Galo Patricio Moncayo Asan

Course Title: Adaptive Strategies - Sound Machines: Architectural Explorations in Sonic Installations Course Description: This course invites students to embark on a multidisciplinary journey that blends spatial design with auditory experiences. Students will conceptualize, design, and fabricate a noise/sound machine that not only produces sound but also exists as an aesthetically compelling object within a spatial context. The assignment challenges… 2024W, artistic Seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Daniela Kröhnert

Digitally printed matter is often lacking the irregular, vivid and tactile qualities of analog drawings that are results of a plethora of parameters of the physical world and its materialities (i.a. bleeding or drying of the inkpen, smudges, scratches, humidity changes, etc.)This course intends to give students the possibility to explore the vast potential for unique and individual expression, which… 2025S, scientific seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Florian Medicus

This course ('Applied mechanics for Industrial Design') deals with the basic physical nature, its possible devices and restrictions in order to apply these modes of operation onto/within student projects.  2025S, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 ECTS

Sophie Luger

The course aims at students interested in the acoustic impact and auditory perception of the built environment. It provides knowledge of sound generation and sound propagation fundamentals and enables one to understand and influence the possible auditory effects at an early design phase. Additional topics include the impact of sound on humans and potential strategies for reducing noise, explicitly concentrating… 2024W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Armin Hess

The course will address various topics within the field digital imagery and CG production. By introducing advanced tools and techniques and through productive experimentation we will also address the ongoing discussion around the digital realm, image sciences and the iconic turn. Students are invoked to further develop their technical abilities as well as define/refine an attitude towards their style of… 2024W/2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Sam Chermayeff

Studio class for 1st through 5th semester architecture students.  2024W/2025S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 15.0 ECTS

Fredrik Hellberg

THE AFTERMALL CONTENDING WITH THE WHITE ELEPHANTS OF LATE CAPITALISM Urban Vitality in the Age of E-commerce / Adaptive Reuse of Large Retail Structures / High Streets in the Era of the Virtual Storefront / The Marketplace in the Time of Online Shopping Cities generally develop around two key streams: water and trade. One a natural resource, the other a… 2024W/2025S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 15.0 ECTS

Sam Jacob

Architecture as Representation. For architecture, representation is simultaneously a technical, cultural and political question. From drawings through models to buildings and beyond, the semester will explore architecture as a form of media itself. Thinking of architecture as representation allows us to explore its direct relations to culture, material and ideology. And so use work to ask questions about architecture's relationship… 2024W/2025S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 15.0 ECTS

Lara Lesmes

THE AFTERMALL CONTENDING WITH THE WHITE ELEPHANTS OF LATE CAPITALISM Urban Vitality in the Age of E-commerce / Adaptive Reuse of Large Retail Structures / High Streets in the Era of the Virtual Storefront / The Marketplace in the Time of Online Shopping Cities generally develop around two key streams: water and trade. One a natural resource, the other a… 2024W/2025S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 15.0 ECTS

Matthias Boeckl

Survey of the most important episodes of Austrian architectural history in its international context. Topic in Winter Term 2024/25: From World War I to the Nazi Period. Lecture course in German. Registration via BASE required. The lecture course takes place online via Zoom.  https://dieangewandte-at.zoom.us/j/65276839630 Meeting-ID: 652 7683 9630 2024W, Vorlesungen, 2.0 ECTS

Petra Gruber

The course Biodesign combines an introduction into biodesign/biomimicry/biomimetics with a design project, using nature as a model for creating innovative solutions. The lecture part contains an introduction into the history, terminology, methodologies and different research fields and activities, including basic principles of design in nature, biological structures and materials, and ecological aspects. The design part is a research-based development that… 2025S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Franz Sam

The lecture imparts expertise on the interplay of building parts in constructions, while taking into account selected building materials. The focus is concepts of “monomateriality” – i.e., one single material is used for creating the volume, the load-bearing structure and the skin of the building. Special attention is also given to the strains having an impact on the building and… 2024W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Anja Jonkhans

Due to my sick leave, the seminar will be held by Andreas Körner. Please sign up for the course with him.   2025S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Andreas Körner

This seminar explores the multifaceted role of building envelopes, examining them as skin, shell, membrane, screen, and boundary. Students will investigate how envelopes function thermally, structurally, and ecologically while considering their dual role as boundary and environment.It compares lightweight construction methods with thermal mass and stereotomy approaches, fostering a comprehensive understanding of facade performance across different contexts. Case studies of… 2025S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Clemens Preisinger

This seminar deals with construction systems and techniques currently used in the building industry - their properties, liabilities and how they are used to assemble large scale structures. A selection of typical structural problems will be discussed and contextualized by referring to existing buildings. 2025S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Petra Gruber

The course accompanies Architectural Design 5 (the pre-diploma project). According to their individual interests, the students define a construction topic that supports and/or complements the studio's design brief. The architectural design is enriched by technical considerations. Experimental approaches that start from a careful examination of standard building methods and explore unconventional constructions are welcome. Suitable working methods are to be… 2024W/2025S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Franz Sam

The course accompanies Architectural Design 5 (the pre-diploma project). According to their individual interests, the students define a construction topic that supports and/or complements the studio's design brief. The architectural design is enriched by technical considerations. Experimental approaches that start from a careful examination of standard building methods and explore unconventional constructions are welcome. Suitable working methods are to be…… 2024W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Franz Sam

The seminar provides knowledge about practice-oriented processing of materials and technologies in workshops and on building sites.Specific basic lectures prepare the students for short seminars with selected companies of producers and processors to gain practical knowledge.The aim of the course is to inform students about current and new materials as well as manufacturing processes, and thus support current design processes… 2025S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Michael Wögerbauer

The course will introduce students to office-level project development and BIM (REVIT). Therefore, each student is asked to develop a small-scale project. Each seminar is structured in three parts: The first part consists of a short lecture giving insights into all planning phases, from competition to construction. During the second part, all aspects will be put into the context of… 2024W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Bernhard Sommer

There seminar is structured by 8 lectures on: 1.humans as thermodynamic systems 2.sick building and the architecture of well being a.thermal comfort (P.O.Fanger) b.visual comfort c.acoustic comfort d.humidity, mould and decay 3.climate and climate change (Arrhenius, Tyndall) a.greenhouse effect and gases b.IPCC scenarios, Radiative Forcing 4.losses and gains a.architecture and its environment b.solar architecture and internal gains c.architecture as a… 2024W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Camille Breuil

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Jane Goodall The urgent need for a new mindset within the building culture drives the core the Circular Strategies course. As our material world accounts… 2025S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Hans Lechner

Overview on the following content: Part 1 construction project management Part 2 planning services Part 3 planner assignments Part 4 project development Part 5 organisational structures Part 6 general planner Part 7 scheduling Part 8 schedule control Part 9 cost planning (according to standards) Part 10 in-depth cost planning Part 11 tender + award Part 12 Cost Control Part 13… 2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Zeynep Aksöz Balzar

This term, we will be exploring visual generative AI methods, alternating between off-the-shelf AI tools such as MidJourney and self-programmed GANs. The course will focus on generating a new architectural language through the intentional creation of glitches. Glitch Art, a movement that seeks to overload and manipulate new media devices to produce critical perspectives, will serve as an inspiration (Jones,… 2024W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Zeynep Aksöz Balzar

Building upon the knowledge from the previous term we will be continuing to work with the technologies of AI. The term will focus on multi species world building from the perspective of glitch. Using the data sets and trained models created in the previous term we will be creating three dimensional expressions of the glitchy environments we generated in 2d… 2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Andrei Gheorghe

DigDesFab24 in collaboration with: Wolf Mangelsdorf, Florian Medicus and the Structure, Materials, Tectonics and Space class This class teaches the application of contemporary digital design and fabrication methods in applied, full-scale implementations. Student groups will generate knowhow through the analysis of reference examples, and will design prototypes in full-scale by using easily processable materials. Special emphasis will be put on… 2024W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Daniela Kröhnert

Today digital design and fabrication technologies are an integral part of common design workflows and at the basis of architectural practice. The translation/transformation from design to digital and physical matter is shaped by a range of tools and processes which are affected by material properties, technological advancements, culture and skill. Besides determining the respective boundaries/confines of digital and physical space,… 2024W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Brian Cody

This semester we will look into sustainable consumerism. Starting with an analysis of production-distribution-use-dispose/reuse/recycle of consumer products, we will question and re-invent the typology of forum, main street, plaza and mall. Starting from an existing mall, the task is to re-design this structure to house the spaces and typologies a sustainable consumerism needs. Based on your research, we will discuss… 2024W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Brian Cody

Semester task: Sustainable Food and Architecture Sustainable Food and ArchitectureEvery day we make decisions regarding what we eat. These lead to far-reaching consequences for our health, our budget, and the health of the planet we and future generations will live on. How shall we feed the city of the future? To begin to answer this question, we will start by… 2025S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Bernhard Sommer

The impact of environmental and ecological parameters becomes increasingly formative in architectural design. To give architects a head start within this discourse, this course aims to develop design strategies that integrate architectural sciences, such as building physics and ecological engineering, into the design process. Energy Design: Energy Design is a design strategy, which allows to develop systems to balance the… 2024W/2025S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Galo Patricio Moncayo Asan

Students are to work on the contents of the various subjects based on their own designs. In the subject group „Instrumentarium“ students develop methods to manage and communicate their designs set in current economical, ecological, and political contexts. In this way, the students` artistic design potential is honed, the ability for efficient cooperation that is crucial in their subsequent professional… 2024W/2025S, artistic Seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Baerbel Mueller

Tamale’s Inner-Urban Ecologies (TIUE) Tamale’s Inner-Urban Ecologies (TIUE) is a collaborative research project investigating the inner-urban ecologies of Tamale, Northern Ghana—one of West Africa's fastest-growing cities. This initiative is a joint effort between the Institute of Architecture (I oA) at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the University for Development Studies (UDS), and the Nuku Centre for Photographic Research and… 2024W/2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Baerbel Mueller

ATLAS OF HABITATS [A]FA LAB The Atlas of Habitats is a growing digital platform that collects and visualizes data on (animal) habitats from unseen perspectives across West Africa and Europe. It fosters a playful process of discovery and revelation, uncovering ecological connections that are invisible to the naked eye. By exploring these hidden relationships, the project aims to deepen understanding… 2024W/2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Tulay Atak

Research Methods in Architecture and Design The course "Research Methods in Architecture and Design" introduces master and PhD students to the logic of research in the field of the built environment. An overview of research methods and a diversity of perspectives on research in architecture present the different ways that research is framed and currently carried out. Invited guest lecturers… 2024W, Vorlesungen, 1.0 ECTS

Petra Gruber

The course "Research Methods in Architecture and Design" introduces master and PhD students to the logic of research in the field of the built environment. An overview of research methods and a diversity of perspectives on research in architecture present the different ways that research is framed and currently carried out. Invited guest lecturers will present their projects, approaches, strategies… 2024W, Vorlesungen, 1.0 ECTS

Matthias Boeckl

Ongoing individual discussion and guidance of developing diploma thesis / of developing Pre-diploma-integration paper in architectural history. Dates by appointment.   2024W/2025S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Gregorio Lubroth

The seminar is the second part of a three part course that extends into the summer semester with a an on-site summer workshop. (Participation in all segments of the course is encouraged but not mandatory.) The course focuses on the interior as a conceptual space formed by lived experiences. The interior should be understood as provisional, either because our time… 2024W/2025S, scientific seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Chieh-Shu Tzou

The seminar is the second part of a three part course that extends into the summer semester with a an on-site summer workshop. (Participation in all segments of the course is encouraged but not mandatory.) The course focuses on the interior as a conceptual space formed by lived experiences. The interior should be understood as provisional, either because our time… 2024W/2025S, scientific seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Matthias Boeckl

The lecture course investigates a selection of key episodes of the history of Western architecture that influenced architectural production until today. The most important innovation steps in their development are presented. The topics range from the "first house" via the consequences of the Copernican Revolution to the digital age. Lecture course in English. Please register via the BASE. The course… 2025S, Vorlesungen, 2.0 ECTS

Matthias Boeckl

Ongoing individual discussion of developing dissertation. Dates by appointment. 2024W/2025S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Anton Falkeis

Privatissimum for PhD students Doctoral research addresses the impact of technological, economic and social change and is aligned with current research interests of the department. Additionally, a PhD-Forum serves as an exchange platform supported by international university-cooperations. Master students are wellcome to apply. 2024W/2025S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Petra Gruber

The Colloquium accompanies Master- and Doctoral Theses in the thematic area of the Department for Building Construction, and serves for mentoring and support of students in the working process and in the elaboration of the contents. The colloquium offers various teaching formats as necessary, from individual discussion to common presentations and discussions across projects.  2024W/2025S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Gerald Fuchs

The course covers the essential legal matters that are relevant to architects and provides with practical tools and guidance to mitigate and avoid legal problems. The main focus of the course are the applicable laws on administrative procedures and services that (also) apply to architects, tort law, the respective liability issues - especially by Austrian Law. 2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Afshin Koupaei

The Machining PRAXIS in Architecture (MPA) course series explores the applications of computer numerically controlled (CNC) machines and machining technologies in architectural design and fabrication. Each year, students focus on a specific core subject for two semesters, learning the course’s objectives through the challenges presented by that subject. Core subjects are selected based on their relevance to architectural design and… 2024W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Afshin Koupaei

This course emphasizes using advanced machining technologies in architectural design and making. Utilizing machining not only as a means for making but also as an apparatus for design is at the core of Machining PRAXIS in Architecture. Students will operate based on the knowledge gathered from the individual experiments of MPA-1 for the design, development, and making of a real-scale… 2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Valerie Messini

Does architecture always need to be physical? What ways of spatial expression, notation, extension and new awareness can be achieved and designed through media? And what role could AR play in (re)programming and extending existing spaces, in exhibition design, performance spaces or within the confinements of our own habitat? In this course we will investigate possibilities of virtual and augmented… 2025S, Projektarbeit, 2.0 ECTS

Bence Pap

SEMINAR DESCRIPTION Does architecture always need to be physical? What ways of spatial expression, notation, extension and new awareness can be achieved and designed through media? And what role could AR play in (re)programming and extending existing spaces, in exhibition design, performance spaces or within the confinements of our own habitat? In this course we will investigate possibilities of virtual… 2025S, Projektarbeit, 2.0 ECTS

Anja Jonkhans

Theoretical basics of the plan presentation, building regulations, standards, construction project procedure. Subsequently, plan execution (plan for submission) for the building authority.       2024W, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 ECTS

Andreas Körner

Theoretical basics of plan presentation and procedure of a building project. Followed by plan execution. 2024W, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 ECTS

Eldine Heep

Die Vorlesung befasst sich mit der Konstruktion von Raum und Innenräumen im Speziellen. In der Kombination von theoretischen Vorlesungen und Exkursionen zu gebauten Projekten wird der Prozess von Entwurf bis zum umgesetzten Projekt an der Schnittstelle von Architektur und Design nähergebracht. Am Ende werden die behandelten Themen in einem Entwurfsworkshop, in dem die Studierenden selber eine Rauminstallation entwerfen, praktisch angewendet.… 2024W, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 ECTS

Anton Falkeis

Urban Change Against the backdrop of climate change and the confluence of related global challenges we will have to rethink future urban development in social, cultural, economic and environmental dimensions. Based on the assumption that we will not be able to meet the goals set by the Paris agreement we will develop and discuss strategies of climate change adaptation. We… 2024W/2025S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS