• According to the chosen concentration in the MSc Degree-Program at Hochschule Liechtenstein, students can direct their studies in a similar orientation, or study complementary courses that can be integrative to their concentration.
• The content is given by partner universities.

Generally studio delivered and project based, with students being tutored individually and in groups. This is supported by lectures that explain the principles that underlie architectural design and provide the intellectual and cultrual context for the study in achitecture.
Lectures, seminars.

The module Study Abroad/ Special Studies gives the opportunity to study in an architectural program proposed by one of our none german speaking partner universities in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. The module aims to establish intercultural relationships and learning experiences. Students are confronted to new building cultures and traditions.

At the end of the module each student should have the ability to demonstrate and/or work with:

• Cultural awareness and sensibility.
• A critical understanding of the intellectual and aesthetic content of self-selected buildings that supports architectural judgement.
• Researched and critical evaluation of the briefing and performance of buildings.
• The ability to define what type of research is relevant, what questions to ask, and which formats to record the findings to best serve as a springboard to design decisions.
• Execute complex defined and self-defined projects of research, development or investigation and identify and implement relevant outcomes.
• Ability to plan and compose buildings exhibiting complexity in terms of function, scale and context.
• Knowledge on the humanistic currents through the reading of selected literature
• Demonstrate the ability to work with other students for.
• The ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts comprehensibly in visual, oral and written forms.
• Present and evaluate arguments, information and ideas concerning the various fields discussed in this module, and the ability to integrate these aspects in their individual design thinking and work.

• According to partner university

The module has to be passed with a sufficient grade (minimum grade of 4.0).

• According to partner university

According to partner university and country

The content of this module is closely related to the unit projects that typically include the design of buildings, their sitting, their energy use, the choice of construction, materials and processes, as well as the quality of their internal environment and micro-climate with a focus on the issues of sustainability and the performance of the building envelope.

• The practice of building physics focussing the interaction between building envelope and building services.
• Studies of Building Services and Technologies imparting knowledge of technologies that allow controlling and optimizing energy flows within a building.
• Material Sciences offering the basis for construction of an intelligent building envelope.

Lecture, seminar

The module Courses Sustainable Design I seeks to establish the theoretical foundations for the concentration Sustainable Design. The topics of the courses center on the issues of sustainable building defined through an optimised energy balance during the entire life cycle of a building.
The aim is to provide students with with the necessary knowledge of the caracteristics of buildings with minimal operating energy based on a well balanced rapport between their skin and building services and technologies (heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration) as well as of grey energy and recycling as integral components within planning.

At the end of the module each student should have the ability to demonstrate and/or work with:

• Knowledge that covers and integrates specific principles and methods of building technology centered on the issues of sustainable building defined through an optimised energy balance during the entire life cycle of a building.
• A critical understanding of the intellectual, aesthetic and tecnological content of self-selected buildings that supports architectural judgement.
• Researched and critical evaluation of the briefing and performance of buildings.
• A researched and integrated knowledge of of the caracteristics of buildings with minimal operating energy based on a well balanced rapport between their skin and building services and technologies (heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration) as well as of grey energy and recycling as integral components within planning, applicable in coherent design projects that express architectural intentions and considerations of a sustainable environment.
• The ability to define what type of research is relevant, what questions to ask, and which formats to record the findings to best serve as a springboard to design decisions.
• Execute complex defined and self-defined projects of research, development or investigation and identify and implement relevant outcomes.
• Research and critical evaluation of how a strategic choice of construction, materials and environmental approaches can determine the character of an architectural design project.
• Critically identify, define, conceptualise and analyse complex problems and issues relevant to the contemporary discipline of architecture.
• Communicate and articulate ideas and informations fluently in english language and work comprehensively in visual, oral and written forms.
• Make formal presentations about specialist topics to informed audiences.
• Exercise autonomy and initiative in carrying out set project briefs and self-directed programme of study.
• Demonstrate ability to manage time and physicalresources in relation to set project briefs and self-direct programmes of study as an individual and a group member.

• Written examination of the learning outcomes of the course

All courses in the module have to be passed with a sufficient grade (minimum grade of 4.0).
The module grade will be determined from the weighted average of the single course grades.

Building Physics 1 33%
Building Mechanical Systems 1 33%
Material Technology 1 33%

• Practical training is an integral part of the curriculum and is supervised by the school's PSA. Students complete their practical training gradually, block by block, during time periods with no lectures.
• Students develop methods and approaches indicating how to apply theoretical knowledge in a practical context
• Students collaborate as members of project groups and work towards the solution of given problems

The Internship / practical training periods are to be carried out in architectural firms under supervision of professional staff of the office.

The module Internship / practical training seeks to allow students to gain deeper insights and practical training in relevant areas of professional practice. The module shall enable students to further their theoretical knowledge, corresponding to their educational level, with practical work in an architectural firm, covering various aspects and parts of projects. The complexity of the projects and the students' contributions shall correspond to the students' educational levels in the MSc Degree-Program.

At the end of the module each student should have the ability to demonstrate and/or work with:

• The fundamental knowledge of practical implementation of theoretical approaches in architecture
• An understanding of the complexity of translating design intentions into physical buildings or urban situations
• The ability to work as members of interdisciplinary teams in architectural firms and to work towards the solution of given problems under supervision
• The ability to communicate their work visually, orally and in written form
• An understanding and critical judgement of ideas, informations, and arguments as part of the discourse in the field of architecture and an ability to translate these issues into practice.

• A mandatory meeting with the school's PSA after being accepted for an internship.
• A presentation, with a written description and documentation to be graded by invited experts and the director of the MSc Degree-Program

The student has to submit written proof of the required 320 work hours and all mentione assessments hae to be passed with a sufficient grade (minimum grade of 4.0).

• Presentation 20%
• Content 50%
• Learning progress 30%

(as comparison between beginning and end of the training period)

The module Internship / Practical Training is composed as follows:

• external practical training periods supervised by the school's Professional Study Advisor (PSA)
• one mandatory meeting with the school's PSA to be held during the internship period
• A presentation, with a written description and documentation to be graded by invited experts and the director of the MSc Degree-Program

• Theoretic concepts in landscape, planning and design issues
• Cases studies of key projects in each of three thematic fields
• Cross-disciplinary strategies for urban and landscape change
• Highly integrated, specific support by Courses UrbanScape II
• Recent developments in urban planning and landscape policy and practice
• contents as compact projects, which complement the regular
• Projects Studios Design UrbanScape II.
• Debate on current topics from practice, theory and research within the lecture series.

Studio delivered and project based, with students being tutored individually and in groups. This is supported by lectures that explain the principles that underlie architectural design and provide the intellectual and cultrual context for the study in achitecture.
Lectures, seminars.

Today's City is everywhere and at the same time nowhere. The old antipoles of city and countryside have been dissolved and are substituted by hybrid spatial and functional nets of urban, suburban and rural fragments. This spatial reality challenges architecture and calls for a new definition of its role and its methods.
The module Master-Thesis Design UrbanScape seeks to integrate architecture, landscape and contemporary concepts in urban and spatial research into a new design concept. It explores the phenomena and processes of actual settlement und landscape by enriching architectural modes of operation and perception with social and cultural aspects. The module Design UrbanScape relocates the role and the potentials of architecture in the contemporary spatial realities.
One or several excursions are complementary to the project studio work.

The aim of the module is to provide students with the necessary architectural tools and intellectual instruments and avareness to integrate the knowledge aquired in the entire MSc Degree-Program into a responsible and sustainable professional behaviour.

The Master-Thesis student is expected to submit a complete Thesis-Project that instigates the work of the students in the lower semesters and represents the architectural and intellectual culture of the concentration Design UrbanScape.

At the end of the module each student should have the ability to demonstrate and/or work with:

• A broad knowledge of the tasks and current issues of urban and landscape realities.
• An understanding of the basic professional vocabulary and an awareness of evolving meanings of these terms over different historical periods.
• Confidence in analysing case studies of urban structures and the ability to infer principles and motivations.
• The ability to define what type of research is relevant, what questions to ask, and which formats to record the findings to best serve as a springboard to design decisions.
• Execute complex defined and self-defined projects of research, development or investigation and identify and implement relevant outcomes.
• knowledge on the humanistic currents through the reading of selected literature
• An understanding of the history of urban concepts reinterpreted considering political, sociological, and economical aspects.
• Demonstrate the ability to work with other students for.
• The ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts comprehensibly in visual, oral and written forms.
• Present and evaluate arguments, information and ideas concerning the various fields discussed in this module, and the ability to integrate these aspects in their individual design thinking and work.

• Intermediate colloquium and final review with externals
• Thesis Book

The module has to be passed with a sufficient grade (minimum grade of 4.0).

• Project Studio Master-Thesis Design UrbanScape 100%

• Theoretic concepts in landscape, planning and design issues
• Cases studies of key projects in each of three thematic fields
• Cross-disciplinary strategies for urban and landscape change
• Highly integrated, specific support by Courses UrbanScape I
• Recent developments in urban planning and landscape policy and practice
• Guest lecturers and professors coming from an international context teaching alternating contents as compact projects, which complement the regular
• Projects Studios Design UrbanScape I.
• Debate on current topics from practice, theory and research within the lecture series.

Studio delivered and project based, with students being tutored individually and in groups. This is supported by lectures that explain the principles that underlie architectural design and provide the intellectual and cultrual context for the study in achitecture.
Lectures, seminars.

Today's City is everywhere and at the same time nowhere. The old antipoles of city and countryside have been dissolved and are substituted by hybrid spatial and functional nets of urban, suburban and rural fragments. This spatial reality challenges architecture and calls for a new definition of its role and its methods.
The module Design UrbanScape I seeks to integrate architecture, landscape and contemporary concepts in urban and spatial research into a new design concept. It explores the phenomena and processes of actual settlement und landscape by enriching architectural modes of operation and perception with social and cultural aspects. The module Design UrbanScape I relocates the role and the potentials of architecture in the contemporary spatial realities.

The compact projects are set to complement skills and knowledge acquired in the project studios and to broaden the horizon of the students.

The aim of the module is to provide students with the necessary architectural tools and intellectual instruments and avareness to integrate the knowledge aquired in the Courses Design UrbanScape I into a responsible and sustainable professional behaviour.

At the end of the module each student should have the ability to demonstrate and/or work with:

• A broad knowledge of the tasks and current issues of urban and landscape realities.
• An understanding of the basic professional vocabulary and an awareness of evolving meanings of these terms over different historical periods.
• Confidence in analysing case studies of urban structures and the ability to infer principles and motivations.
• The ability to define what type of research is relevant, what questions to ask, and which formats to record the findings to best serve as a springboard to design decisions.
• Execute complex defined and self-defined projects of research, development or investigation and identify and implement relevant outcomes.
• knowledge on the humanistic currents through the reading of selected literature
• An understanding of the history of urban concepts reinterpreted considering political, sociological, and economical aspects.
• Demonstrate the ability to work with other students for.
• The ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts comprehensibly in visual, oral and written forms.
• Present and evaluate arguments, information and ideas concerning the various fields discussed in this module, and the ability to integrate these aspects in their individual design thinking and work.

• Intermediate and final review with externals

All courses in the module have to be passed with a sufficient grade (minimum grade of 4.0).
The module grade will be determined from the weighted average of the single course grades.

• Project Studio Design UrbanScape 1 82%
• Compact Project Design UrbanScape 1 18%

• According to the chosen concentration in the MSc Degree-Program at Hochschule Liechtenstein, students can direct their studies in a similar orientation, or study complementary courses that can be integrative to their concentration.
• The content is given by partner universities.

Generally studio delivered and project based, with students being tutored individually and in groups. This is supported by lectures that explain the principles that underlie architectural design and provide the intellectual and cultrual context for the study in achitecture.
Lectures, seminars.

The module Study Abroad/ Special Studies gives the opportunity to study in an architectural program proposed by one of our none german speaking partner universities in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. The module aims to establish intercultural relationships and learning experiences. Students are confronted to new building cultures and traditions.

At the end of the module each student should have the ability to demonstrate and/or work with:

• Cultural awareness and sensibility.
• A critical understanding of the intellectual and aesthetic content of self-selected buildings that supports architectural judgement.
• Researched and critical evaluation of the briefing and performance of buildings.
• The ability to define what type of research is relevant, what questions to ask, and which formats to record the findings to best serve as a springboard to design decisions.
• Execute complex defined and self-defined projects of research, development or investigation and identify and implement relevant outcomes.
• Ability to plan and compose buildings exhibiting complexity in terms of function, scale and context.
• Knowledge on the humanistic currents through the reading of selected literature
• Demonstrate the ability to work with other students for.
• The ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts comprehensibly in visual, oral and written forms.
• Present and evaluate arguments, information and ideas concerning the various fields discussed in this module, and the ability to integrate these aspects in their individual design thinking and work.

• According to partner university

The module has to be passed with a sufficient grade (minimum grade of 4.0).

• According to partner university

According to partner university and country

• In der Architekturgeschichte wird die Architektur der Frühmoderne und Moderne im deutschsprachigen Kulturraum sowie in den Niederlanden bis in die Gegenwartsarchitektur anhand von wichtigen Beispielen erklärt.
• In der Landschaftsarchitektur werden die historischen Entwicklungen des Aufgabenfeldes der Landschaftsarchitektur, die Grundlagen der städtischen Freiraumtypen sowie sozialwissenschaftliche und ökologische Aspekte der Landschaftsarchitektur erläutert.
• Die Lehrinhalte der angebotenen Wahlfächer sind in den Beschreibungen der entsprechenden Lehrveranstaltungen aufgeführt.

Vorlesung, Seminar und Übung

In den Modulen Theorie V und Theorie VI sollen die in den Modulen Theorie I bis IV erworbenen und vertieften Grundlagen zum gegenwärtigen Geschehen in der Architektur und Landschaftsplanung in Beziehung gesetzt werden. Die Studierenden sollen die Möglichkeit haben, ihren persönlichen Neigungen entsprechend, vertiefende Wahlfächer aus den Bereichen Geschichte und Theorie oder Gestaltung zu besuchen.

In der Architekturgeschichte sollen, aufbauend auf den Grundlagen der Lehrveranstaltungen Architekturgeschichte 1 und 2, Kunstgeschichte 1 und 2 sowie Theorien des Städtebaus, Themen des architektonischen Denkens ausgebaut, in neue Zusammenhänge gebracht und mit Interessen der Gegenwart in Beziehung gesetzt werden.
In der Landschaftsarchiektur soll, aufbauend auf den oben erwähnten Grundlagen, die historischen und die planerischen Grundlagen der Landschaftsarchitektur gelegt werden.
Die Wahlfächer aus dem Bereich Geschichte und Theorie und aus dem Bereich Gestaltung sollen das Hintergrundwissen der Studierenden spezifisch vertiefen.

Die Studierenden verfügen am Ende des Moduls über:

• Kenntnisse aus der Geschichte der Architektur von der Frühmoderne bis zur Gegenwart une können anhand von kanonischen Beispielen daraus die wichtigsten gestalterischen Grundsätze dieser Epochen nennen und beschreiben und sie in einen gesamtheitlichen, geschichtlichen Zusammenhang stellen.
• Kenntnisse aus der Geschichte der Landschaftsarchitektur bis und mit der Gegenwart und können diese, aufgrund ihres Wissens aus der Architekturgeschichte, in einen gesamtheitlichen Zusammenhang stellen.
• Die Lernergebnisse der angebotenen Wahlfächer sind in den Beschreibungen der entsprechenden Lehrveranstaltungen aufgeführt.

Die Prüfung der Lernergebnisse erfolgt separat in den einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen (schriftliche Prüfungen, benotete Übungen oder Arbeiten).

Alle Lehrveranstaltungen des Moduls müssen mit einer genügenden Note bestanden werden
(Mindestnote 4.0).
Die Modulnote wird aus den gewichteten Teilnoten der einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen errechnet:

Architekturgeschichte 3 25%
Landschaftsarchitektur 1 25%
Wahlfach Geschichte und Theorie 25%
(Architektur und Gesellschaft oder Einführung in die Philospie)
Wahlfach Gestaltung 25%
(Typographie für Architektur oder Film)

• In der Architekturgeschichte wird Italien zur Zeit der Renaissance und des Barocks und Paris zur Zeit des Barocks bis zur Gegenwart diskutiert.
• In den Grundlagen des Städtebaus werden die wichtigsten Inhalte aus den städtebaulichen Begriffen über Dichte, Mischung und Öffentlichkeit, über Bauensemble und Freiraum, sowie über menschliche Hintergründe und Vernetzungen eingeführt.
• Im Bildnerischen Gestalten 3 wird das Verstehen verschiedener plastischer und methodischer Ansätze anhand einer formalen und inhaltlichen Aufgabestellung gefördert, die vernetzt werden durch Bild- und Textbeispiele aus der Kunst und den Wissenschaften.

Vorlesung, Seminar und Übung

In den Modulen Theorie III und Theorie IV sollen die Grundlagen für das weitere Studium der Geschichte und der Theorie der Architektur und Kunst und das Bildnerische Gestalten vertieft werden. Diese Grundlagen sollen um die wichtigsten Aspekte von Städtebau und Stadtplanung nach Inhalt, Geschichte, Theorie und Methode erweitert werden.

In der Architekturgeschichte soll die Architektur und der Städtebau in Italien zur Zeit der Renaissance und des Barocks und in Frankreich (Paris) zur Zeit des Barocks bis zur Gegenwart diskutiert werden. Es wird, aufbauend auf die Module Theorie I und II, ein gesamtheitliches Verständnis von Geschichte angestrebt das auch als Grundlage für die anderen Lehrveranstaltungen dieses Moduls dienen soll.
Dieses historische Verständnis soll mit einer ersten Einführung in die Grundlagen des modernen Städtebaus bereichert werden. Es soll den Studierenden geholfen werden den urbanen Stadtraum als historisch gewachsener Komplex zu verstehen der modernen Anforderungen genügen muss.
Den Studierenden soll durch das plastische Gestalten einen direkten Zugang zur Dreidimensionalität des architektonischen und urbanen Raums ermöglicht werden. Es soll ihnen das Verständnis von Proportionen, Relationen und Massstäben ermöglichen und ihnen neue Möglichkeiten für den persönlichen Entwurfsunterricht eröffnen.

Die Studierenden verfügen am Ende des Moduls über:

• Kenntnisse aus der Geschichte der Architektur und Städtebau von der Renaissance, Barocks bis zur Gegenwart in Italien und Frankreich. Sie können wichtige historische Beispiele aus diesen Epochen in Verbindung bringen mit den Prinzipien und baulichen Beispielen aus der Antike bis zur Frührenaissance. Sie haben Kenntnis einzelner Beispiele städtebaulicher Projekte aus diesen Epochen sowie der Gegenwart.
• Kompetenzen in der Anwendung städtebaulicher Grundbegriffe in Theorie und Entwurf.
• Verständnis für die Bedeutung von Volumina, Ansichtigkeit und Gerichtetheit in Architektur, Urbanismus und Kunst und können bewusst gemäss diesen Gestaltungsprinzipien positive Formen des Körpers und Negativ-Formen gestalten, unter bewusster Berücksichtigung von Proportionen, Massverhältnisse, Rhythmus und Kontraste.

Die Prüfung der Lernergebnisse erfolgt separat in den einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen (schriftliche Prüfungen, benotete Übungen oder Arbeiten).

Alle Lehrveranstaltungen des Moduls müssen mit einer genügenden Note bestanden werden
(Mindestnote 4.0).
Die Modulnote wird aus den gewichteten Teilnoten der einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen errechnet:

Architekturgeschichte 2 33%
Grundlagen des Städtebaus 33%
Bildnerisches Gestalten 3 33%

• In der Architekturgeschichte werden die historiographischen Grundlagen zur Methodik und zum Stellenwert der Geschichte der Architektur, sowie eines ersten geschichtlichen Überblicks mittels exemplarischen Bauten aus der griechischen und römischen Antike bis zur Renaissance vermittelt.
• Im Bildnerischen Gestalten 1 wird das Üben von Freihandzeichnen von Gegenständen, anorganischen und organischen Objekten gefördert. Zudem wird das visuelle Protokollieren von Gegenständen, Räumen und Zwischenräumen durch Freihandzeichnungen eingeführt. Dieses wird auch in den Lehrveranstaltungen Bildnerisches Gestalten 2, 3 und 4 fortgesetzt.
• In CAD und Multimedia wird das Konstruieren und Modellieren mit CAD in 2D und 3D, die Visualisierung von Modellen in 3D und die digitale Bildbearbeitung erklärt und in Übungen praktisch erprobt.

Vorlesung, Seminar und Übung

In den Modulen Theorie I und Theorie II sollen die Grundlagen für das weitere Studium der Geschichte und der Theorie der Architektur und Kunst, das Bildnerische Gestalten und des architektonischen Entwerfens gelegt werden.

In der Architekturgeschichte sollen die Relevanz von Geschichte, die historiographischen Methoden und entscheidende Momente des geschichtlichen Geschehens von der Antike bis zur Renaissance exemplarisch erwähnt werden. Es wird ein gesamtheitliches Verständnis von Geschichte angestrebt. Das Studium dieser historischen Beispiele soll durch das Lesen von standardisierten Darstellungen aus der Architektur, in Plan, Schnitt und Aufriss erfolgen.
Im Bildnerischen Gestalten und CAD und Multimedia soll das Kennenlernen von häufig verwendeten Darstellungsmethoden und -Medien in der Architektur und im Bauwesen gefördert werden. Die Studierenden sollen, durch die Vermittlung von darstellerischen Methoden und Medien aus dem analogen und aus dem digitalen Bereich, lernen das eigene architektonische Denken im Entwurfsprozess zu externalisieren und für Dritte verständlich zu machen.

Die Studierenden verfügen am Ende des Moduls über:

• Grundlegende Kenntnisse aus der Geschichte der Architektur aus der Antike bis zur Renaissance.
• Kenntnis von kanonischen Beispielen aus der Antike bis Anfang Renaissance und können daraus die wichtigsten gestalterischen Grundsätze dieser Epochen nennen und beschreiben und sie in einen gesamtheitlichen, geschichtlichen Zusammenhang stellen.
• Praktischen Umgang mit der Skizze und Freihandzeichnen und kennen deren Möglichkeiten als Abstraktion und Synthese und können ihre eigenen Ideen und Vorstellungen grafisch festhalten.
• Kenntnis der Grundlagen der perspektivischen Darstellung im Analogen wie auch im Digitalen.
• Praktischen Umgang mit den gängigen CAD Programmen und können mit diesen Modelle in 2D sowie 3D erstellen, diese visualisieren und in Bild und Video erfassen.

Die Prüfung der Lernergebnisse erfolgt separat in den einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen (schriftliche Prüfungen, benotete Übungen oder Arbeiten).

Alle Lehrveranstaltungen des Moduls müssen mit einer genügenden Note bestanden werden
(Mindestnote 4.0).
Die Modulnote wird aus den gewichteten Teilnoten der einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen errechnet:

Architekturgeschichte 1 33%
Bildnerisches Gestalten 1 33%
CAD und Multimedia 33%