Havana
Stadtentwicklung in Havanna
Project SeDUT (Seminario Internacional de Desarrollo Urbano y Transporte)
SeDUT, a Swiss-Cuban cooperative research project on urban development in Havana, was conducted from 2004 — 2007. The Chair of Sociology at the Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich, joined forces with the design offices of Metron AG to head up Switzerland’s contributions to the project, while the CEU‑H (Centro de Estudios Urbanos de La Habana, Facultad de Arquitectura, CUJAE), the IPF (Instituto de Planificación Física) and the DPPF-CH (Dirección Provincial de Planificación Física de la Ciudad de La Habana) assumed key responsibility in Cuba. The project was financed in part by the State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER).
Central to the project was a 5‑workshop series held in Havana. Experts in urban planning and research from Havana worked together with Swiss experts to develop an analysis of the city’s urban development and mobility. A specific type of mapping served as the key method employed in the workshop, enabling new data and findings to be generated that have come to bear particular importance in light of the current uncertainty surrounding Havana’s future development. Since the findings have yet to become fully available to the public at large, a book is currently being prepared for publication.
SeDUT: reflexiones-teoria-practica-desarrollo-urbano
SeDUT: syntesis-sobre-el-proyecto-sedut
Wahlfach Sommersemester 2005
Urban Atlas of Havana / Atlas Urbano de La Habana
Jorge Peña Díaz, professor of architecture, CUJAE, La Habana
Christian Schmid, professor of sociology, faculty of architecture, ETH Zurich
The Atlas Urbano de la Habana is an elaboration of the SeDUT research project, supplemented by further analysis and maps. It provides the opportunity to raise central questions about Havana’s urban development at this particularly crucial moment in time with the aim of prompting a broader discussion in and outside Havana. The project is directed at Cuban and international audiences, thereby warranting publication in both Spanish and English.