Architectural works are considered complete as soon as final acceptance has taken place. But what happens before that? In this seminar, we examine the production processes. The focus of our investigation is the craftsmen and their contributions to planning and building, which are often overlooked.
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
Next to the RWTH's shock wave laboratory, there has been a park for 40 years where students have been building clay domes and half-timbered pavilions by hand and foot without machines. These are improvisations that arise from the joint work of four students at a
The concept of mutualism, which was coined by Piotr Kropotkin, social mutual aid and cooperative-like structures in self-organised self-help groups.
The departments of Art History and Architectural Theory are jointly offering the module KUH IV (PO 2019) in the summer semester 2024 and have designed a hybrid course for this purpose.
The lecture "Architectural Theory" offers access to the theories of architecture in the period from 1770 to 1980 and opens up the cultural-historical contexts of Classicism, the Enlightenment and Modernism, in which intentions and architectural ideas are articulated.
How is architecture represented in films? And how is it documented? In this course we will watch, analyze and critically discuss films from the perspective of architectural knowledge.
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
Architectural criticism is to be examined and tested as part of the Bachelor's thesis for the winter semester 2023-24. In the course of the project, students will have the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the media and forms of architectural criticism. As part of a
For more than 40 years has grown a park next to the shock wave laboratory of the RWTH where students build clay domes and half-timbered pavilions by hand and foot without machines. These pavilions are improvisations that arise from the joint work of 4 students.