Master’s in Architecture (DIA)

You're cordially invited to visit our DIA Final Presentations.
Second-Year Studios will present their thesis projects from Wednesday the 8th until Friday the 10th of July, and First-Year Studios will present their final projects between Wednesday the 15th and Thursday the 16th of July.

Place:
Studios in Building 08.
Building 03 - Rooms 103 and 106
Building 02 - Room 205

Time:
Starting at 10:00 am.

We've extended our application deadline for the Winter Semester 2026 until June 15th. 
Apply now! 

You need some guidance with your application process? 
Contact us: dia@hs-anhalt.de

Join us for Perspectives: Alumni Talks, an annual event that connects Hochschule Anhalt alumni and students, creating a space for inspiring conversations, shared experiences, and valuable insights.

This year, our guests are DIA graduates Petar Petricevic, Yolandé Gouws, and Johan Rey. They will offer insights into their career paths, sharing details about their daily work, working methods, and exciting projects.

Petar Petricevic is a Brussels-based architect collaborating with diverse entities within the city’s established creative network.
Alongside his ongoing collaboration with 51N4E since 2017, he established his own practice, “Penduloop”, in 2025, focusing on the design of physical and digital environments and the interaction between the two. At 51N4E, he is mainly focused on the projects within the Open Public Structures programme.

Yolandé Gouws is a Barcelona and Berlin-based South African artist.
Trained as an architect, she has developed artworks, installations, exhibitions, and spatial concepts in close collaboration with internationally recognised artists, designers, and institutions before establishing her own textile-based practice. 

Johan Rey, M.A. Architect born in Bogotá in 1989, is an architect whose practice bridges design, education, and sustainable urban futures. He studied architecture at the National University of Colombia (2013), continued his academic development at the Universidad de Buenos Aires in Argentina, and later completed a Master of Arts in Architecture at the Dessau Institute of Architecture (DIA) in Germany (2019). His professional trajectory spans more than a decade between Bogotá and Berlin, with roles ranging from co-founder of the architecture practice Rizoma Arquitectura in Bogotá, to architect positions in renowned Berlin offices such as Ortner & Ortner Baukunst. Since 2022, he has co-led assemble.berlin, a collaborative initiative that develops architecture and urbanism workshops for children—particularly those with migration backgrounds.

The lecture will be held in English.
It starts at 6.30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall of Building 08.

Date: May 27th, 2026.
Time: 6.30 p.m.
Place: Lecture Hall of Building 08.

Photo 1: Petar Petricevic
Photo 2: _694 THz (ultramarine loom)_, 2020, photo by Barbara Cilliers 
Photo 3: Lisa Vlasenko
 

On July 14th we held our traditional graduation ceremony at the Bauhaus Aula. Our guest speaker was Erasmus Eller from Eller+Eller Architects, we announced the winners of the Lars-Lerup and Robert-Oxman Awards, and enjoyed a concert by the band Täpe. Congratulations to all graduates!

The winners of the Lars-Lerup (1st Year) and Robert-Oxman Awards (Thesis) were announced during the graduation ceremony at the Bauhaus Auditorium on July 14th.
This year's winners are:

Lars-Lerup Award:
    Joy Ann Lim Ee Hsien - “One Roof Library”
    Mert Aydin - “Open Academy”
    Mina Markovic - “The Copper Armor”

Robert-Oxman Award:
    Hardik Jain - “Tomorrow Comes Today”
    Amr Salah Abdelghani Aboeleinein - “Zeitz as a Carbon Sink”
    Ayeza Zahid - “Latent Habitats”

Congratulations to all of them!

You may watch the videos of the winners and nominated projects at the following links:
Lars Lerup: https://vimeo.com/showcase/10499318
Robert Oxman: https://vimeo.com/showcase/10494773

On July 5th, 2023, we celebrated the opening of the international photography exhibition “Welcome Home, Welcome Home”, organised by our own students.

In this exhibition, five students from five different countries, explore the meaning of "Home and the distance to it. The lack of what we’ve once felt as “home” has an amazing ability to resurface our long-lost momentary responses. The momentary responses that made us feel like something was a home." (From the curatorial text)

Participants:

• Elena Maldonado Suárez (Spain - COOP)
• Mohammad Abu-Khadra (Jordan - DIA)
• Siavash Nejadahad Anzabi (Iran - DIA)
• Mert Aydin (Turkey - DIA)
• Mina Markovic (Serbia - DIA)

The exhibition will be open until the 13th of July 2023, from 12:00-18:00.
Place: ExpoWurm (In front of building 8, Campus Dessau)

The exhibition was made possible by support from DIA and the International Office of Hochschule Anhalt.

Four DIA students from Malaysia, Lee Jia Yee, Erin Kong Shue Men, Sylvester Ying Ch'ng, and Win Shen Tay, won an award at BAU 2023 in Munich, Germany's largest construction trade fair. Traditionally, the Bundesvereinigung Altbauerneuerung e.V. (BAKA) (Federal Association for the Renovation of Old Buildings) holds a public event during the fair to present and judge the student competition “Students | Design | Future”, which is held under the patronage of the Minister of Building and Urban Affairs, Ms Clara Geywitz.

After a pre-selection by the BAKA, ten teams from universities and colleges from all over Germany presented term papers that were particularly oriented towards aspects of climate protection and sustainability. Among them was the team from Dessau which, introduced by Prof. Nadja Häupl, presented its contribution entitled “A productive neighbourhood - revitalisation of the slaughterhouse area in Halle (Saale)”. The top-class jury of experts found it the most convincing and awarded it first prize in this renowned competition.

In Prof. Ralf Niebergall’s Studio, the students dealt with the slaughterhouse site in the east of Halle, which had been derelict for a long time. The focus was on preserving the beautiful industrial architecture of the listed buildings from the 19th century, which are to be revived with innovative concepts for a sustainable circular economy.

Congratulations to our students for this important award.

Congratulations to Dmytro Krasnyi for receiving a recognition of this year's Konrad Wachsman Award for his project: Ukrainian Timber Pavilion.

Congratulations to all this year's Robert Oxman Award Winners

1st prize

Dmytro Krasnyi

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/726347890

2nd prize

Abrar E. Masum

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/726348245

3rd prize

Susan Linnet Lauterbach Slesarchik

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/726348136

Honorable mention

Tefilla Pealfu

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/726348920

Congratulations to all DIA Graduates 2022.

Our first year DIA student Dishant Upendra Soni got elected to the University Senat and the Faculty Council.

We congratulate him and wish him an exciting time when representing the voice of international students at Anhalt University.

1st Prize

Ghazy, Hossam

Project: Emancipated [In]formality

https://vimeo.com/diadessau/review/568884400/6d32bac22b?sort=lastUserActionEventDate&direction=desc

2nd Prize

Tristan Bergmoser

Project: Concrete Dreams

https://vimeo.com/diadessau/review/570612572/c526201f17?sort=lastUserActionEventDate&direction=desc

3rd Prize

Seshiena Lotsu 

Project: The Ungated Community

https://vimeo.com/diadessau/review/570614457/b56de3b089?sort=lastUserActionEventDate&direction=desc

Honorable Mention

Anam Tariq

Project: Coming to Terms with Absurdity

https://vimeo.com/diadessau/review/570612232/114dd8b1ce?sort=lastUserActionEventDate&direction=desc

Thank you to the jury members:

Nadja Häupl (head of jury), Like Bijlsma, Christoph Kohl, Amelie Rost, Fredrik Skatar

1st prize

Andrii Shcherbina 

Project: Robotron

https://vimeo.com/diadessau/review/573001266/19c7619b71?sort=lastUserActionEventDate&direction=desc

2nd prize

Ana María González Duplat

Project: Wondering Cape

https://vimeo.com/diadessau/review/573001552/832ea3443c?sort=lastUserActionEventDate&direction=desc

3rd prize

Vesë Ademaj

Project: The Reimagined Pattern

https://vimeo.com/diadessau/review/572532640/a162e50183?sort=lastUserActionEventDate&direction=desc

Thank you to the jury members:

Ralf Niebergall (head of jury), Jean-Marie Beslou, Roger Bundschuh, Peter Ruge, Nele Vesta Zareh

The students were happy to receive their diplomas in on the stage of the historic Bauhaus. ©Fotos: Mauricio Sosa-Norena

Congratulations to all DIA graduates 2021. We want to thank Kim Kyung-Ae for her motivating speech. Also thanks to Nurin Abdullah & Riddhi Kumar for their charming student speech. ©Fotos: Mauricio Sosa-Norena