Climate-Oriented Urban Structures,

                  Energy-Efficient Housing ,  Typologies and Comprehensive

                  Environment Protection for Megacities of Tomorrow

Period:      2008-2013

Staff:          Kosta Mathéy, Christoph Hesse

Partners:  Dr. rer. nat. Michael A. Waibel - University of Hamburg ,
                   Dr. Dirk A. Schwede - energydesign asia –
                   Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH

Funding:   Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)       
Leader of Project:  Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus

Abstract:
The main objective of the research project is to develop urban and architecture strategies for adapting to climate changes and to minimize impacts that increase climate change in the context of the megacity Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) in the Southern Part of Vietnam.

The spatial level of the individual building offers enormous potential for achieving sustainable environmental design. The intelligent design and planning decisions can permit a more economical resource use, longer life span of buildings and a reduction of the environmental impact. The efficiency of urban structures at the neighbourhood scale is affected directly by the form and design of buildings

Theme:           Urban Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa: It's Impacts,

                         Coping Strategies and Peace Building

Period:            2008-2011

Co-ordinator:  Prof. Dr.rer.pol. Kosta Mathey, Dipl.-Ing. Peter Gotsch

Partners:         Prof. Dr. Kengne Fodouop, Claude Albert Meutchehe
                          Ngomsi, Université de Yaoundé I,   Département de
                          Géographie, Yaoundé, Cameroon
                          Prof. Dr. Christian Myles Rogerson, Dr. Teresa Dirsuweit,
                          University of the Witwatersrand, Department of Geography,
                          Johannesburg, South Africa
                          Prof. Dr. Washington H. A. Olima, Prof. Dr. Winnie Mitullah,
                          Maina C. Murugi, University of Nairobi, School of the Built
                          Environment, Nairobi, Kenya

Funding:          Volkswagen-Stiftung

Abstract:
The second half of the 20th century saw the rate of violence soar dramatically in many Sub-Saharan cities. Crime and the subsequent fear of it have had a severe impact on the quality of life in many places, limiting public life to the daylight hours, leading to a boom in private security services for those who can afford it, and as is often the case, leaving the poor most vulnerable and unprotected. Public authorities were largely overburdened when it came to tackling the issue. Yet interestingly, local communities, businesses and individuals have developed (and applied) a wide range of bottom-up strategies to cope with the problem. Unfortunately most of these local approaches, whether traditional or contemporary, remain invisible for a wider public. This research project, therefore, seeks to investigate, conceptualise and transfer successful community-based crime prevention strategies. Focusing in particular on spatial interventions, it will explore their relevance for planning and design disciplines. Above all, the project is aimed at nurturing local research capacities in the countries of the respective African partner institutions.

Theme:   Urban development and housing implications on the expected numbers of AIDS orphans in South Africa

Period:    2005-2006

Staff:        Antje Voigt, N.N.

interdisziplinäre / internationale Kooperationspartner:

● Prof. Dr. Manfred Keppeler, Institut für Sozialpädagogik, TU Berlin

● Prof. Dr. habil. Gundula Barsch, Soziologie & Drogenprävention, FH

   Merseburg

● Prof. Dr. Karl Pelzer, Psychologie, University of the North, Kapstadt

● Prof. Dave Dewar, University of Cape Town, Chair of City and Regional
   Planning

Funding:  ZIT / TUD   

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Theme: Variables in gender sensitive urban design between Orient and Occident – Cases in Buchara (Usbekistan) and Lhasa (Tibet).

Period:      2006-2008

Staff:          Dipl.-Ing. Sabine Bode; Dipl.-Ing. Irene Schwarz

Funding:   ZIT - TUD

Abstract:
Das Forschungsvorhaben fokussiert die Ergründung der wechselseitigen Beziehungen zwischen Geschlechterverhältnissen und Raum-/ Zeitstrukturen und deren kulturelle Bedingtheit. Dabei sind wir als PlanerInnen, mit dem Anspruch wissenschaftlich fundierte gesellschaftsrelevante Ideen in Baukunst zu übertragen, stets von der Praxisrelevanz möglicher Erkenntnisse geleitet.
Während sich in Europa die Gesellschaft zu jeder Epoche die zu ihr gehörige Stadtform selbst geschaffen und nach ihren jeweiligen Bedürfnissen gestaltet hat, wurde die Stadtentwicklung in außereuropäischen Regionen kulturell überformt. Damit wurden dort gleichzeitig neue Stadtmodelle eingeführt und in der Folgezeit perpetuiert, die den einheimischen BenutzerInnen der Stadt ein der eigenen Kultur fremdes Verhalten im öffentlichen Raum aufzwang. Diese exogene Überformung erfolgte in der Vergangenheit im Zuge des Imperialismus / Kolonialismus und gegenwärtig durch den Trend der Globalisierung

Theme: Planungsstrategie und Participatory Planning am Beispiel ausgewählter Projekte innerhalb des Wiederaufbaues der Altstadt von Kabul, Afghanistan zur Entwicklung allgemeingültiger Leitlinien

Period:     2 006-2008

Staff:         Zahra Breshna, NN. Kosta Mathey

Funding:  to be defined

Theme: Assessment of gentrification risks in consequence of slum upgrading projects. Evidence from Mexico D.F..

Period:     2006-2008

Staff:         Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Trubel

Funding:  not yet defined

Theme:  Urban governance tools for Megacity development.

Period:     2007-2010

Staff:         Kosta Mathéy, Peter Gotsch, Irene Schwarz, NN.

Partner:    IWU, DIFU, ASP, DIE u.a.

Funding:   to be defined

Abstract:
The research proposal aims at elaborating and guiding urban development approaches through participatory governance practices. These processes must be embedded in the cultural and political context of their specific location but at the same time they must offer, or permit, general conclusions that are relevant for replication in other upcoming mega cities. By definition, these governance practices will embrace all affected stakeholders in the community (civil and voluntary sectors, businessmen and public authorities), and must be socially, economically and environmentally sustainable. Focus will be given to adequate preventive measures suitable to avoid the emergence of those problems typically associated with currently known mega cities.

Theme:    Research and publications on planning and building in developing regions.
Creating an interactive database with relevant chapter (not book!) references

Period:     2005-2006

Staff:         Alix Landmann, Kosta Mathéy

Funding:   e-learning center, TUD

Theme:   Gender oriented settlement development for the Quilombo communities in Brazil

Period:

Staff:         Celeste Vargas, Julia Richter, Kosta Mathéy

Funding:  FB 15 / TUD

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Theme:       Factors for successful community initiatives at the ‚barrio' level. The case of Cuba.
 

Period:       2002-2003.
Staff:           Kosta Mathéy (Leitung), Kathia Bührmann, M. Celeste Cuello,
                    Reinhard Aehnelt, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Daphne Frank, Petra Lüdike,
                    Ronaldo Ramirez,  Óctavio Tapia, Celeste Vargas,
Funding:    Institut des Sciences et des Techniques de l'Équipement et de
                    l'Environnement pour le Développement (Paris)

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Theme:      Gendertypische Nutzung öffentlicher Stadträume in Indonesien.

Eine Annäherung an Einflüsse des Islams auf die Aneignung von Straßenflächen“

Period:      2003

Staff:          Marita-Schnepf-Orth, Hendrina Pattiradjawane

Funding:   Land Hessen
 

Theme:    Genderspezifische Raumaneignung öffentlicher Straßenflächen in innerstädtischen Stadterneuerungsgebieten Südostasiens. Beispiele kleinräumiger Nutzungsaktivitäten in der Altstadt von Hanoi/ Vietnam und in einem Innenstadt-Kampung in Jakarta/ Indonesien

Period:     2000-2001

Staff:         Pattiradjawane, H.; Schnepf-Orth, M.

Funding:  Land Hessen

Theme:    Selbsthilfe-Wohnungsbau in Lateinamerika.

Commodification processes in the case of Venezuela

Period:         1982-85 (Verbundprojekt, Federführung TUD).

Staff              Jorge Fiory, Hans Harms (TUHH); Arnold Körte, Kosta Mathey,

                      Ronaldo Ramírez.

Research
Assistant:   Ingrid Herrmannsdörfer

Funding:     DFG

Theme:  Centrally located large housing estates in post-communist cities.

Medium term economic, social and environmental sustainability.

Researcher:   Dipl.-Ing Markus Pretnar

Theme: The Mozambican “open house” – history, transformations, characteristics, solutions .

Sustainable household networks for informal settlements

Researcher:  Arquitecta Joana Forte

Thema: Vertikales Wohnen in Hanoi

Wohnraumangebote in Wohnhochhäusern als Beitrag zur quantitativen und qualitativen Wohnungsversorgung am Beispiel staatlicher Entwicklungsmaßnahmen in New Urban Areas

Researcher: Dipl.-Ing. Marita Schnepf-Orth

Thema: Sites-und-Services Projekte als Lösungsansatz am Beispiel Aranya (Indien)

Wohnungsnot in Entwicklungsländern als globale Herausforderung:

Researcher: Dipl.-Ing. Ann-Christin Kaiser