FF Uzunyala Rural Research: Uzunyayla (translated from Turkish: long plateau, large winter pasture) is a rural region near Kayseri in Turkey, consisting of a wide river plain and a flat mountain plain. Along two river courses are 42 small Circassian villages that live mainly from agriculture
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
How do you write a scientific paper correctly and comprehensibly? What are the formal requirements? How are research questions formulated, how is a thesis formulated, what is the difference to a hypothesis? How are sources named and cited in scientific papers? Correct writing is
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