Galo Patricio Moncayo Asan

The major design goal is to provide a built structure that is able to adapt to different climate and usage patterns and can display dynamic behaviour in response to stimuli from the inmediate surroundings and the occupants. To construct the designs into scale models, different supportive tools and techniques will be deployed, such as numeric thermal building simulation, parametric design… 2022W, 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, ...)This course intends to give students the possibility to explore the vast potential for unique and individual expression, which… 2023S, scientific seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Florian Medicus

This course ('Applied mechanics for Industrial Design) deals with basic physical nature in order to apply these modes of operation onto/within sudent projects. 2023S, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 ECTS

Sophie Luger

The course aims at students interested in the acoustic impact and auditory perception of the built and unbuilt 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 consequence of sound on humans over potential noise reduction strategies, focusing… 2022W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Sophie Grell-Prix

ABOUT:Applied Design Concepts is conducted by Sophie C. Grell and Jose Carlos Lopez Cervantes Applied Design Concepts is an advanced architectural design seminar which examines the connection between conceptual understanding of design and form generation. Students will revisit formal outputs derived from relevant conceptual approaches within the discipline of architecture. Essential knowledge will be acquired by modeling. First by looking… 2023S, scientific seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Jose Lopez

ABOUT: Applied Design Concepts is conducted by Sophie C. Grell and Jose Carlos Lopez Cervantes Applied Design Concepts is an advanced architectural design seminar which examines the connection between conceptual understanding of design and form generation. Students will revisit formal outputs derived from relevant conceptual approaches within the discipline of architecture. Essential knowledge will be acquired by modeling. First by… 2023S, scientific seminar, 2.0 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… 2022W/2023S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Tulay Atak

The course will present a survey of architecture in Austria from the mid-19th century to the present. Through selected case studies, we will study four mediums of architecture as they developed in the Austrian context: buildings; texts; drawings; and performance/multi-media. The course will include occasional field trips and site visits.  2022W, Vorlesungen, 2.0 ECTS

Cristina Díaz Moreno

The studio diazmoreno garciagrinda cultivates a contemporary, plural, non-dogmatic, social-culturally engaged and optimistic approach, while believing in the necessity of radically expanding the fundamentals of architecture. Working as a laboratory and experimental office focused on the entangled relations between architecture and the urban, rather than as a conventional academic design studio, we strongly support a change of paradigm that could… 2022W/2023S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 15.0 ECTS

Efrén García Grinda

The studio diazmoreno garciagrinda cultivates a contemporary, plural, non-dogmatic, social-culturally engaged and optimistic approach, while believing in the necessity of radically expanding the fundamentals of architecture. Working as a laboratory and experimental office focused on the entangled relations between architecture and the urban, rather than as a conventional academic design studio, we strongly support a change of paradigm that could… 2022W/2023S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 15.0 ECTS

Greg Lynn

Our mission is to engage contemporary culture and technology with architecturalinnovation in order to create new spatial experiences and invent new buildingtypes. Our studio embraces diversity and our students come from all placesaround the globe uniting knowledge and cultures in an intense studioenvironment.Our vision is to educate designers as thought leaders representing civic societyand a quality sustainable built environment. Our… 2022W/2023S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 15.0 ECTS

Hani Rashid

Hani Rashid's studio focuses on developing conceptual, practical, and critical skills for creating visionary future­ oriented architecture. The primary focus of the studio program is focused on the research and development of an architecture that is at once both a response to critical environmental issues while at the same time formulating new ways in which we create innovative formal and… 2022W/2023S, Künstl. Einzelunterricht, 15.0 ECTS

Bernhard Sommer

There will be regular lectures on climate, thermal behaviour of buildings, thermal comfort, moisture in buildings, daylight supply, airborne noise and impact noise as well as room acoustics. Chapters are: 1 Energy, 2 Heat Transfer, 3 Humidity, 4 Climate, 5 Daylighting, 6 Sound, 7 Acoustics Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are introduced in the winter semester. In the summer… 2022W, scientific seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Bernhard Sommer

There will be regular lectures on climate, thermal behaviour of buildings, thermal comfort, moisture in buildings, daylight supply, airborne noise and impact noise as well as room acoustics. Chapters are: 1 Energy, 2 Heat Transfer, 3 Humidity, 4 Climate, 5 Daylighting, 6 Sound, 7 Acoustics Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 are introduced in the winter semester. In the summer… 2023S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Franz Sam

Description 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… 2022W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Anja Jonkhans

The focus is on facade connections of resource-optimized and cycle-compatible design. Prominent architectural examples (both solid and lightweight construction) will be shown in the seminar. Followed by elaboration of details for an actual studio project. For all building construction courses pre-start in winterterm: "Building Construction Basics" (crash course):05.10.2022, 09:00- 11:00 (Karin), 11:15-13:00 (Franz), 14:00-16:00 (Anja) | Seminar room 09 (OKPV,… 2023S, 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. 2023S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Karin Raith

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… 2022W/2023S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Franz Sam

Description Based on the topic of the studio design project (Architectural design 5) the construction design shall be developed concurrently with the form and spatial design in an integrative process.Focusing its content on to the aspects of realisation of building constructions as well as the process of cooperation with contributing experts it helps to implement relevant knowledge during an ongoing… 2023S, 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… 2023S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Michael Wögerbauer

The course will introduce students to office-level project development and BIM. 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 BIM.… 2022W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Lukas Allner

Intelligent use of resources is essential for a future-oriented building culture. Topics such as reuse, adaptation, modularity, and design for disassembly are addressed, with design and materialization conceptualized in mutual exchange. This semester we will work with the transformation of an existing vacant building.After digitization and mapping of potentials, students are asked to developed scenarios for an activation of the… 2023S, 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… 2023S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Zeynep Aksöz Balzar

This course covers the application of artificial intelligence in the design process. The use of AI in the creative industry is an emerging field, where the use cases are investigated but not widely documented yet. Though these algorithms bring a new approach to design creativity where the interaction between humans and computers results in the emergence of novel design variations.… 2022W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Zeynep Aksöz Balzar

This course covers the application of artificial intelligence in the design process. The use of AI in the creative industry is an emerging field, where the use cases are investigated but not widely documented yet. Though these algorithms bring a new approach to design creativity where the interaction between humans and computers results in the emergence of novel design variations.… 2023S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Andrei Gheorghe

DigDesFab22 Design/Build of Digital Artifacts in collaboration with: Philipp Hornung (Angewandte Robotics Lab) Jan Kovaricek (GHEORGHE Strategy.Architecture.Research) Due to space limitations in the Robotics Lab there is a max. enrollment of 25 students in this class. The class will take place as a block MON 12.12 - THU 15.12. from 9:00-13:00 This class teaches the application of contemporary digital design… 2022W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Daniela Kröhnert

The knowledge and (digital making) skills acquired previously are combined and strengthened by applying them to a concrete (design) task — each year, scale models and prototypical parts, or occasionally a larger installation, are designed and fabricated, both digitally and physically. 2023S, 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,… 2022W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Efrén García Grinda

Seminar on Experimental Artistic Practices related with spatial settings and Architecture 2022W/2023S, artistic Seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Brian Cody

Based on your research, we will discuss the environmental impact - positive and negative - of your design from your earliest conceptual ideas. Together, we will develop your concepts to bring together design excellence and a sustainable construction strategy. Any idea goes: from passive strategies of how to re-use any amount of energy, material or component in a building to… 2022W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Brian Cody

Based on your research, we will discuss the environmental impact - positive and negative - of your design from your earliest conceptual ideas. Together, we will develop your concepts to bring together design excellence and a sustainable construction strategy. Any idea goes: from passive strategies of how to re-use any amount of energy, material or component in a building to… 2023S, 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… 2022W/2023S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Tulay Atak

Considering selected case studies in contemporary architecture and recent history, this course will study the ways in which architects and theorists have been proposing to construct new environments. The case studies will include Haus Rucker Co, the Missing Link, John McHale, John Habraken, Design Earth, Cave Bureau, Francis Kere, Olalekan Jeyifous among others and will address different mediums of architecture… 2023S, Vorlesungen, 2.0 ECTS

Galo Patricio Moncayo Asan

Experimental Strategies Integration Integrated courses must be completed in connection with Architectural Design (Architectural Design 5). 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… 2022W/2023S, artistic Seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Baerbel Mueller

TAMALE TERRITORIES DESIGN to TAMALE TERRITORIES MATTER Since 2020, [A]FA has been focusing on Tamale´s inner-urban peripheries as a long-term engagement with the city. Currently in its third phase, the project is focusing on the Tamale Old Airfield. The project team is in the process of drafting proposals for a soft transformation of the massive site into a recreational space,… 2022W/2023S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Baerbel Mueller

[A]FA CONTINUATIONS In the last decade [A]FA has developed a wide range of projects. Understanding that these require care to maintain their precense, performance and to push their potentials, [A]FA CONTINUATIONS focuses on re-engaging with the APAM APATA, the NEW GUABULIGA MARKET, and NUBUKE WA in close collaboration with the respective project partners and stakeholders. In the Winterterm 2022/23, [A]FA… 2022W/2023S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Karin Raith

Garden concepts. Throughout human history, the garden not only served practical purposes (e.g. food production), but was also a model for an ideal living space - a microcosm. In this respect, it was and is both a critique of existing reality and a blueprint for a better world. It reflects political conditions and social structures, scientific knowledge and religious ideas.… 2022W, Vorlesungen, 2.0 ECTS

Karin Raith

Garden concepts Throughout human history, the garden not only served practical purposes such as food production, but was also a model for an ideal living space – a microcosm. In this respect, it was and still is both a critique of existing reality and a blueprint for a better world. It reflects political conditions and social structures, scientific knowledge and… 2023S, Vorlesungen, 2.0 ECTS

Matthias Boeckl

Ongoing individual discussion and guidance of developing diploma thesis / of developing Pre-diploma-integration paper in architectural history. Dates by appointment. 2023S, scientific seminar, 3.0 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. 2023S, Vorlesungen, 2.0 ECTS

Matthias Boeckl

Ongoing individual discussion of developing dissertation. Dates by appointment. 2023S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Mario Carpo

This unit will consist of ad-hoc tutorials meant to provide guidance to an advanced doctoral student.  Dates and places to be agreed on demand.   2022W/2023S, 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. 2022W/2023S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Karin Raith

Doctoral students are supported by one-to-one supervision. The colloquium also includes various other teaching formats, from reflection on research topics and working methods together with other PhD candidates to individual counselling. The colloquium also includes various other teaching formats, from method reflection together with other PhD candidates, exchange on cross-project issues, presentations and discussion of work progress to individual practical… 2022W/2023S, Colloquium, 4.0 ECTS

Tulay Atak

Environmental history and theory provide a way to consider architecture in relation to histories of energy, extraction, infrastructure, production, supply chain, and labor. The environmental lens on history is a way to encompass all the elements of the built world (people, place, technology), allowing for making connections across a variety of scales from building details to cities. Environmental history and… 2022W, Vorlesungen, 2.0 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. 2023S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Afshin Koupaei

This course will explore the applications of Computer numerically controlled (CNC) machines and machining technologies in architectural design and making.The course will cover special techniques of machining and processes of assembly. Students will learn how to choose the appropriate materials and machining tools in order to acquire the required quality/accuracy.The first section of each session will be a Lecture/Tutorial and… 2022W, scientific seminar, 2.0 ECTS

Afshin Koupaei

This course emphasizes on the use of advanced machining technologies in architectural design and making. Utilizing machining not only as means for making but also as an apparatus for design is at the core of Machining PRAXIS in Architecture.Students will put to use the knowledge gathered from the individual experiments of MPA-1 for the design, development, and making of a… 2023S, scientific seminar, 2.0 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 space, in exhibition design, performance spaces or within the confinements of our own habitat? In this course we will investigate possibilities of virtual and augmented space… 2023S, Projektarbeit, 2.0 ECTS

Bence Pap

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 space, in exhibition design, performance spaces or within the confinements of our own habitat? In this course we will investigate possibilities of virtual and augmented space… 2023S, Projektarbeit, 2.0 ECTS