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Types and Translation researches the ways in which types of cities, buildings and open spaces are being vitalized, appropriated and transformed. How these types “migrate” through time and eras, from one culture to the other, from one land to another, being at the same time object of constant transformation. The course focuses on visual methods in field studies: current uses, transformations, and tactics for appropriation will be investigated and analyzed through built examples (vernacular, informal and formal building) in Berlin and elsewhere. Typology and social development are reflected in their interdependence. The course serves as a basis for critical research designing and space-oriented research.