Students simulate solutions to urban challenges

Vertical urban mobility, smart parking, smart household waste, and peer-to-peer last mile delivery are no new concepts, but their application leaves many open questions. Researchers from HFT's iCity project trained students to use the SimStadt database, industry experts shared best practices. Most…

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Follow-up report on the symposium: »What we need to know about the smart city«

»Smart City« is novel and the efforts to digitize are contested. There is no precise job description for smart city experts. Developing the »smart city« is a collaborative, multi-disciplinary task. How to steer their efforts and contribute meaningfully was the topic of a full-day symposium at HFT…

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Studierende und Expert:innen im Gespräch. Die Konstellation der Teilnehmer je Tisch rotierte im 30-Minuten Takt.

Point 7 - Lecture series

The lecture series will be taking place on Friday, 17 January 2025 from 9 am to 1 pm at the Faculty of Architecture and Design in Building 8. Since 2004, successful designers from the fields of architecture, interior design and urban planning have had their say in the Point 7 lecture series at the…

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Grafik zur Bewerbung der diesjährigen Punkt7 Vortragsreihe

Roland Dieterle

Lecturer / Head of Advisory Board

How much drinking water do the cities need?

For the first time, a HFT research team has simulated the drinking water requirements of residential and non-residential buildings using a 3D data model for German cities and regions. Geometric building data as well as meteorological and socio-economic data were integrated. The team showed that the…

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Simulationsgrafik Trinkwasserbedarf

Changeover to online teaching

The pandemic-related conversion of teaching to online operation in the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Building Physics and Economics The question of how we can best cushion the current corona pandemic socially and economically by using state-of-the-art technologies is currently occupying the entire…

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