• The various contents of the Elective Courses are discussed in the descriptions of the single courses.

Lectures, seminars.

The module Electives Sustainable Design I seeks to establish complementary knowledge and integrative understanding for the concentration Sustainable Design. The students choose 4 courses from 6 possible courses.

The aim is to provide students with the complementary professional knowledge and intellectual instruments to approach the problems discussed in the design project studios.

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

• Present and evaluate arguments, information and ideas concerning the discipline.
• An understanding of professional vocabulary and concepts.
• Confidence in analysing case studies of urban structures and the ability to infer principles and motivations.
• Demonstrate the ability to work with other students for assignments, readings and protocols.
• 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, and the ability to integrate these aspects in an individual design thinking and work.

• The various assessment methods are discussed in the descriptions of the single courses.

All 4 chosen 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 average of the single course grades.

• The various contents of the Elective Courses are discussed in the descriptions of the single courses.

Lectures, seminars.

The module Electives Design Theory I seeks to establish complementary knowledge and integrative understanding for the concentration Design Theory. The students choose 4 courses from 6 possible courses.

The aim is to provide students with the complementary professional knowledge and intellectual instruments to approach the problems discussed in the design project studios.

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

• Present and evaluate arguments, information and ideas concerning the discipline.
• An understanding of professional vocabulary and concepts.
• Confidence in analysing case studies of urban structures and the ability to infer principles and motivations.
• Demonstrate the ability to work with other students for assignments, readings and protocols.
• 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, and the ability to integrate these aspects in an individual design thinking and work.

• The various assessment methods are discussed in the descriptions of the single courses.

All 4 chosen 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 average of the single course grades.

• 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%

• 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.

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 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.

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.

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.
• 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 Theory 100%

• Architektonischer Entwurf im städtischen oder ortsbaulichen Kontext: Mehrgeschossigkeit und komplexe Nutzungszusammenhänge in klar definniertem Rahmen, Vertiefung von konstruktiven und technischen Aspekten innerhalb des Projektes mit integrierten Experten aus dem Modulen Bautechnik (Statik, Bauphysik, Haustechnik) oder Theorie
• Einführung in den architektonischen Entwurfsprozess aus dem Innenraum heraus: Vertiefen architektonischer Grundprinzipien wie Raum, Licht, Material, Proportionen, Massstäblichkeit; Entwurf von einem Kleinprojekt mit einer Raumsequenz von wenigen Räumen.
• Parametrisierte Entwerfen mit dem Computer: Benutzen der CNC-Fräse als Werkzeug zur Herstellung von Verbindungen, Knoten und Strukturen.
• 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.

Projektunterricht im Atelier mit Inputvorlesungen, Exkursionen, Gruppenarbeiten, Einzelgesprächen.

Aufbauend auf den Modulen Entwurf I, II und III werden die Grundlagen des architektonischen Entwerfens vertieft und die letzten beiden Semester im Bachelor-Studium vorbereitet. Einerseits steht das vertiefte Aneignen einer individuellen Entwurfsmethodik im architektonischen Entwerfen und Konstruieren mit dem erweiterten Einbezug von Grundlagen und Anforderungen aus anderen Disziplinen, insbesondere mit dem Einbezug von integriertem Fachwissen aus dem Modulen Bautechnik und Theorie im Vodergrund. Andererseits werden Teilgebiete des architektonischen Entwerfens wie etwa der innenräumliche architektonische Entwurf im Hinblick auf die Raumdramaturgie und Stimmung oder das Entwerfen von digitalen Produktionsprozessen im Hinblick auf die Realisierung einer konkreten Baustruktur kultiviert. Darüber hinaus wird in einer Exkursionswoche ein prozesshafter Einblick in eine architektonische Kultur einer Stadt, Region oder Landschaft vermittelt.

Die Studierenden

• verfügen über breite Kenntnisse der Architektur und des architektonischen Entwerfens und ein vertieftes Wissen einer spezifischen architektonischen Kultur.
• vermögen den architektonischen Entwurfsprozess aus dem Innenraum heraus zu steuern.
• verfügen über vertiefte Kenntnisse des computerbasierten architektonischen Entwerfens und können maschinellen Prozesse entwickeln.
• können Innenräume und insbesondere Lichtführung und Materialität in den verschiedensten Medien darstellen.
• sind befähigt, ihren Entwurfsprozess mit Computers der CNC-Fräse zu koppeln und Teile einer baulichen Struktur herzustellen.
• denken und argumentieren eigenständig auf verschiedenen konzeptionelle Ebenen und können eine kritische Diskussion der Architektur führen.
• sind befähigt, ihren Entwurfsprozess mit einer breiten Palette von Medien aufzubauen und kritisch in Bezug zur Aufgabenstellung darzulegen.
• beginnen Entwurfsprozesse selbständig zu strukturieren und zu reflektieren.
• können die gestellten Aufgaben selbständig innerhalb gesetzter Zeitvorgaben erarbeiten und eigenständig umsetzen.
• vermögen die Komplexität ihrer Projektarbeit am Computer, in Planform und Modell sowie in Sprache und Schrift überzeugend zu kommunizieren.
• können Ideen und Argumente im architektonischen Diskurs kritisch und analytisch formulieren und gezielt einsetzen.

Die Prüfung der Lernergebnisse erfolgt separat in den einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen (Zwischen- und Schlusskritiken mit externen Kritikern).

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 4.1 55%
Entwurf 4.2 27%
Kompaktprojekt 4 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

• 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.

Projektunterricht im Atelier mit Inputvorlesungen, Exkursionen, Gruppenarbeiten, Einzelgesprächen.

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.

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.

Die Prüfung der Lernergebnisse erfolgt separat in den einzelnen Lehrveranstaltungen (Zwischen- und Schlusskritiken mit externen Kritikern).

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%

• The various contents of the Elective Courses are discussed in the descriptions of the single courses.

Lectures, seminars.

The module Electives UrbanScape I seeks to establish complementary knowledge and integrative understanding for the concentration UrbanScape. The students choose 4 courses from 6 possible courses.

The aim is to provide students with the complementary professional knowledge and intellectual instruments to approach the problems discussed in the design project studios.

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

• Present and evaluate arguments, information and ideas concerning the discipline.
• An understanding of professional vocabulary and concepts.
• Confidence in analysing case studies of urban structures and the ability to infer principles and motivations.
• Demonstrate the ability to work with other students for assignments, readings and protocols.
• 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, and the ability to integrate these aspects in an individual design thinking and work.

• The various assessment methods are discussed in the descriptions of the single courses.

All 4 chosen 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 average of the single course grades.

• 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 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.

• 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