Transfer Internship
Transfer Internship
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
- Urban design, housing, commercial and cultural builings within the inner city and its periphery.
- Developpment of creative design skills against demanding constraints.
- Highly integrated, specific support by Courses Design Theory I
- Scale from analytical work to architectural design projects between 1:2000 and 1:200.
- Guest lecturers and professors coming from an international context teaching alternating contents as compact projects, which complement the regular Projects Studios Design Theory I.
- Debate on current topics from practice, theory and research within the lecture series.
Teaching Method
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.
Lectures, seminars.
Learning Objectives
The module Design Theory I seeks to establish the theoretical and professional frame to an integrated, intellectual and specific architectural debate and project making within the concentration Design Theory.
The topics center on issues to develop critical positions towards subjective reasoning in architecture and to further the ability to root these positions in the history and theory of architecture, as well as in the political, sociological, and cultural context of contemporary architecture and society. Theoretical planning and architectural articulation of space considering notions such as typology, morphology and style are fundamental topics in architectural education.
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 Theory I into a responsible and sustainable professional behaviour.
The topics center on issues to develop critical positions towards subjective reasoning in architecture and to further the ability to root these positions in the history and theory of architecture, as well as in the political, sociological, and cultural context of contemporary architecture and society. Theoretical planning and architectural articulation of space considering notions such as typology, morphology and style are fundamental topics in architectural education.
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 Theory I into a responsible and sustainable professional behaviour.
Learning Results
At the end of the module each student should have the ability to demonstrate and/or work with:
- A researched understanding of design in order to take a position as a designer reflected in the ability to devise and implement strategies
- 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
- An understanding of the history of architecture reinterpreted considering political, sociological, and economical aspects.
- An insight into the structure and the workings of the outer organs of perception and perception in general.
- 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.
Assessment Methods
- Intermediate and final review with externals
Examination
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.
The module grade will be determined from the weighted average of the single course grades.
- Project Studio Design Theory 1 82%
- Compact Project Design Theory 1 18%
Design Theory - Study Abroad / Special Studies
Design Theory - Study Abroad / Special Studies
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
- 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.
Teaching Method
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.
Lectures, seminars.
Learning Objectives
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.
Learning Results
At the end of the module each student should have the ability to demonstrate and/or work with:
- Cultural awareness and sensibility.
- A researched understanding of design in order to take a position as a designer reflected in the ability to devise and implement strategies.
- 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.
Assessment Methods
- According to partner university
Examination
The module has to be passed with a sufficient grade (minimum grade of 4.0).
- According to partner university
Grade
According to partner university and country
History, Theory and Design VI
History, Theory and Design VI
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
- In der Architekturgeschichte wird die Architektur der Moderne im deutschsprachigen Kulturraum sowie in Übersee 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 ökonomische Aspekte der Landschaftsarchitektur erläutert.
- Die Lehrinhalte der angebotenen Wahlfächer sind in den Beschreibungen der entsprechenden Lehrveranstaltungen aufgeführt.
Teaching Method
Vorlesung, Seminar und Übung
Learning Objectives
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 aus der Moderne ausgebaut, in neue Zusammenhänge gebracht und mit Interessen der Gegenwart in Beziehung gesetzt werden.
In der Landschaftsarchiektur soll, aufbauend auf den oben erwähnten Grundlagen und der Lehrveranstaltung Landschaftsarchitektur 1, die historischen und die planerischen Grundlagen der Landschaftsarchitektur vertieft werden.
Die Wahlfächer aus dem Bereich Geschichte und Theorie und aus dem Bereich Gestaltung sollen das Hintergrundwissen der Studierenden spezifisch vertiefen.
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 aus der Moderne ausgebaut, in neue Zusammenhänge gebracht und mit Interessen der Gegenwart in Beziehung gesetzt werden.
In der Landschaftsarchiektur soll, aufbauend auf den oben erwähnten Grundlagen und der Lehrveranstaltung Landschaftsarchitektur 1, die historischen und die planerischen Grundlagen der Landschaftsarchitektur vertieft werden.
Die Wahlfächer aus dem Bereich Geschichte und Theorie und aus dem Bereich Gestaltung sollen das Hintergrundwissen der Studierenden spezifisch vertiefen.
Learning Results
Die Studierenden verfügen am Ende des Moduls über:
- Kenntnisse aus der Geschichte der Architektur von der Moderne bis zur Gegenwart une können anhand von kanonischen Beispielen daraus die wichtigsten gestalterischen Grundsätze der Gegenwartsarchitektur nennen und beschreiben und sie in einen gesamtheitlichen, geschichtlichen Zusammenhang stellen.
- Kenntnisse aus der Geschichte und der gegenwärtigen Tendenzen der Landschaftsarchitektur 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.
Assessment Methods
Die Prüfung der Lernergebnisse erfolgt separat in den einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen (schriftliche Prüfungen, benotete Übungen oder Arbeiten).
Examination
Alle Lehrveranstaltungen des Moduls müssen mit einer positiven Note bestanden werden.
Die Modulnote wird aus den gewichteten Teilnoten der einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen errechnet:
Architekturgeschichte 4 25%
Landschaftsarchitektur 2 25%
Wahlfach Geschichte und Theorie 25%
(Einführung in die Architektur Theorie)
Wahlfach Gestaltung 25%
(Fotographie)
Die Modulnote wird aus den gewichteten Teilnoten der einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen errechnet:
Architekturgeschichte 4 25%
Landschaftsarchitektur 2 25%
Wahlfach Geschichte und Theorie 25%
(Einführung in die Architektur Theorie)
Wahlfach Gestaltung 25%
(Fotographie)
History, Theory and Design IV
History, Theory and Design IV
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
- In der Kunstgeschhichte wird ausgehend vom ¿uvre Çezannes die Grundlagen zum Verständnis der künstlerischen Konzepte des 20. Jahrhunderts gelegt und die philosophischen, soziologischen und politischen Einflüsse auf diese Konzepte erklärt.
- Im Städtebau werden Methoden der räumlichen und gesellschaftlichen Analyse erklärt und die konzeptionelle Grundzüge, Instrumente und die theoretische Stadtvorstellung unter Berücksichtigung der sozioökonomischen und kulturellen Voraussetzungen vertieft.
- Im Bildnerischen Gestalten 4 werden die Topographie, Textur, Raum- , Farb- und Lichtphänomene der Bauaufgabe der jeweiligen Studierenden in Bildsequenzen und Passagen untersucht, die Architektur wird als Idee bildnerisch und gestalterisch bearbeitet. Die Auseinandersetzung mit skulpturalen Qualitäten von Architektur wird vertieft.
Teaching Method
Vorlesung, Seminar und Übung
Learning Objectives
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 Kunstgeschichte soll den Studierenden ein Begriff von den Entwicklungen der künstlerischen Konzepte im 20. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart vermitteln werden. Die in der Lehrveranstaltung Kunstgeschichte 2 vermittelten Einsichten sollen in der Lehrveranstaltung Bildnerisches Gestalten 4 in Form von Projektarbeiten vertieft werden. Diese Projektarbeiten nehmen Bezug auf die Entwurfsarbeiten der jeweiligen Studierenden und sollen diesen neue Möglichkeiten in ihrer persönlichen Arbeit im Entwurf und Konstruktion eröffnen.
In der Lehrveranstaltung Theorien des Städtebaus soll den Studierenden einen Überblick über die wichtigsten Städtebauansätze seit 1900 ermöglicht werden. Damit soll den Studierenden ein erhöhtes Sensorium hinsichtlich der eigenen Entwurfsstrategien vermittelt werden.
In der Kunstgeschichte soll den Studierenden ein Begriff von den Entwicklungen der künstlerischen Konzepte im 20. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart vermitteln werden. Die in der Lehrveranstaltung Kunstgeschichte 2 vermittelten Einsichten sollen in der Lehrveranstaltung Bildnerisches Gestalten 4 in Form von Projektarbeiten vertieft werden. Diese Projektarbeiten nehmen Bezug auf die Entwurfsarbeiten der jeweiligen Studierenden und sollen diesen neue Möglichkeiten in ihrer persönlichen Arbeit im Entwurf und Konstruktion eröffnen.
In der Lehrveranstaltung Theorien des Städtebaus soll den Studierenden einen Überblick über die wichtigsten Städtebauansätze seit 1900 ermöglicht werden. Damit soll den Studierenden ein erhöhtes Sensorium hinsichtlich der eigenen Entwurfsstrategien vermittelt werden.
Learning Results
Die Studierenden verfügen am Ende des Moduls über:
- Kenntnisse der wesentlichsten künstlerischen Konzepte des ausgehenden19. und des 20. Jahrhunderts und deren bestimmende Faktoren und können Kunstobjekte aus dem 20. Jahrhundert zeitlich und inhaltlich zuordnen und analysieren.
- Kenntnisse der Grundzüge der städtebaulichen Ideenentwicklung seit 1900, deren Ansatzpunkte, Instrumente, Konzepte und Weiterentwicklungen sowie deren konkrete Umsetzungen der behandelten Theorien. Sie sind fähig, diese theoretischen Zugänge für ihre Entwurfsarbeit fruchtbar zu machen.
- Die Fähigkeit Bildkonzepte nachzuvollziehen und inhaltlich auszuführen, sind sich der bildnerischen Mitteln bewusst und können diese in angewandten Projektarbeiten zu ihrer Entwurfsarbeit einsetzen.
Assessment Methods
Die Prüfung der Lernergebnisse erfolgt separat in den einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen (schriftliche Prüfungen, benotete Übungen oder Arbeiten).
Examination
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:
Kunstgeschichte 2 33%
Theorien des Städtebaus 33%
Bildnerisches Gestalten 4 33%
(Mindestnote 4.0).
Die Modulnote wird aus den gewichteten Teilnoten der einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen errechnet:
Kunstgeschichte 2 33%
Theorien des Städtebaus 33%
Bildnerisches Gestalten 4 33%
History, Theory and Design II
History, Theory and Design II
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
- In der Kunstgeschichte werden die historiographischen Grundlagen zur Methodik und zum Stellenwert der Geschichte der Kunst vermittelt.
- Der Aufbau und Veränderung der Bedeutung des Bildraumes in der Malerei des italienischen Trecento an Beispielen von Giotto und Duccio di Buoninsegna, über die Renaissance bis in die Gegenwartskunst.
- Im Bildnerischen Gestalten wird interdisziplinär zur Lehrveranstaltung Kunstgeschichte 1, welche die Entwicklung des Raumbegriffs und der Raumvorstellung von der Renaissance bis zur Gegenwart verfolgt, durch geeignete Übungen, die verschiedensten Medien von Raumwahrnehmung und -darstellung erprobt.
- Im Modellbau wird durch die Einführung/Vorstellung von Modellbaumaterialien (Holzwerkstoffe, Kunststoffe, Mineralische Werkstoffe, Kartonage), die verschiedenen Anwendungs- und Verarbeitungsmethoden derselben vorgestellt.
Teaching Method
Vorlesung, Seminar und Übung
Learning Objectives
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 mit Modellen gelegt werden.
In der Kunstgeschichte sollen die Grundlagen zum Verständnis der Entwicklung der Kunst seit der Frührenaissance bis zur Gegenwart gelegt werden. Anhand der Entwicklung des Raumbegriffs seit dem 13. JH sollen die verschiedenen Kunstströmungen in den bildenden Künsten sowie der Architektur exemplarisch aufgezeigt werden.
Im Bildnerischen Gestalten soll, als Weiterführung zu den Arbeiten im Modul Theorie I, das darstellerische Erfassen von architektonischen wie landschaftlichen Räumen wird in verschiedenen Methoden, Materialien und Dimensionen, zeichnerisch wie rekonstruktiv geübt werden.
Im Modellbau soll das Kennenlernen von häufig verwendeten Verarbeitungstechniken und Materialien gefördert werden. Durch die Vermittlung von darstellerischen Methoden und Medien sollen die Studierenden lernen das eigene architektonische Denken mittels physischen Modellen zu externalisieren.
In der Kunstgeschichte sollen die Grundlagen zum Verständnis der Entwicklung der Kunst seit der Frührenaissance bis zur Gegenwart gelegt werden. Anhand der Entwicklung des Raumbegriffs seit dem 13. JH sollen die verschiedenen Kunstströmungen in den bildenden Künsten sowie der Architektur exemplarisch aufgezeigt werden.
Im Bildnerischen Gestalten soll, als Weiterführung zu den Arbeiten im Modul Theorie I, das darstellerische Erfassen von architektonischen wie landschaftlichen Räumen wird in verschiedenen Methoden, Materialien und Dimensionen, zeichnerisch wie rekonstruktiv geübt werden.
Im Modellbau soll das Kennenlernen von häufig verwendeten Verarbeitungstechniken und Materialien gefördert werden. Durch die Vermittlung von darstellerischen Methoden und Medien sollen die Studierenden lernen das eigene architektonische Denken mittels physischen Modellen zu externalisieren.
Learning Results
Die Studierenden verfügen am Ende des Moduls über:
- Grundlegende Kenntnisse aus der Geschichte der Kunst von der Renaissance bis zur Gegenwart und über ihre Bedeutung für die Architektur. Sie können anhand von kanonischen Beispielen aus der Renaissance bis zur Gegenwartskunst die wichtigsten gestalterischen Grundsätze dieser Epochen nennen und beschreiben und sie in einen gesamtheitlichen, geschichtlichen Zusammenhang stellen.
- Kenntnisse von räumlichen Darstellungsweisen wie Perspektive, Axonometrie, Isometrie und haben praktischen Umgang mit diesen Methoden für die eigene Entwurfsarbeit.
- Grundlagen des figurativen Zeichnens.
- Kenntnisse und Fertigkeiten um physische Modelle zu planen, zu bauen und diese gezielt in den Ablauf ihrer Entwurfsaufgaben als Arbeits- und als Präsentationsmodelle zu integrieren.
Assessment Methods
Die Prüfung der Lernergebnisse erfolgt separat in den einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen (schriftliche Prüfungen, benotete Übungen oder Arbeiten).
Examination
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:
Kunstgeschichte 1 33%
Bildnerisches Gestalten 2 33%
Modellbau 33%
(Mindestnote 4.0).
Die Modulnote wird aus den gewichteten Teilnoten der einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen errechnet:
Kunstgeschichte 1 33%
Bildnerisches Gestalten 2 33%
Modellbau 33%
Design Theory - Master-Thesis
Design Theory - Master-Thesis
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
- Urban design, housing, commercial and cultural buildings within the inner city and its periphery.
- Developpment of creative design skills against demanding constraints.
- Highly integrated, specific support by Courses Design Theory II.
- Scale from analytical work to architectural design projects between 1:2000 and 1:200.
- Debate on current topics from practice, theory and research within the lecture series.
Teaching Method
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.
Lectures, seminars.
Learning Objectives
The module Master-Thesis Design Theory seeks to establish the theoretical and professional frame to an integrated, intellectual and specific architectural debate and project making within the concentration Design Theory.
The topics center on issues to develop critical positions towards subjective reasoning in architecture and to further the ability to root these positions in the history and theory of architecture, as well as in the political, sociological, and cultural context of contemporary architecture and society. Theoretical planning and architectural articulation of space considering notions such as typology, morphology and style are fundamental topics in architectural education.
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 Theory.
The topics center on issues to develop critical positions towards subjective reasoning in architecture and to further the ability to root these positions in the history and theory of architecture, as well as in the political, sociological, and cultural context of contemporary architecture and society. Theoretical planning and architectural articulation of space considering notions such as typology, morphology and style are fundamental topics in architectural education.
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 Theory.
Learning Results
At the end of the module each student should have the ability to demonstrate and/or work with:
- A researched understanding of design in order to take a position as a designer reflected in the ability to devise and implement strategies.
- 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
- An understanding of the history of architecture reinterpreted considering political, sociological, and economical aspects.
- An insight into the structure and the workings of the outer organs of perception and perception in general.
- A researched understanding of design in order to take a position as a designer reflected in the ability to devise and implement strategies.
- 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
- An understanding of the history of architecture reinterpreted considering political, sociological, and economical aspects.
- An insight into the structure and the workings of the outer organs of perception and perception in general.
- Demonstrate the ability to work with other students.
- 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.
Assessment Methods
- Intermediate colloquium and final review with externals
- Thesis Book
Examination
The module has to be passed with a sufficient grade (minimum grade of 4.0).
- Project Studio Master-Thesis Design Theory 100%
Design Theory - Courses II
Design Theory - Courses II
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
- Discussion of manifestoes in Architecture and Urbanism with an explanation of architectural visions, and their reflection in photography and cinema.
- The construction of ideologies and their impact on the making of architecture, discussing the 'making of architecture' from various perspectives, such as political, economical, sociological and cultural.
- Architecture understood as a result of social behaviour, based on perception and cognition, and social observations developed as interactions between internalized archives and structures, and the result of using architecture.
Teaching Method
Lectures, seminars.
Learning Objectives
The module Courses Design Theory II seeks to deepen the theoretical foundations elaborated in the module Theory I for the concentration Design Theory. The topics for the second semester center on issues regarding
the tectonic, urban, and artistic concepts that relate to the theoretical formulation and the making of architecture and the city. Furthermore, aspects of the construction of ideologies and their impact on the making of architecture considering various perspectives, such as political, economical, sociological and cultural will be discussed through the use of historical examples. The introduction of fundamental aspects of processes of perception that enable occupants of architectural spaces to mentally construct a representation of these spaces.
The aim is to provide students with the necessary knowledge and intellectual instruments to approach the problems discussed in the design project studios, and to foster their ability to consider these issues in their personal design thinking.
the tectonic, urban, and artistic concepts that relate to the theoretical formulation and the making of architecture and the city. Furthermore, aspects of the construction of ideologies and their impact on the making of architecture considering various perspectives, such as political, economical, sociological and cultural will be discussed through the use of historical examples. The introduction of fundamental aspects of processes of perception that enable occupants of architectural spaces to mentally construct a representation of these spaces.
The aim is to provide students with the necessary knowledge and intellectual instruments to approach the problems discussed in the design project studios, and to foster their ability to consider these issues in their personal design thinking.
Learning Results
At the end of the module each student should have the ability to demonstrate and/or work with:
- An understanding of the critical relation that exists between the products of an epoch and the historical issues that determine it.
- Confidence in analysing these historical examples of architectural buildings and/or urban structures and the ability to infer principles and motivations based on the careful reading of primary and secondary sources.
- An understanding of language as social action and therefore architecture as an act of communication on a social level, considering the models of ontological and existential concepts in their reflections
- Demonstrate the ability to critically assess their personal design practice and projects, and to root them within the contextual frameworks discussed in this course.
- The ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts comprehensibly in visual, oral and written forms.
- Present and evaluate arguments, information and ideas concerning the discipline of history and theory of architecture.
Assessment Methods
- The various assessment methods are discussed in the descriptions of the single courses.
Examination
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.
Concepts in Architecture 33%
History of Architecture 2 33%
Cognitive Science for Architects 2 33%
The module grade will be determined from the weighted average of the single course grades.
Concepts in Architecture 33%
History of Architecture 2 33%
Cognitive Science for Architects 2 33%
Architectural Design II
Architectural Design II
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
- Ausbau der Grundlagen des architektonischen Entwerfens: Übergang zum architektonischen Entwurf mit Nutzung und Programm, Einführung vom Ort, Topographie und Kontext, Projektierung von einfachen Behausungen, Wohn- oder Arbeitsräumen und Ausweitung der Themen auf Erschliessung, Wegführung, räumliche Dramaturgie, Geschossigkeit, Treppen.
- Konstruktives Entwerfen mit stark materiellem Bezug: Erforschen und Anwenden tektonischer Themen aus dem Baumaterial in Detail und Gesamten, Herstellen von Kleinarchitekturen, Interaktion mit der Landschaft, Topographie und direkter Umgebung und handwerkliche Fertigung von Teilem oder Ganzem in realem Bauprozess.
- Vermittlung von vertiefenden Inhalten in Exkursionsprojekte, die thematisch eng mit ihrem Entwurfsthema verknüpft sind.
- Auseinanderzusetzung mit aktuellen Fragen aus der Architekturpraxis und dem laufenden Architekturdiskurs in einem theoretischen Kontext in der Vortragsreihe.
Teaching Method
Projektunterricht im Atelier mit Inputvorlesungen, Exkursionen, Gruppenarbeiten, Einzelgesprächen.
Learning Objectives
Aufbauend auf das Modul Entwurf I sollen im Modul Entwurf II die Grundlagen für das weitere Studium des architektonischen Entwerfens gefestigt werden. Im Zentrum steht der Einblick in die Methodik des architektonischen und des konstruktiven Entwerfens, das Erforschen des Wahrnehmungs- und Gestaltungsvermögens und das Weiterführens des materiellen Gedankens in der Architektur. Darüber hinaus wird in einer Exkursionswoche ein prozesshafter Einblick in eine architektonische Kultur einer Stadt, Region oder Landschaft vermittelt.
Learning Results
Die Studierenden
- verfügen über die grundlegenden Kenntnisse von Architektur und Konstruktion, des architektonischen und konstruktiven Entwerfens sowie einer spezifischen architektonische Kultur.
- können konzeptionelle Gedankengänge in ihrer Arbeit einsetzen und wenden die Terminologie, welche für eine kritische Diskussion der Architektur benötigt wird, an.
- vermögen ihren Entwurfsprozess mit unterschiedlichen Medien aufzubauen und klar verständlich darzulegen.
- können die gestellten Aufgaben selbständig erarbeiten und mit Begleitung individuell umsetzen.
- sind fähig, ihre Projektarbeit Planform und Modell sowie in Sprache und Schrift klar verständlich zu kommunizieren.
- verfügen über die Kompetenz, mit Ideen und Argumente im architektonischen Diskurs umzugehen.
Assessment Methods
Die Prüfung der Lernergebnisse erfolgt separat in den einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen (Zwischen- und Schlusskritiken mit externen Kritikern).
Examination
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:
Entwurf 2.1 55%
Entwurf 2.2 27%
Kompaktprojekt 2 18%
(Mindestnote 4.0).
Die Modulnote wird aus den gewichteten Teilnoten der einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen errechnet:
Entwurf 2.1 55%
Entwurf 2.2 27%
Kompaktprojekt 2 18%
Sustainable Design - Courses II
Sustainable Design - Courses II
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
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.
Teaching Method
Lecture, seminar
Learning Objectives
The module Courses Sustainable Design II 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.
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.
Learning Results
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.
Assessment Methods
- Written examination of the learning outcomes of the course
Examination
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 2 33%
Building Mechanical Systems 2 33%
Material Technology 2 33%
The module grade will be determined from the weighted average of the single course grades.
Building Physics 2 33%
Building Mechanical Systems 2 33%
Material Technology 2 33%
Design Theory - Design Project II
Design Theory - Design Project II
Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
- Urban design, housing, commercial and cultural builings within the inner city and its periphery.
- Developpment of creative design skills against demanding constraints.
- Highly integrated, specific support by Courses Design Theory I
- Scale from analytical work to architectural design projects between 1:2000 and 1:200.
- Guest lecturers and professors coming from an international context teaching alternating contents as compact projects, which complement the regular Projects Studios Design Theory I.
- Debate on current topics from practice, theory and research within the lecture series.
Teaching Method
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.
Lectures, seminars.
Learning Objectives
The module Design Theory I seeks to establish the theoretical and professional frame to an integrated, intellectual and specific architectural debate and project making within the concentration Design Theory.
The topics center on issues to develop critical positions towards subjective reasoning in architecture and to further the ability to root these positions in the history and theory of architecture, as well as in the political, sociological, and cultural context of contemporary architecture and society. Theoretical planning and architectural articulation of space considering notions such as typology, morphology and style are fundamental topics in architectural education.
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 Theory I into a responsible and sustainable professional behaviour.
The topics center on issues to develop critical positions towards subjective reasoning in architecture and to further the ability to root these positions in the history and theory of architecture, as well as in the political, sociological, and cultural context of contemporary architecture and society. Theoretical planning and architectural articulation of space considering notions such as typology, morphology and style are fundamental topics in architectural education.
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 Theory I into a responsible and sustainable professional behaviour.
Learning Results
At the end of the module each student should have the ability to demonstrate and/or work with:
- A researched understanding of design in order to take a position as a designer reflected in the ability to devise and implement strategies
- 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
- An understanding of the history of architecture reinterpreted considering political, sociological, and economical aspects.
- An insight into the structure and the workings of the outer organs of perception and perception in general.
- 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.
Assessment Methods
- Intermediate and final review with externals
Examination
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.
The module grade will be determined from the weighted average of the single course grades.
- Project Studio Design Theory 1 82%
- Compact Project Design Theory 1 18%