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… 2024W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Wolf Mangelsdorf

2025S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Andrei Gheorghe

Integration of Structural design concepts into the architectural project. One to one tutorial based on appointment. Appointment managed through a google calendar run by Andrei Gheorghe. Appointments on Wednesday afternoons. Appointment length 20 minutes.   2024W/2025S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Wolf Mangelsdorf

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… 2024W/2025S, 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… 2024W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Bernhard Sommer

The weather is a deterministically chaotic system. As a consequence, the task to sustainably design the built environment is highly complex, the environment including human activity is a highly complex system. There is no final or generally valid evaluation scheme for the ecological compatibility of buildings or even urban development, the topic seems too complex for that. But there are… 2025S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Sophie Grell-Prix

Course Overview: The seminar “Team Building Mediation” delves into the topics of mediation and team building, offering a comprehensive approach to understanding and managing interpersonal conflicts in organizational and creative contexts. The focus of this lecture is on exploring the dynamic interactions among team members in architectural projects. Teamwork is a fundamental element of the architectural creative process, as projects… 2024W, scientific seminar, 2.0 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. After an introduction into the basic concepts of computer programming it will be shown how these can be used to write custom simulation code. 2024W, 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… 2024W, Lecture and Discussion, 2.0 ECTS

Tulay Atak

2025S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Tulay Atak

Ongoing group and individualdiscussions for developing a diploma thesis in architecture with a focus on architectural theory.  2024W/2025S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Andrea Börner

2025S, 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. 2024W, Vorlesung und Übungen, 2.0 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… 2024W/2025S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Andrea Börner

In lectures, readings and discussion, and by means of selected examples, common paradigms of urbanized landscapes and their spatial organizational principles are critically reflected in order to reassess their relevance  with regard to current dynamics. 2024W, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS

Baerbel Mueller

2025S, scientific seminar, 3.0 ECTS