Architecture (B.A.)

2nd semester

• Architectural Design II / CAD II

  Architectural Design II
  Communication is a core quality required by architects, whether it be interpersonal communication, communicating with the world, about the job, or with the client and other planning partners. Communication is essential and enables architects to develop ideas and communicate these ideas in an understandable way. You will learn the foundations and methods of architectural design. You will develop architectural imagination and will acquire skills to evaluate and communicate in the field of architecture.

  CAD II
  You will acquire in-depth skills using job-specific CAD software.
  We will design simple buildings as spatial models using intelligent components in BIM (Building Information Modeling). By means of surface design and lighting, photorealistic representations will be created in rendering processes.

• History of Architecture II

  These lectures form the second part of the two-semester cycle on the history of architecture from antiquity to the present. The summer semester lectures are held directly after the winter semester. The course begins with the modern era and runs chronologically from the Renaissance and Baroque through Classicism and Historicism to Modernism, Postwar Modernism and Postmodernism. In addition to stylistic historical development, a range of issues including urban planning and the construction and historical aspects of each era will be included.

• Foreign language English

  Students will learn the vocabulary necessary to describe and discuss architectural topics in English through various assignments and with the help of media content. They will be introduced to pronunciation and rhetoric in presenting designs as well as when communicating in English with clients and construction partners. Students will also develop an understanding for the approach, jargon and style of architecture in English-speaking countries.

• Building Construction II

  In the module Building Construction II , students will learn to understand different building materials and their construction methods as well as how to use these in planning.We will prepare the details and work plans for a small-scale structure, e.g., a single-family house.Students will learn to combine construction planning with architectural design, structural design and building climate considerations. Main topics will include foundations, flat and pitched roofs, ceilings and floors, and stairs.

• Building Climatology I

  You will learn about the criteria for comfortable living and workspaces, about the physical principles of heat transfer, as well as about the requirements for winter and summer thermal insulation, moisture protection, sound insulation, room acoustics and lighting.
  After completing this module, you will be able to design and evaluate building components based on physical criteria in accordance with the architectural design.

• Drawing and Sculpture II

  The module deals with the three-dimensional criteria of our visual perception. Important topics include the relationship between detailed and large-scale form, contrasting sets and densities, composition criteria, criteria for the perception of volume, volume deformation and composition, and the foundations of proportion theory.

3rd semester

• Architectural Design/Building Design I

  In the module Architectural Design, you will design complex multi-story buildings with differentiated spatial concepts. Entwerfen You will learn to combine function, form and technology. We will discuss the social relevance of architecture and deal with the careful use of material and ecological resources. You will learn to create an architectural design - from the analysis of the existing situation, through initial spatial and functional ideas to the detailed design and presentation.

  Building Design supports the process of designing. Gebäudelehre This module provides the fundamentals, facts and requirements for the proper design and function of a wide variety of building types: You will learn to organize buildings and operational processes in a meaningful way and will understand the logic of common organizational structures and building systems. We will discuss, for example, the typology of development concepts, the distinction between service and served spaces, building law requirements and barrier-free construction.

• Theory of Architecture

  This module provides insight into key architectural issues that have recurred throughout history. The lecture series addresses practical issues of architectural design and shows how aspects of construction, function and form are intertwined. You will learn to discuss architectural theory from the basis of key positions.

• Urban Design / Urban Planning I

  The module Urban Design / Urban Planning I is the first part of a two-semester introduction to the fundamentals of urban design and planning including their correlations. With the help of interactive lectures, students will be introduced to historical developments, legal and technical frameworks, current fields of action and challenges, as well as actors in urban design and planning. During seminars, students will learn basic tools and methods used in urban and spatial analysis and design. Through assignments at different scales, students will deepen their understanding of scale and interdisciplinary relationships in objects ranging from buildings to urban regions and cultural landscapes.

• Construction III

  The focus of this module Baukonstruktion III is the theoretical understanding and practical implementation of frame constructions. You will learn to transform a conceptual idea into a realizable object and to present your planning in working and detailed designs. We will discuss timber construction and questions of timber protection as well as steel and reinforced concrete supporting structures.

• Structural design I

  You will learn which structural systems are used in actual buildings. Which loads affect load-bearing structures? What are the load-bearing capacities of the various building materials? We will determine the loads on common structures (ceilings, walls, roofs), consider different structural systems (beams, arches, frames, etc.), and will determine the internal forces on simple structural systems.

• Drawing and Sculpture III

  Students will learn to grasp spatial situations through the use of two-dimensional tools. Without having to know perspective rules, three-dimensional connections can still be drawn. This is essentially achieved by observing objects and the space in-between objects as equal - a crucial technique required for development of the subsequent skill of the seeing and measuring of alignments and true slopes. This module is a “school of seeing” and teaches basic compositional understanding.
  In practical assignments, you will learn how to spatially divide a drawing sheet and display individual objects as well as entire composition groups confidently and correctly. We will explore graphic techniques for representing light and shadow, strong and light contrasts, lines and shapes. We will develop both short impromptu sketches and create detailed representations in large formats.