Since 2018, the teaching and research area of architectural theory has been cooperating with the Dutch Landscape Foundation Limburg. The aim of the cooperation is to convert the former Hoogcruts monastery complex into an euregional future workshop. At the site not far from Gulpen, users
Stegreif / Impromptu Architekturtheorie: "Sensory architecture" Sustainable things are things to which we attach lasting value; things with which we feel permanently connected. Fundamental to this connection is the sensory appearance of things. We ask about the sensory qualities of sustainable materials: What acoustic, visual,
Wahlfach – Seminar Master 3 ECTS (in English) The question of the durability of materials, or their ephemerality, affects not only the architectural form but also our senses. How does matter appear to us? What is the visual, olfactory, acoustic and haptic sensation of building matter?
In the coming winter semester, we will continue our lecture and discussion series, which for more than four decades has stimulated reflection on current issues in architecture. This time, the series focuses on the concept of the "collective". We ask: How do the collectives of
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
These research modules are part of the Indo-German university cooperation with IIT Roorkee, supported by DAAD. During the third part of our research module we will extend our common database on Indian and European sustainable architecture. This inventory, integrating operational knowledge on substances, building techniques
The former monastery complex of Hoogcruts near the Dutch municipality of Gulpen is in the process of being rebuilt. Commissioned by the Limburg Landscape Foundation, the owner of the site, the HX agency accompanies the consolidation of the site and designs a transitional period with
This “Stegreif” project aims to envision experimental micro-gardens for one season. By working on a small surface or micro-plot, the project offers an in-situ intervention at Hoogcruts, a former abbey near Gulpen (NL). The walled area of the the abbey, which is currently undergoing a
The Junior Professorship for Recyclable Construction has created an ecological materials database that can be consulted both in the rooms of the professorship and at https://emmy.rb.rwth-aachen.de/de/. The aim of our cooperative seminar will be to expand the data resources to include samples and patterns for