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Die Studierenden sind in der Lage, die während des Studiums erprobten entwerferischen, kreativen und wissenschaftlichen Methoden in reflektierter Weise für die Konzeption und Ausarbeitung von architektonischen Aufgaben einzusetzen. Sie bewältigen die konstruktiv-technischen, typologischen, theoretischen, historischen, städtebaulichen, ästhetischen und soziokulturellen Anforderungen an Architektur in integrativer und synergetischer Weise. Sie verfügen über vertiefte Kenntnisse in analogen und digitalen Präsentations- und Kommunikationstechniken sowie in der Vermittlung und verbalen Präsentation von Architekturentwürfen.

POROSITY MATTERS!

The studio investigates porosity and weathering as active design agents, aiming to reimagine the architecture as a responsive, hydrological system and vertical landscape within the urban environment.

The studio’s central inquiry draws on the metaphor of the sponge city—a concept where urban landscapes absorb and manage rainwater to reduce flooding and improve water quality. This studio seeks to translate its horizontal logic into a vertical typology: a layered building that absorbs, redirects, and processes water flow. In this scenario, walls become thickened and stratified, their sections resembling tectonic formations. Mimicking an infrastructural landscape, the architecture becomes capable of retaining, channelling, and remediating rainwater. Particular attention is given to conglomerate, a distinctive and historically significant Alpine material. Its granular texture, rich colour, and natural porosity serve as both a material precedent and a conceptual anchor. Used directly or replicated through reconstituted aggregates, its lithic character offers a lens through which questions of sedimentation, fracture, and reassembly are materially negotiated.

Site: Students will design a mixed-use auditorium, nestled between the stone walls. Given this framework, students can add project-specific programmatic elements. All projects are situated above the Siegmundstor/Neutor in Salzburg (47°47'56.0"N 13°02'23.5"E).

Excursions & Lectures: As part of the studio, two site visits to Salzburg will be organised in spring. Travelling expenses are not covered. In addition, input activities in and around  Innsbruck will be organised. A lecture series by architects and researchers relevant to the studio brief will accompany the studio.

Lehrveranstaltungsprüfung gemäß § 6 Satzungsteil, Studienrechtliche Bestimmungen.

Wird im Rahmen der ersten Lehrveranstaltung besprochen.

Anmeldung nicht erforderlich; die Teilnehmer/innen werden aus dem Wintersemester übernommen.