Design I - Project

Description

This module is dedicated to architectural design. Corresponding to the teaching and research content of the respective institute, a project task is assigned, which is then thoroughly worked through, from the comprehension/elaboration of the matter, through the idea and development, to the visualization and presentation of the work. Depending on the institute’s focus, architectural design includes object design down to the architectural detail, urban planning, as well as the landscape architectural scale. The aim of the module addresses physical form as spatial and tectonic structure or the spatial unfolding of development processes. Designing is project-based learning that builds on scientific, technical, cultural and artistic knowledge; and at the same time reflects and expands this knowledge in creative debate. The result of this discussion is a design process, in which students position themselves within the discipline by addressing social issues and climatic, economic and cultural challenges in our field using both traditional as well as new methods of planning and implementation. A successful design process finds solutions to current social, economic and ecological issues of building and attempts to address these issues in a constructive manner.