• Bauphysikalische Grundlagen zu Wärmelehre und thermischer Behaglichkeit: Wärmetransportmechanismen im Gebäude; Definitionen und Einflüsse auf die thermische Behaglichkeit des Menschen; Berechnung Wärmedurchgangskoeffizient von homogenen Baukonstruktionen.
• Anwendung an Testprojekten in Gruppen; Erarbeitung von energetischen Optimierungsvorschlägen durch passive Massnahmen wie Volumenoptimierung, Orientierung, Transparenz und Qualität der thermischen Hülle.

Blockunterricht mit bauphysikalischen Experimenten und Gruppenprojektarbeit

Fachkompetenz

• Die Studierenden verstehen die Grundprinzipien und Berechnungsmethoden der thermischen Bauphysik im Bereich Wärmeschutz und Energiehaushalt eines einfachen Wohngebäudes.

Methodenkompetenz

• Sie lernen anhand von praktischen Übungen die Grundprinzipien kennen, beurteilen diese und entwickeln Optimierungspotentiale.

Sozialkompetenz

• Sie erarbeiten in der Gruppe die gestellten Projektaufgaben, beurteilen und entwickeln gemeinsam Lösungen.

Selbstkompetenz:

• Sie arbeiten in einem vorgegebenen Zeit- und Qualitätsraster als Einzelperson und in der Gruppe.

Lehrstoffbegleitender Reader Bauphysik 1
Normen SIA 380-1

Lehrveranstaltungsnote die ermittelt wird aus:
Gewichtung:

• 50% Gruppenprojekt
• 50% Schriftliche Prüfung

Beide Teile müssen für sich positiv sein (min.50%)
Anwesenheitspflicht: min. 75% verpflichtend

Vertiefung des Basiswissens des Grundstudiums in den Semesterschwerpunkten Holzbau sowie Neue Materialien.
Grundlagen; Verarbeitungsweisen; Fügen bis hin zu architektonischer Vielfalt; Best Practice Beispiele und verarbeitende Betriebe; Verknüpfung mit den laufenden Studio Entwürfen.

Blockunterricht, Exkursionen zu Baustellen und Bauindustrie, Impulsvorträge mit Konstruktionsübungen. Leseaufträge, Recherchen, Freihandskizzen, Diskussionen, Konstruktionsentwurf via Beamer + Live Kamera. Dozenten- und Peerfeedback

Fachkompetenz

• Die Studierenden haben vertieftes Grundlagenwissen der Semesterschwerpunkte und können eigenständige Konstruktionen daraus entwickeln. In Zusammenarbeit mit Fachleuten der Praxis verwenden sie die gebräuchlichen Begriffe und kennen die Zusammenhänge zwischen Architektur und Konstruktion, Tragwerk, Bauphysik, Haustechnik etc.

Methodenkompetenz

• Die Studierenden führen ein Lerntagebuch, in dem sie verschiedene Quellen und Konstruktionen analysieren, sowie mit Freihandskizzen Gebäudeschnitte M 1:20 entwickeln. In Präsentationen argumentieren und verteidigen sie ihre Konstruktionen. Ausführungspläne und Detailpläne erstellen sie in den gebräuchlichen, graphischen Standards.

Sozialkompetenz

• In heterogenen Teams tauschen die Studierenden Erfahrungen und Vorwissen aus und entwickeln so kooperativ, innovative Lösungen.

Selbstkompetenz

• Im Selbststudium organisieren sich die Studierenden selbst und erstellen zeitgerecht und effizient Unterlagen auf universitärem Niveau.

Architektur konstruieren, Andrea Deplazes. Weiterführende Fachliteratur im Semester

Positiv bestandene Studieneingangsphase

Schriftliche Prüfung und Studientagebuch welches umfasst: Schriftliches Selbststudium, Konstruktionsübungen, Präsentation mit Kritik, Vorträge/Referate, Recherchearbeit, Mitarbeit im Unterricht, etc.
Anwesenheitspflicht: min. 75% verpflichtend

This module provides an overview and a comparative analysis of unique building cultures. It defines parameters forming a building culture, provides a historical overview and identifies definitions of building cultures and their role in contributing to the formation of identities. Building cultures are not only assessed according to their architectural output, but also analysed and understood within their social, economic and environmental context. Special attention is being paid to resources, materiality and construction as well as the vernacular.
What substantive consistency should characterize an architecture of an historical period and a physical context? What formal continuities and discrepancies are to be found between a building, a novel or a work of art of a peculiar society? How is architecture produced? What are its roots? What should it do?
Analogies and contradictions between theories, ideologies and knowledge, as well as points of contact and contrast with other disciplines will be discussed and deepened in order to bring them simultaneously in conjunction with multiple levels of knowledge. Architecture languages are thus experienced as part of a general cultural discourse. The course will encourage students to actively investigate the specificities of different cultures, positions and tools as necessary components for a conscious architectural attitude.
This Course will explore the complex and fruitful aspects of these questions.

Lecture and seminar: case studies, discourse, writing

Professional competence

• Differentiate between different building cultures, their historical development and their role and importance within society today
• Explain competently, discuss and critique own work through oral presentations, writing or visual communication
• Show confidence in analysing case studies and the ability to infer principles and motivations

Methodological competence

• Identify key elements of problems and choose appropriate methods for their resolution in a considered manner

Social competence

• Discuss and articulate ideas and information fluently
• Demonstrate the ability to work with other students for assignments, exercises, experiments, presentations etc

Personal competence

• Assess own work and put it into a historical, theoretical, cultural and social context.

An updated literature list is issued each semester this module is taught

Paper, exercises, minimum 75% mandatory presence

Einführung in die Darstellungsarten und mögliche Ausdrucksweisen eines architektonischen Entwurfes. Schulung der Wahrnehmung und Umsetzung der Eindrücke in Darstellungsformen, die als Aussage und Vermittlung geeignet sind.

Blockunterricht mit Projektstudio

angeleitetes Praktikum Experiment, Modell, Plan, Projektarbeit, Recherche, Reflexion, Skizze, Übung, Visualisierung, Vormachen, Diskurs, Exzerpieren, Foto, Zeichnung

Fachkompetenz

• Die Studierenden verfügen über erste Fähigkeiten im Entwerfen, um mit unterschiedlichen Medien Ideen und Vorstellungen zu erkunden sowie verständlich darzulegen.
• Sie führen die gestellten Aufgaben individuell unter Anleitung aus und demonstrieren in der Umsetzung persönliche Effektivität.

Methodenkompetenz

• Die Studierenden stellen einfache situationsbedingte sowie aufgabenrelevante Sachverhalte fest und wenden das in den theoretischen Vorlesungen gelernte Wissen praktisch an.

Sozialkompetenz

• Die Studierenden arbeiten gemeinsam in unterschiedlichen Gruppen an einem Projekt und gehen mit mehreren Sichtweisen zur gleichen Problematik um.
• Sie vertreten den eigenen Standpunkt im Rahmen einer Gruppenarbeit und der zugehörigen Diskussion.

Selbstkompetenz

• Die Studierenden entwickeln gegenüber ihren Entwurfsarbeiten ein kritisches Verhältnis.

Projektentwürfe, Präsentation mit Kritik, Mitarbeit im Unterricht
Anwesenheitspflicht: min. 80% verpflichtend

Interaction, coaching

Develop skills and competences to reach the B2 threshold level (cf. CEFR descriptors, Council of Europe)

Reading:

• follow argumentation in texts
• understand texts concerned with contemporary problems

Speaking:

• interact fluently with other speakers
• express different views in discussions.
• present clear descriptions on a wide range of subjects.

Writing:

• write texts showing a clear line of argumentation

Accuracy:

• possess high degree of grammatical control

This module allows students to compose an exposé for their Master's thesis to be undertaken in the fourth semester. The exposé contains a research question that forms the basis for an in-depth investigation and analysis of a particular issue or problem identified within the given context of the design studio topic. A literature review and a schedule of production are further essential elements to be included.

Lecture: researching, writing

Professional competence

• Independently identify a research topic and develop it coherently into a research proposal for the Master's thesis
• With minimal guidance can manage own learning using full range of resources for the discipline

Methodological competence

• Analyse new and/ or abstract data and situations without guidance, using a range of techniques and methods appropriate to the subject
• Critically evaluate evidence to support hypotheses, reviewing its reliability, validity and significance

Personal competence

• Take responsibility for own work and are able to criticise it

Literature lists are issued and updated each semester

Paper (Disposition)

"Sustainable Construction Processes" identifies key parameters and factors to be considered to guarantee a sustainable construction process. Resources, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, assembly and materiality are among the themes to be explored and to be put into relation to one another.

Lecture and seminar: case studies, discourse, writing

Professional competence

• Differentiate between individual parameters of sustainable construction processes
• Understand their interdependence and sequencing
• Show confidence in analysing case studies and the ability to infer principles and motivations
• Explain competently, discuss and critique own work through oral presentations, writing or visual communication

Methodological competence

• Identify key elements of problems and choose appropriate methods for their resolution in a considered manner
• Apply given tools/ methods accurately and carefully to a well-defined problem

Social competence

• Discuss and articulate ideas and information fluently
• Demonstrate the ability to work with other students for assignments, exercises, experiments, presentations etc

Portfolio, exercises, minimum 75% mandatory

Leben und Lernen in Liechtenstein: mit der Introduction Week möchten wir Sie an der Universität Liechtenstein willkommen heissen und Sie beim erfolgreichen Einstieg ins Leben und Lernen in Liechtenstein unterstützen.

- andere internationale Studierende und das Team des International Office kennen lernen
- sich mit den wichtigsten Ansprechpersonen, Service-Funktionen und organisatorischen Abläufen an der Universität Liechtenstein bekannt machen
- die Umgebung der Hochschule erkunden und wichtige Institutionen kennen lernen
- Informationen über Liechtenstein und Studieren in Liechtenstein erhalten
- Deutsch als Kommunikationsmedium einsetzen
- erste Eindrücke von Kultur und Traditionen in Liechtenstein und seiner Umgebung erleben

Die Nachmittagsaktivitäten werden Ihnen dabei helfen, sich schnell in Liechtenstein einzuleben, Deutsch als Kommunikationsmedium erfolgreich einzusetzen und die Inhalte des Deutschunterrichts praktisch anzuwenden.

Voraussetzung für 2 ECTS sind:
- Teilnahme an allen Veranstaltungen der Introduction Week
- Aktive Mitarbeit während der Veranstaltungen
- Vor-und Nachbereitung ausserhalb des Unterrichts

Ab Semesterbeginnwird der Deutschunterricht wöchentlich auf drei Niveaus mit 2 Unterrichtseinheiten fortgesetzt (Deutsch als Fremdsprache Elementarstufe, Aufbaustufe oder Fortgeschrittenenstufe, jeweils 3 ECTS Credits). Bitte melden Sie sich rechtzeitig für die Lehrveranstaltung an.

Today, major urban areas in developed regions are, without doubt, economic giants. Only 600 urban centers generate about 60 percent of global GDP. The urban world is shifting. Scholarly journals have published thousands of articles about urban economies. Among the questions we frequently find: Why do some cities grow faster than others? Why do some generate more wealth? Why do some decline? How do cities generate wealth, how do they apportion their wealth to further social and environmental goals?
Cities are first and foremost places—agglomerations of people—rather than economic and political units. Also, cities’ power to make economic policy is limited. While cities aren’t like nations, which can leap from rags to riches within a generation, they do have the policy apparatus to influence their economic destiny. A city’s initial size and location will largely determine which classes of economic activity are likely to succeed there and which are likely to fail.

The course will introduce you to the world of the economy of the built environment, urban and city economies, the role of private and public property, infrastructure and the build environment. The main focus is to understand the micro- and macro -economics and to endow your architectural and urban design skills with knowledge about the dynamics and responsibilities of building assets and their political, social and historical aspects. The financing, marketing and management of cities and our build environment is driven by the larger economy and related political issues: these are core drivers for most architectural design commissions and outcomes. Within this you will begin to understand the built environment as value structure, of real property interests and dynamics that determine design briefs and, together with public policy directions and planning objectives, set the stage for the design and planning profession to unfold and excel within. Familiarity with the conceptual frameworks, practical tools and language of the world of the 'built economy' and the appurtenant property market is an important asset, since, when inadequately understood and applied, development frameworks can constrain creativity and design quality - and lead to practices that can be regarded as socially, environmentally and economically unsuccessful.

The subject hence has a twin objective: to not only bestow an understanding of economy, but to do so in a manner that is applied in a political and social development framework. You will encounter the growing domain of economy in the build environment that seeks to influence our architectural excellence and the objective to interact with the drivers and champions of urban change and the involved social groups and solicit participation: taking into account that often the projects have multiple decision makers, accomplishers and reference social groups in addition to the community considered overall.

Lecture and seminar: case studies, discourse, writing

The outcome is to assist in developing both a sense of ethical understanding and practical vision in achieving knowledge about economical feasibility and resilient urban understanding that respond to the environmental, social and political demands of today. It is to help developing a working knowledge of processes in the property world, such as principles of corporate social responsibility and community investment; concepts of 'design dividends'; tools of gauging urban quality; incentives and other mechanisms for quality guidance and market innovation; and partnerships and other effective means of implementation. Ultimately, it is to motivate and prepare tomorrow’s architects and urban planners (so as relevant partners) for the complex world of real estate, by providing the basic knowledge of the industry and applying it into a real world experience.

Professional competence

• Understand abstract concepts and their impact on your work
• Explain competently, discuss and critique own work through oral presentations, writing or visual communication

Methodological competence

• Identify key elements of problems and choose appropriate methods for their resolution in a considered manner

Social competence

• Discuss and articulate ideas and information fluently

Personal competence

• Assess own work and put it into a historical, theoretical and philosophical context

Personal competence

• Assess own work and put it into a historical, theoretical, cultural and social context.

The Built Environment: Economics and management Strategies by Rocco Curto
Polytechnic of Turin, Italy Keywords: Economics, environmental assets, economic strategies, management strategies ©Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS)
Summary of Urban Economy Assessment: What is Urban Competitiveness? By Douglas Webster and Larissa Muller. (2000). Urban Competitiveness Assessment in Developing Country Urban Regions: The Road Forward, Paper Prepared for Urban Group, INFUD, The World Bank, Washington D.C., July 17.
Report | McKinsey Global Institute I March 2011: Five principles of Urban Economics By Mario Polèse Professor at the Centre Urbanisation Culture, Société at Montreal’s Institut National de la Recherche
Scientifique. He is the author of The Wealth and Poverty of Regions: Why Cities Matter.
Report | McKinsey Global Institute | March 2011 Urban world: Mapping the economic power of cities
by Richard Dobbs, Sven Smit, Jaana Remes, James Manyika, Charles Roxburgh, Alejandra Restrep
The Design Dividend. Property Council of Australia, Droege, P. 1999.
The Economics of Amenity. Center for Cultural Resources, MacNulty, R., Jacobson, D., R. Leo Penne; 1985

Portfolio, exercises, minimum 75% mandatory presence

The third semester is reserved for continuing the master's degree programme at one of our partner universities across the globe. The courses selected in the learning agreement must be the equivalent of 28 ECTS (minimum). In case of less than 28 ECTS are achieved up to 24 ECTS can be compensated by successfully completing additional "Elective Courses" from the Master's degree programme in architecture at the University of Liechtenstein (up to 12 ECTS) and by passing an additional "Design Studio 3" (12 ECTS).

Professional competence

• Integrate the contents of the courses into personal design and planning work.
• Communicate complex ideas and concepts comprehensibly in visual, oral and written forms.
• Develop a broad knowledge of the tasks and current issues of design realities in architecture and planning.
• Acquire a basic professional vocabulary and an awareness of evolving meanings of these terms over different historical periods and in different cultural contexts.
• Present and evaluate arguments, information and ideas concerning the related disciplines.

Methodological competence

• Demonstrate methodical competencies ranging from structured observation, critical evaluation, literature review, financial assessment to the set of methods in inquiry by design among others (depending on courses selected)

Social competence

• Communicate appropriately, coherently and professionally within a different cultural context

Personal competence

• Integrate into and successfully adapt to foreign cultures and customs