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Planning I

Planning I

Study Programmes
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
  • Theoretic concepts in landscape, planning and design issues
  • Case studies of key projects in each of three thematic fields
  • Crossdisciplinary strategies for urban and landscape change
  • Recent developments in urban planning and landscape policy and practice
Teaching Method
Lectures, seminars.
Learning Objectives
The three course packages in urban design strategies, spatial and traffic planning as well as in landscape architecture integrate into a firm fundament which guides the design and planning proposals. Each course focuses on theoretical, interdisciplinary and practical issues. The theoretical part clarifies the specific historical meanings and discourses of urban space and landscape in each thematic field and gives an overview of the relevant theoretical discourses and practical achievements. The analyses of case studies allow for an empirical discussion of the impact of socioeconomic, politial, cultural and physical determinants on urban development strategies. The courses of the module 'Courses UrbanScape I' thereby create the interdisciplinary knowledge background of theoretical and practical aspects needed for the project studio and informs the students of the elective courses on the complex determination of urban and regional contexts of architecture.
Learning Results
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.
  • Ability to connect the contents of the courses with the design and planning work.
  • Demonstrate the ability to work with other students for assignments and seminars.
  • 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 Urban Design.
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.

  • Urban Design Strategies 1 33%
  • Urban Networks and Transportation 33%
  • Landscape Architecture and Planning 1 33%
Module number:
2803081
Semester:
WS 09/10
ECTS Credits:
5
Courses:
90 L
Language:
English
Scheduled Semester:
1

Transfer III

Transfer III

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Module number:
2803934
Semester:
WS 09/10
ECTS Credits:
2
Courses:
60 L
Language:
German
Scheduled Semester:
3

Methodological competence

Methodological competence

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
NDS Private Banking Expert
Project Description
Work Methodology and Time Management
Stress Menagement
Idea Management and Problem-Solving Management
Study Techniques
Project Management
Academic Writing
Learning Objectives
Erwerb von vertiefender Fachkompetenz in den Bereichen Buchführung, Finanzierung, Konzernrechnungslegung und internationale Rechnungslegung, strategisches Controlling sowie Revision. Befähigung zum Erkennen betriebs-wirtschaftlicher Fragestellungen und deren Umsetzen in der betrieblichen Praxis. Einbezug aktueller Probleme des Be-triebs von Treuhandunternehmen vor dem Hintergrund sich ändernder rechtlicher und wirtschaftlicher Rahmen-bedingungen. Ausblick und Prognose des zukünftigen Tätigkeitsfelds von Treuhandunternehmen
Module number:
2404358
Semester:
WS 07/08
ECTS Credits:
5
Courses:
50 L

Master-Thesis Design UrbanScape

Master-Thesis Design UrbanScape

Study Programmes
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
  • 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.
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.
Learning Objectives
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.
Learning Results
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.
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 UrbanScape 100%
Module number:
2803084
Semester:
WS 09/10
ECTS Credits:
25
Courses:
217 L
Language:
English
Scheduled Semester:
4

Internship / Practical Training MA

Internship / Practical Training MA

Study Programmes
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
  • 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
Teaching Method
The Internship / practical training periods are to be carried out in architectural firms under supervision of professional staff of the office.
Learning Objectives
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.
Learning Results
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.
Assessment Methods
  • 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
Examination
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)
Grade
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
Module number:
2803073
Semester:
WS 09/10
ECTS Credits:
12
Courses:
320 L
Language:
English/German
Scheduled Semester:
1-4

Buildingtech I

Buildingtech I

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 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.
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 1 33%
Building Mechanical Systems 1 33%
Material Technology 1 33%
Module number:
2803066
Semester:
WS 09/10
ECTS Credits:
5
Courses:
90 L
Language:
English
Scheduled Semester:
1

Architectural Design III

Architectural Design III

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
  • Architektonischer Entwurf mit konkreter Aufgabenstellung im Kontext: Begriff des Ortes, des direkten Umfeldes eines Bauwerks, Mehrgeschossigkeit und komplexere Nutzungszusammenhänge in überschaubarem Rahmen, Vertiefung von Teilaspekten innerhalb des Projektes mit integrierten Experten aus dem Modulen Bautechnik oder Theorie.
  • Einführung in das parametrisierte Entwerfen mit dem Computer: Interaktion von Entwurf, Applikation und der CNC-Fräse als Werkzeug, Anwendungsorientiertes Herstellen von prototypischen Verbindungen, Knoten und Strukturen.
  • Entwerfen von infrastrukturellen Bauwerken im Bereich Verkehr, Tourismus im kleineren Massstab: Miteinbezug des urbanen oder suburbanen Wachstumsproblematik, Prozessorientierte Vorgehensweise in der Anlalyse der Aufgabe und der Entwicklung von zukunftsweisenden Konzepten.
  • Vermittlung von wechselnden Inhalte, die ergänzend zum Unterricht in den Entwurfsprojekten stehen, durch Gastdozenten aus einem internationalen Kontext.
  • 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 den Modulen Entwurf I und II werden die Grundlagen für das weitere Studium des architektonischen Entwerfens vertieft. Einerseits steht die fortgesetzte Ausbildung der Entwurfsmethodik im architektonischen Entwerfen und Konstruieren mit dem sukzessiven Einbezug von Grundlagen und Anforderungen aus anderen Disziplinen im Vodergrund. Andererseits werden Teilgebiete des architektonischen Entwerfens wie etwa der Entwurf von Infrastrukturen unter dem Einbezug von urbanen, soziologischen und gestalterischen Aufgaben oder das Entwerfen von digitalen Produktionsprozessen als Grundlage für eine konkrete Anwendung und Produktion von Bauteilen kultiviert. Darüber hinaus wird in kompakter Form das prozesshafte Erarbeiten von Kenntnissen und Fähigkeiten in einem erweiterten entwerferischen Themenbereich angeeignet.
Learning Results
Die Studierenden
  • verfügen über verbreiterte Kenntnisse der Architektur und des architektonischen Entwerfens und von spezifischen verwandten Disziplinen.
  • verfügen über ein Basiswissen des computerbasierten architektonischen Entwerfens und beherrschen grundlegende Regeln des Entwickelns von maschinellen Prozessen.
  • verstehen die Probleme von urbanen Gebieten an der Nahtstelle von Mobilität und Architektur.
  • denken und argumentieren auf verschiedenen konzeptionelle Ebenen und können eine engagierte Diskussion der Architektur führen.
  • sind befähigt, ihren Entwurfsprozess mit einer Palette von Medien sowie mit Hilfe des Computers und mittels einer prozessorientierten Modellbautechnik aufzubauen und klar verständlich im Bezug zur Aufgabenstellung darzulegen.
  • können die gestellten Aufgaben selbständig erarbeiten und individuell umsetzen.
  • vermögen die Komplexität ihrer Projektarbeit am Computer, in Planform und Modell sowie in Sprache und Schrift verständlich zu kommunizieren.
  • können mit Ideen und Argumente im architektonischen Diskurs kritisch und analytisch 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 3.1 55%
Entwurf 3.2 27%
Kompaktprojekt 3 18%
Module number:
2803013
Semester:
WS 09/10
ECTS Credits:
15
Courses:
210 L
Language:
German
Scheduled Semester:
3

Architectural Design I

Architectural Design I

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
  • Einführung in den architektonischen Entwurfsprozess mit experimentellen Ansätzen: Entdecken architektonischer Grundprinzipien wie Raum, Licht, Material, Proportionen, Massstäblichkeit, Projektaufbau mit konzeptionellen Anfängen bis zum Abschluss mit einem Kleinprojekt.
  • Einführung in das konstruktive Entwerfen mit stark materiellem Bezug: Herausschälen tektonischer Themen aus dem Material, gleichzeitiges Arbeiten an Detail und Gesamten, Herstellen von körpernahen Gehäusen bis hin zu Kleinstgebäuden.
  • Vermittlung von wechselnden Inhalte, die ergänzend zum Unterricht in den Entwurfsprojekten stehen, durch Gastdozenten aus einem internationalen Kontext.
  • 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
Im Modul Entwurf I sollen die ersten Grundlagen für das weitere Studium des architektonischen Entwerfens gelegt werden. Im Zentrum steht der Einblick in die Methodik des architektonischen und des konstruktiven Entwerfens, das Erforschen des Wahrnehmungs- und Gestaltungsvermögens und das Untersuchen der Eigenschaften von Materialien und entsprechenden Einsatzmöglichkeiten. Darüber hinaus wird in kompakter Form das prozesshafte Erarbeiten von Kenntnissen und Fähigkeiten in einem erweiterten entwerferischen Themenbereich angeeignet.
Learning Results
Die Studierenden
  • verfügen über einen Einblick in die grundlegende Kenntnisse der Architektur und Konstruktion, des architektonischen und konstruktiven Entwerfens sowie von spezifischen verwandten Disziplinen.
  • erfassen die Grundlagen des konzeptionelle Denkens und die Terminologie, welche für eine kritische Diskussion der Architektur benötigt wird.
  • verfügen über erste Fähigkeiten im Entwerfen, um mit unterschiedlichen Medien Ideen und Vorstellungen zu erkunden und verständlich darzulegen.
  • können die gestellten Aufgaben individuell unter Anleitung ausführen und in der Umsetzung persönliche Effektivität zu demonstrieren.
  • vermögen ihre Projektarbeit visuell, in Sprache und Schrift verständlich zu kommunizieren.
  • verfügen über die Kompetenz, Ideen und Argumente im architektonischen Diskurs zu verstehen und zu werten.
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 1.1 55%
Entwurf 1.2 27%
Kompaktprojekt 1 18%
Module number:
2803012
Semester:
WS 09/10
ECTS Credits:
15
Courses:
210 L
Language:
German
Scheduled Semester:
1

Topics in IS research

Topics in IS research

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Master's degree programme in IT and Business Process Management
Project Description
  • Verteilungen
  • Grundbegriffe des Testens von Hypothesen
  • Kriterien zur Bestimmung des Stichprobenumfangs
  • Testverfahren und ihre Anwendungen
  • Einfache lineare Regression
  • Zweifache lineare Regression
  • Multiple lineare Regression
  • Modellwahl
Assessment Methods
Die maximale Korrekturzeit beträgt vier 4 Wochen. Sollten bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt die Noten nicht im Intranet zur Verfügung stehen wenden Sie sich bitte direkt an die Modulleitung.
Module number:
2803922
Semester:
WS 09/10
ECTS Credits:
5
Courses:
59 L / 45 h
Self-study:
105 h
Language:
English/German
Scheduled Semester:
3

Systems modelling

Systems modelling

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Master's degree programme in IT and Business Process Management
Project Description
  • Einordnung und Ausgangsbasis der objektorientierten Modellierung
  • Objektorientierter Modellierungsprozess
  • Ergebnisse der Modellierung
  • Techniken zur Modellierung
  • Projekt-Aufgabe
Assessment Methods
Die maximale Korrekturzeit beträgt vier 4 Wochen. Sollten bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt die Noten nicht im Intranet zur Verfügung stehen wenden Sie sich bitte direkt an die Modulleitung.
Module number:
2803777
Semester:
WS 09/10
ECTS Credits:
5
Courses:
66 L / 50 h
Self-study:
100 h
Language:
English/German
Scheduled Semester:
1
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