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, a core subject is chosen to define the framework of the course. Core subjects are selected based on their relevance to architectural design and their potential for further investigation in real-scale architectural projects.… 2025W, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Afshin Koupaei

This course emphasises the use of advanced machining technologies in architectural design and making. Utilising machining not only as a method for fabrication but also as a design apparatus is at the core of Machining PRAXIS in Architecture. Students will build upon the knowledge acquired through their individual experiments in MPA-1 to design, develop, and fabricate upscaled installations or mock-ups.… 2026S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Valerie Messini

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… 2026S, 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… 2026S, Project Work, 2.0 ECTS

Anja Jonkhans

Teaching the theoretical basics of plan presentation, building regulations and standards as well as the process of a building project. This is followed by plan execution based on a small architectural project (submission plan) for the building authorities.     2025W, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 ECTS

Eldine Heep

Die Vorlesung beschäftigt sich mit der Konstruktion von Raum, mit besonderem Fokus auf Innenräume. In einer Kombination aus theoretischen Inputs und Exkursionen zu realisierten Projekten wird der gesamte Entwurfsprozess an der Schnittstelle von Architektur und Design nachvollziehbar gemacht. Vor Ort erläutern die jeweils verantwortlichen Architekt*innen und Designer*innen ihre Projekte und gewähren Einblicke in Konzept, Planung und Umsetzung. Den Abschluss bildet… 2025W, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 ECTS

Anousheh Kehar

The course engages with practices shaping and reconfiguring worlds through environmental, social, cultural, and aesthetic productions. Thinking with films, poetry, writing and other forms of artistic works across disciplines, the course aims to shift attention to analyses and imaginaries rooted in building and rebuilding (infra)structures “required for living.” This course will take place as a process of collective learning –… 2026S, scientific seminar, 1.5 ECTS

Maja Ozvaldic

The course engages with practices shaping and reconfiguring worlds through environmental, social, cultural, and aesthetic productions. Thinking with films, poetry, writing and other forms of artistic works across disciplines, the course aims to shift attention to analyses and imaginaries rooted in building and rebuilding (infra)structures “required for living.” This course will take place as a process of collective learning –… 2026S, scientific seminar, 1.5 ECTS

Anton Falkeis

The course will continue with the research topic of the previous term. A collection of analyses and climate change adaptation strategies, developed over the course of the year, will be part of a publication. 2025W/2026S, scientific seminar, 4.0 ECTS

Wolf Mangelsdorf

First part of the seminar is a compact lecture series, which will provide a fast paced recap and overview of the principles of structural design and its application using well know illustrative examples. Following that, students will, in group work, analyze the structural systems and performance of a suitable built example - We will provide a choice of buildings for… 2025W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Wolf Mangelsdorf

2026S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Andrei Gheorghe

In the following you find outlined what we expect from the integration of structural design into your project and from your submission. Each student is free to give certain aspects of the integration of structural design priority. However, there should equally be consistency in the level of conceptual structural design across the entire project. Structure is a key part of… 2025W/2026S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Wolf Mangelsdorf

2025W/2026S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Wolf Mangelsdorf

The production of most of our current building materials requires large amounts of energy and produces unsustainable levels of carbon emissions. What are the emerging alternatives? What are the new materials that are being researched and tested? More importantly, what impact do they have on the tectonics of our buildings. What are the structural constraints and opportunities, and what does… 2025W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Bernhard Sommer

Course DescriptionThe built environment, including human activity, constitutes a highly complex system. Owing to this complexity, no single or universally valid framework exists for evaluating the ecological compatibility of buildings or urban development. Instead, a variety of necessarily imperfect assessment models is available, each addressing specific aspects of sustainability. This seminar introduces ecological evaluation frameworks relevant to architectural design and… 2026S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Clemens Preisinger

This seminar deals with the application of numerical simulation methods and the fundamental concepts on which they build. The focus lies on structural analysis and finite element calculations. After an introduction into the basic concepts of computer programming it will be shown how these can be used to write custom simulation code. 2025W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Tulay Atak

Theory of Arch 1 presents a survey of architectural theory from around 1970ies to this day, with an emphasis on contemporary developments since the nineties. The course will focus on questions of disciplinarity, form, mediums and media, as well as political, environmental and technological issues facing architecture today. In order to trace the transformation of thought, we will discuss each… 2025W, Lecture and Discussion, 2.0 ECTS

Tulay Atak

Theory of Architecture 2 will focus on the agency of architecture and the role of the architect as producer. How is the discipline of architecture constructed and reconstructed as architects address what is cnsidred to be outside the domain of architecture?  What is the role of the architectural imagination confronting contemporary issues and social problems?  2026S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Tulay Atak

Ongoing group and individual discussions for developing the students' individual diploma projects in architecture with a focus on architectural theory.  2025W/2026S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Andrea Börner

WASTELANDS The course investigates the diverse connotations and contradictory relations of wastelands to living spaces. In lecture, reading and seminar, and by means of individual narrations, we adopt all sorts of possible, and maybe impossible, vantage points of exploration demonstrated by actual situations the world currently produces. 2026S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Florian Medicus

Introduction into 'Structural Design' as an essential aspect of materialization in general, and fundamental  application within Industrial Design. 2025W, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 ECTS

Andrea Börner

The course looks at different scales of urbanized landscapes, questioning the relationship between densely built cores and seemingly supportive hinterlands. In lectures, readings and seminar, and by means of selected examples, common paradigms of spatial organizational principles are critically reflected in order to reassess their relevance  with regard to current dynamics.   2025W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Andrea Börner

Urban Strategies Integration provides a framework for articulating and deepening an urban / landscape aspect of the pre-diploma project. In group discussions and individual meetings, students are guided through the process of formulating and testing a hypothesis by anchoring their reasoning in related discourses on a relevant focus of their choice. Note: Individual projects do not have to tackle large-scale… 2025W/2026S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS