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Internship / Practical Training BA

Internship / Practical Training BA

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelor'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
  • Externe Berufspraxis, von der Hochschule begleitet und überwacht.
  • Ein verpflichtendes Betreuungsgespräch mit dem Verantwortlichen der Berufspraxis während des Praktikums.
  • Präsentation, schriftlicher Bericht und Dokumentation bewertet durch Experten und die Modulleitung (Gesamtaufwand 6 L / 4.5 Stunden).
Module number:
2203088
Semester:
WS 06/07
ECTS Credits:
18
Courses:
480 L / 360 h
Self-study:
108 h
Language:
German
Scheduled Semester:
1-6

Study Abroad/ Special Studies (Design Theory)

Study Abroad/ Special Studies (Design Theory)

Study Programmes
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.
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
Module number:
2403079
Semester:
WS 07/08
ECTS Credits:
27
Courses:
217 L / 163 h
Self-study:
539 h
Language:
English
Scheduled Semester:
3

Master-Thesis Design Theory

Master-Thesis Design Theory

Study Programmes
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.
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.
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.
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.
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%
Module number:
2403078
Semester:
WS 07/08
ECTS Credits:
27
Courses:
217 L / 163 h
Self-study:
539 h
Language:
English
Scheduled Semester:
4

History, Theory and Design I

History, Theory and Design I

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

In der Architekturgeschichte sollen die Relevanz von Geschichte, die historiographischen Methoden und entscheidende Momente des geschichtlichen Geschehens von der Antike bis zur Renaissance exemplarisch erwähnt werden. Es wird ein gesamtheitliches Verständnis von Geschichte angestrebt. Das Studium dieser historischen Beispiele soll durch das Lesen von standardisierten Darstellungen aus der Architektur, in Plan, Schnitt und Aufriss erfolgen.
Im Bildnerischen Gestalten und CAD und Multimedia soll das Kennenlernen von häufig verwendeten Darstellungsmethoden und -Medien in der Architektur und im Bauwesen gefördert werden. Die Studierenden sollen, durch die Vermittlung von darstellerischen Methoden und Medien aus dem analogen und aus dem digitalen Bereich, lernen das eigene architektonische Denken im Entwurfsprozess zu externalisieren und für Dritte verständlich zu machen.
Learning Results
Die Studierenden verfügen am Ende des Moduls über:
  • Grundlegende Kenntnisse aus der Geschichte der Architektur aus der Antike bis zur Renaissance.
  • Kenntnis von kanonischen Beispielen aus der Antike bis Anfang Renaissance und können daraus die wichtigsten gestalterischen Grundsätze dieser Epochen nennen und beschreiben und sie in einen gesamtheitlichen, geschichtlichen Zusammenhang stellen.
  • Praktischen Umgang mit der Skizze und Freihandzeichnen und kennen deren Möglichkeiten als Abstraktion und Synthese und können ihre eigenen Ideen und Vorstellungen grafisch festhalten.
  • Kenntnis der Grundlagen der perspektivischen Darstellung im Analogen wie auch im Digitalen.
  • Praktischen Umgang mit den gängigen CAD Programmen und können mit diesen Modelle in 2D sowie 3D erstellen, diese visualisieren und in Bild und Video erfassen.
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:

Architekturgeschichte 1 33%
Bildnerisches Gestalten 1 33%
CAD und Multimedia 33%
Module number:
2403010
Semester:
WS 07/08
ECTS Credits:
5
Courses:
90 L / 68 h
Self-study:
50 h
Language:
English
Scheduled Semester:
1

History, Theory and Design V

History, Theory and Design V

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
  • In der Architekturgeschichte wird die Architektur der Frühmoderne und Moderne im deutschsprachigen Kulturraum sowie in den Niederlanden bis in die Gegenwartsarchitektur anhand von wichtigen Beispielen erklärt.
  • In der Landschaftsarchitektur werden die historischen Entwicklungen des Aufgabenfeldes der Landschaftsarchitektur, die Grundlagen der städtischen Freiraumtypen sowie sozialwissenschaftliche und ökologische Aspekte der Landschaftsarchitektur erläutert.
  • Die Lehrinhalte der angebotenen Wahlfächer sind in den Beschreibungen der entsprechenden Lehrveranstaltungen aufgeführt.
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 ausgebaut, in neue Zusammenhänge gebracht und mit Interessen der Gegenwart in Beziehung gesetzt werden.
In der Landschaftsarchiektur soll, aufbauend auf den oben erwähnten Grundlagen, die historischen und die planerischen Grundlagen der Landschaftsarchitektur gelegt werden.
Die Wahlfächer aus dem Bereich Geschichte und Theorie und aus dem Bereich Gestaltung sollen das Hintergrundwissen der Studierenden spezifisch vertiefen.
Learning Results
Die Studierenden verfügen am Ende des Moduls über:
  • Kenntnisse aus der Geschichte der Architektur von der Frühmoderne bis zur Gegenwart une können anhand von kanonischen Beispielen daraus die wichtigsten gestalterischen Grundsätze dieser Epochen nennen und beschreiben und sie in einen gesamtheitlichen, geschichtlichen Zusammenhang stellen.
  • Kenntnisse aus der Geschichte der Landschaftsarchitektur bis und mit der Gegenwart und können diese, aufgrund ihres Wissens aus der Architekturgeschichte, in einen gesamtheitlichen Zusammenhang stellen.
  • Die Lernergebnisse der angebotenen Wahlfächer sind in den Beschreibungen der entsprechenden Lehrveranstaltungen aufgeführt.
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:

Architekturgeschichte 3 25%
Landschaftsarchitektur 1 25%
Wahlfach Geschichte und Theorie 25%
(Architektur und Gesellschaft oder Einführung in die Philospie)
Wahlfach Gestaltung 25%
(Typographie für Architektur oder Film)
Module number:
2403037
Semester:
WS 07/08
ECTS Credits:
5
Courses:
90 L / 68 h
Self-study:
50 h
Language:
German
Scheduled Semester:
3

Architectural Design V

Architectural Design V

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Bachelor's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
  • Städtebauliche Analysephase im konkreten Umfeld und architektonischer Entwurf mit starken konstruktiven Komponenten: Mehrgeschossigkeit und komplexe Nutzungszusammenhänge, hauptsächliches Augenmerk auf Wohnungsbau, Vertiefung von konstruktiven und technischen Aspekten innerhalb des Projektes mit integrierten Experten aus dem Modulen Bautechnik oder Theorie.
  • Städtebauliche und ortsplanerische Analysephase in konkretem Gebiet, Entwicklung von Nutzungszenarien: Einführung in den städtebaulichen Entwurfsprozess, Vertiefung von spezifischen planerischen Inhalten mit integrierten Experten.
  • 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 bis IV werden die Grundlagen des architektonischen Entwerfens vertieft und auf den Abschluss des Bachelor-Studiums vorbereitet.

Einerseits steht die Integration einer individuellen Entwurfsmethodik im architektonischen Entwerfen und Konstruieren mit vertieften Inhalten aus anderen Disziplinen, insbesondere mit dem Einbezug von integriertem Fachwissen aus dem Modulen Bautechnik und Theorie im Vodergrund. Andererseits steht die Einführung in die Methodik des städtebaulichen Entwerfens und das Ausbilden des Wahrnehmungs- und Gestaltungsvermögens des städtischen Raums im Zentrum. Darüber hinaus wird in kompakter Form das prozesshafte Erarbeiten von Kenntnissen und Fähigkeiten in einem erweiterten entwerferischen Themenbereich vertieft.
Learning Results
Die Studierenden
  • verfügen über vertiefte Kenntnisse und ein eigenständiges Verständnis der Architektur und des architektonischen Entwerfens.
  • verfügen über Kenntnisse und ein Verständnis des urbanen und suburbanen Raums und des städtebaulichen Entwerfens und von spezifischen verwandten Disziplinen.
  • denken und argumentieren selbständig auf verschiedenen konzeptionelle Ebenen und können eine kritische Diskussion zu architektonischen und städtebaulichen Fragen führen.
  • verstehen es, ihren Entwurfsprozess gezielt mit einer ausgewählten Palette von Medien aufzubauen und kritisch in Bezug zur Aufgabenstellung darzulegen und engagiert zu vermitteln.
  • sind fähig, ihren Entwurfsprozesse selbständig zu strukturieren, zu reflektieren und zu kontrollieren.
  • sind in der Lage, komplexe Anforderungen an ein Gebäude, an ein Gebiet oder einen Stadtteil im Entwurf zu werten und umzusetzen.
  • erarbeiten die gestellten Aufgaben selbständig innerhalb gesetzter Zeitvorgaben eigenständig und bauen ihr eigenes Zeitmanagement auf.
  • kommunizieren die Komplexität ihrer Projektarbeit in Planform und Modell sowie in Sprache und Schrift überzeugend.
  • formulieren eigene Ideen im architektonischen und städtebaulichen Diskurs kritisch und analytisch und setzen ihre Argumente gezielt ein.
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 5.1 55%
Entwurf 5.2 27%
Kompaktprojekt 5 18%
Module number:
2403036
Semester:
WS 07/08
ECTS Credits:
17
Courses:
210 L / 158 h
Self-study:
272 h
Language:
German
Scheduled Semester:
5

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:
2403073
Semester:
WS 07/08
ECTS Credits:
12
Courses:
320 L / 240 h
Self-study:
72 h
Language:
English/German
Scheduled Semester:
1-4

Sustainable Design I

Sustainable Design I

Study Programmes
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.
  • 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 focussing the issues of sustainability and the performance of the building envelope.
  • Developpment of creative design skills integrating sustainable building technology.
  • Guest lecturers and professors coming from an international context teaching alternating contents as compact projects, which complement the regular Projects Studios.
  • 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 sustainable design and provide the intellectual cultural and technological context for the study in achitecture.
Lectures, seminars.
Learning Objectives
The module Sustainable Design I seeks to establish the theoretical and professional frame to an integrated and specific architectural debate and project making within the concentration Sustainable Design.
The topics center on issues to develop critical positions towards subjective reasoning in the field of sustainable design and to further the ability to root these positions in the theory of building construction and technology, as well as in the political, sociological, and cultural context of contemporary architecture and society.

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 module Courses Sustainable Design 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:
  • Knowledge that covers and integrates most of the principle areas, features, boundaries, terminology and conventions of the discipline of architecture focused on the issues of sustainability and the performance of the building envelope.
  • A researched understanding of sustainability in order to take a position as a designer reflected in the ability to devise and implement strategies for sitting, energy use, choice of construction, materials and processes, as well as for the quality of the internal environment and micro-climate.
  • A researched and integrated knowledge of building construction and materials, structural design and energy transfer mechanisms synthesized in coherent design projects that express architectural intentions and considerations of a sustainable environment.
  • Execute complex defined and self-defined projects of research, development or investigation and identify and implement relevant outcomes.
  • Communicate and articulate ideas and informations fluently in english language and work comprehensively in visual, oraland 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.
  • Development of critical position as an individual designer and contribute this to the on-going studio debate. Deal with complex ethical and professional issues.
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.

Project Studio Sustainable Design 1 82%
Compact Project Sustainable Design 1 18%
Module number:
2403068
Semester:
WS 07/08
ECTS Credits:
17
Courses:
220 L / 165 h
Self-study:
264 h
Language:
English
Scheduled Semester:
1

Electives Urbanscape I

Electives Urbanscape I

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
Master's degree programme in Architecture
Project Description
  • The various contents of the Elective Courses are discussed in the descriptions of the single courses.
Teaching Method
Lectures, seminars.
Learning Objectives
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.
Learning Results
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.
Assessment Methods
  • The various assessment methods are discussed in the descriptions of the single courses.
Examination
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.
Module number:
2403082
Semester:
WS 07/08
ECTS Credits:
6
Courses:
120 L / 90 h
Self-study:
66 h
Language:
English
Scheduled Semester:
1

Courses Urbanscape I

Courses Urbanscape I

Module Coordinator/Lecturers
Study Programmes
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:
2403081
Semester:
WS 07/08
ECTS Credits:
5
Courses:
90 L / 68 h
Self-study:
50 h
Language:
English
Scheduled Semester:
1
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