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Summer School



The reasons of deterioration of the urban environment
from 05 to 18 of August 2017

The Summer School deals with the urban renewal notions and different definitions. Also exploring and discussing advantages and disadvantages of urban renewal, the difference between urban renewal, urban upgrading and urban development:
  • The reasons of deterioration of the urban environment.
  • Identify types of slums and squatters; understand the historical context for urban deterioration.
  • Recall the urban upgrading and development policies.
  • Review the case studies on comparative analysis based on local and international examples.
Sustainability principles and the notion of urban development
from 18 to 31 of August 2017

The Summer School deals with the sustainability principles and the notion of urban development. Exploring the different aspects of urban development, social, economic, cultural and policies. Introducing different sustainable techniques to sustain city development:
  • Discuss the current debates on sustainable urban development.
  • Reviews the evolution of the concept and defines weak and strong sustainability.
  • Explains what ıs meant by a sustainable city.
  • Analyzes best practices of sustainable development projects from around the world.




Architecture Building Technologies in Budapest
From 9th to 24th of July 2017

The summer school introduces the most important theories of the socialist and capitalist urbanization ratio system overview, the so-called. Presentation of "socialist new towns" (planned industrial cities) the main characteristics and presentation of urban development the city through structural characteristics of domestic and examples of socialist and post-socialist period.
  • Adaptive Reuse of Contemporary & Heritage Sites
  • Learn new skills to deal with architecture, urban and planning problem.
3 Credit Hour (3 ECTS) – Exchange programme
From 18 to 31 of August 2017

This course allows Students to study economic, social and environmental issue faced especially by environment professionals.
  • Exchange programme between the Szent Istvan University & Ain Shams University
  • introduces theoretical ideas about the urban growth and transformation in different areas.
  • explore contemporary processes of urban metamorphosis in Hungarian cities.
  • evaluate the impact of economic, social, political and environmental pressures on reshaping urban areas.




3 Credit Hour (3 ECTS) – Exchange programme
From 12 to 25 of August 2017

Explore the architecture and urban planning of Hungary
  • Exchange programme between Eotvos Lorand University & Ain Shams University.
  • Capitalist vs. socialist urbanization: A theoretical framework.
  • The ideological use of urban space in socialist and post-socialist societies.
Summer School in Budapest and Ljubljana
From 15th to 31st of July 2016

Experience the architecture of Budapest and Ljubljana and more:
  • Vernacular architecture, architects works Ybl Miklos, and other architect.
  • Different High Technology and current practices in architectural technology.
  • Conservation and renovation of archeological sites in Ljubljana.
  • Dealing with new techniques used in conservation.



Summer School in Hungary
15th of June to 15th of July 2016 & 31st of July to 3oth of August 2016

Explore the architecture and urban planning of Hungary in 4 weeks
  • Exchange experiences between the host university and the students’ home university.
  • Learn new presentation tools and skills.
  • Raise the education level of the home university graduates in order to be plugged in the labor market in Egypt.
  • Open the scope of students to think global and act local.
  • Learn new skills to deal with architecture, urban and planning problem.