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Prof. Dr. Daniel Stockhammer

Employee
Professor
Built Heritage and Upcycling
Academic Director PhD AR
Liechtenstein School of Architecture
University Liechtenstein Fürst-Franz-Josef-Strasse 9490 Vaduz Liechtenstein
Professor Built Heritage and Upcycling
Academic Director PhD AR Liechtenstein School of Architecture
Daniel Stockhammer is responsible for the focus area and unit "Built Heritage & Upcycling" at the LSA. As an architect and academic, he works towards the systematic analysis and evolution of the built environment as a repository of material and cultural resources. Convinced that sustainable design must start with what has already been produced, rather than a blank canvas, future architecture commence with an inventory and principles of reconfiguration and reassembly. With the concept of borrowing (instead of disposing) resources for a certain time and form, he places principles of reuse and circularity, and buildings as material banks, at the forefront of architectural design. The focus in both research and teaching lies on survey & inventory, preservation & repair, reuse & circularity as fundamental design principles. His published works include various articles and books, such as "Building Additions in Steel" ("Weiterbauen in Stahl" DE, "Continuer en Acier" FR) and "Upcycling: Reuse and Repurposing as a Design Principle in Architecture" (EN/DE).
2012 2015
Dissertation (Dr. sc. ETH) at the Institute of Historic Building Research and Conservation, ETH Zurich, with Prof. Dr. Uta Hassler and Prof. Dr. Manfred Schuller (co-examiner, Technische Universität München); funding provided by SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation) doctoral grant
2008 2010
Architectural studies and master's thesis (MSc ETH Arch) with Prof. Jacques Herzog and Prof. Pierre de Meuron at the ETH Studio Basel on the reactivation of abandoned urban areas by the river Barada in Damascus. On-site support provided by Prof. Sinan Hassan (architect) and Hani Munif (architect and conservationist), Syria
2005 2007
Architectural studies with Prof. Zaha Hadid and Prof. Dr. h.c. Wolf D. Prix, University of Applied Arts Vienna; parallel degree course (BSc Arch) at the Technische Universität Wien
2003 2005
Architectural studies at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences; 2007/08 gap year with degree (Dipl. Arch. FH)
since 2022
Member of the Rectorate of the University of Liechtenstein.
since 2021
Professor for Built Heritage and Circular Construction, Head of Institute, Institute of Architecture and Planning, University of Liechtenstein
Dean of the Liechtenstein School of Architecture (since 2023)
2018 2021
Postdoc and Assistant Professor for Heritage and Cycle-Oriented Architecture, Institute of Architecture and Planning, University of Liechtenstein
2017 2018
Lecturer in "space and assembly" with a focus on structural design, School of Architecture, University of Applied Sciences St.Gallen
2016 2017
Head of research project entitled "Weiterbauen in Stahl. Architektur der Aufstockung" with Astrid Staufer and Daniel Meyer, Institute for Constructive Design, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
2012 2015
Research assistant, Institute of Historic Building Research and Conservation, ETH Zurich, teaching duties included a focus on wood construction, design and construction in existing fabric and building surveys; participation in research and publication projects
2011 2015
Design architect with Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, work on study contracts and competition tasks (2011), after that, freelance work in Zurich with a focus on renovation work and building research;
since 2011 Member of the SIA (Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects)
2010 2015
Key projects (selected): addition of extra storeys to former restaurant "Zur Linde", Brunnadern; with Paul Rutz: Renovation of an inner-city building (16th cent.), Lichtensteig; 3D digitisation and restoration of a tower stove (17th cent.); partial renovation of a farm house, Ottoberg; renovation strategy for the Bräggerhaus building (16th cent.), Bütschwil; repurposing project involving the former transformer tower (19th cent.), Dietfurt; study contracts and competitions with honors
2008
Project architect for infrastructure, commercial and industrial construction
2008 2010
Assistance at the BUK / Building Technology and Construction, Institute of Technology in Architecture, ETH Zurich
2005 2006
Editor, "Prinz Eisenbeton", Studio Prix, University of Applied Arts Vienna