Internships are essential to prepare for later employment. In the Master's degree programmes of the Faculty of Architecture, too, the compulsory six-month internship provides valuable insights into the variety of possible professional fields for which the study of architecture or urban planning prepares students. Under
During the excursionof the Pentecost week, the bamboo workshop from the previous winter term 2021/22 was continued in Hoogcruts. The students of RWTH succeeded in almost completing the roof construction for the rammed earth walls despite rainy weather conditions. To span the surface, the bamboo
From 22 to 26 March 2022, the teaching and research area of architectural theory in the Hoogcruts monastery continued the euregional bamboo workshop that started in November last year. Once again, the students of the Academy of the Chamber of Crafts Aachen "Gut Rosenberg" and
Mutualism in construction processes -a social reintegration of the modern construction industry as a result of loss of solidarity and community The PhD project will not focus on building in the community and the question of its conceptual foundations, but will reflect on the mutualistic conditionalities
From 22 to 25 November 2021, the teaching and research area of architectural theory organised an euregional bamboo workshop at the Hoogcruts monastery. Students from the Academy of the Aachen Chamber of Crafts "Gut Rosenberg" and Master's students from RWTH Aachen University were involved in
"Sustainable Euregio - Care, Ecology, Recycling" is the programmatic title of the first ARCHIREG symposium. ARCHIREG, a federative network of the architecture schools of Aachen, Hasselt, Liège, Maastricht and the Academy of the Chamber of Crafts Aachen, unites teachers and students of the Rhine-Meuse region
An exhibition in the context of the 1st archireg symposium "sustainable Euregio" The project task: After the successful conclusion of our Summer Academy 2020 in the monastery garden of Hoogcruts, we would like to broaden our view once again and would like to explore the potentials of
„Enkyklios paideia“ is a Greek expression that means “Circular Education”. The actual translation of this expression is ‘Encyclopedia’ which stands for the most ambitious attempt to gather human knowledge into a single publication, like a book or a hard drive. Unfortunately, although being ideally affordable, publishing
Since 2019, the Department of Architectural Theory and Research has been cooperating with the Het Limburgs Landschap Foundation, owner of the former Hoogcruts monastery complex near the Dutch municipality of Gulpen and the border triangle. We support the foundation in the conversion process of the
Bamboo is a rhizomatic plant that spreads in underground branches. A common feature of the numerous bamboo species, which all belong to the grass family, is the rapid growth of the culms with a tube-like cross-section. As a material, bamboo opens up a special space