The Chair has been working with the former Hoogcruts monastery in the municipality of Gulpen since 2018. Since the beginning of the cooperation, real projects, workshops and designs have been conceived and implemented here by students of the RWTH and partners from other institutions. Since the monastery is still in a process of orientation and conversion, the cooperation from our side remains exciting and offers new projects every semester. Here you will find a bundle of the work and the results produced by the chair on and around the site of the former monastery.
https://theorie.arch.rwth-aachen.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Hoogcruts_workshopbamboo.mp4 From 6 to 10 June 2022, the Department of Architectural Theory and Research at RWTH Aachen University, under the direction of Prof. Axel Sowa, organised the second Summer School on sustainable building with clay, earth and bamboo in the Hoogcruts monastery not far from
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
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
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
The former abbey of Hoogcruts near the Dutch town of Gulpen is currently being redeveloped. HX, a Maastricht based planning agency, has been mandated by the owner of the place, the Landscape Foundation of Limburg. In close coordination with HX, we would like to promote
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
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
https://theorie.arch.rwth-aachen.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Hoogcruts20TotalV18d2819-12-2029-3.mp4 From 10 to 20 August 2020, the Department of Architectural Theory and Research at RWTH Aachen University, under the direction of Prof. Axel Sowa, organised a summer school on sustainable building with clay and earth in the Hoogcruts monastery not far from the Dutch