Call for Applications: Hack the TUM

The central areas of the Technical University of Munich are ready for disruption. How would you prototype a new vision of future university spaces? How can we transform – or hack – the university as a city block? Participate in the new "Urban Prototyping Lab": Students can apply until April 16, 2021.


Discuss these topics in a high-impact course and experiment with alternative spatial potentials. Design and develop Urban Prototypes and test them in reallife settings at TUM. Together with experts from TUM and beyond, we run the Urban Prototyping Lab as a structured, interdisciplinary design workshop – understand, imagine, develop and test your vision. We will have impulse talks and insights from researchers, urban activists, decision makers, developers, architects in teams of Master’s degree students from architecture, design, management, informatics, engineering and sociology.

Application until April 16, 2021 to yl.hack@tum.de

  • short motivation letter (100 words)
  • short CV (200 words)
  • short project portfolio, if available (max. 5 pages/ 2MB)

Workshop dates and information:
6 Teams / 3 ECTS / 2-days workshop + prototyping phase
Kick-Off 30.04. 17:00 - 19:30
Workshop days 07./08.05 09:00 - 18:00
Presentation 28.05. 17:00 - 19:00

Featured and proudly supported by:
TUM Presidium
Prof. Isabell Welpe, Chair of Strategy and Organization
Prof. Alain Thierstein, Chair of Urban Development
Jérôme Lutz, Smart Labs Architects
Christos Chantzaras, ARI and Venture Labs
Yonne-Luca Hack, ARI / Urban Prototyping Lab