Courses

Compulsory Modules (170 ECTS-Credits)

Compulsory Module 1: Fundamentals of Design (20 ECTS-Credits, 8 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Students are able to develop, depict and present simple designs under guidance. They are able to apply the different techniques such as sketching, model making, plan drawing and digital modelling in a design-oriented way. They understand the essential aspects of design processes in relation to urban planning, typology, engineering and artistic methods and are able to creatively integrate design-relevant criteria.

Compulsory Module 2: Presentation and Communication 1 (10 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: The students have theoretical and application-oriented knowledge in analogue and digital methods. They are able to handle the most important application programmes.

Compulsory Module 3: Presentation and Communication 2 (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: The students acquire basic theoretical and application-oriented competences as well as in representation and modelling of architectural geometries. They learn generally valid rules and conventions for writing scientific papers.

Compulsory Module 4: Fundamentals of Sustainable Building Construction (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: The students gain a basic understanding of climate-friendly and sustainable building as well as the interplay of technical, material-related and building-ecological demands on the architecture and the built environment.

Compulsory Module 5: Architecture and Structures (5 ECTS-Credits, 3 h) (no courses)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: The students understand the relationships between the structure, the different building systems, geometry and materiality. They are able to compare and evaluate structural systems and their impact on the design. They have a basic understanding of stability and component sizing.

Compulsory Module 6: Building Construction and Technology 1 (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)

Prerequisites for registration: Successful completion of compulsory module 4.

Learning Outcome: The students have a basic knowledge of design principles and building systems. They are able to assess building physics, building technology and energy concepts. They understand the basic relationships between construction, construction method, materiality, energy design and architectural design.

Compulsory Module 7: Structure, Design and Materialisation (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h) (no courses)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: The students acquire theoretical and application-oriented knowledge in methods of computer-based design, construction, materialisation and implementation. They are able to recognize their interactions, evaluate them and influence them through design methods in a reflected manner.

Compulsory Module 8: Building Construction and Technology 2 (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)

Prerequisites for registration: Successful completion of compulsory module 6.

Learning Outcome: The students gain an understanding of the relationships between building technology and construction design as well as practical knowledge in project organisation.

Compulsory Module 9: History and Theory of Architecture 1 (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: The students understand the basics and relationships of developments in the history of architecture and theoretical discourses within architecture.

Compulsory Module 10: History and Theory of Architecture 2 (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 6 h) (no courses)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: The students have a fundamental knowledge of history and theory of architecture. They are able to recognize and analyse the historical, sociological and cultural factors influencing architecture.

Compulsory Module 11: Theory and Practice of the Urban (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: The students are able to grasp the complexity of city and landscape, analyse it and relate it to the discourses of architectural theory.

Compulsory Module 12: Building Theory and Typology (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: The students know the basic spatial and typological concepts. They can recognize and analyse the interactions between people, space, buildings and typologies and present them in a reflected manner.

Compulsory Module 13: Artistic Discourses (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h) (no courses)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: The students have an overview of the artistic practice in its versatility and develop an understanding of the relevance and translation of artistic methods for architectural production.

Compulsory Module 14: Urban Design and Housing (5 ECTS-Credits, 4 h) (no courses)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: The students have a basic theoretical and application-oriented understanding of the design and planning of housing typologies and urban spaces. They are able to apply this knowledge for specific issues in a reflected manner.

Compulsory Module 15: Humans and Space (7.5 ECTS-Credits, 6 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: The students have a basic knowledge of the philosophical, creative, material and constructive aspects of spatial staging and object design.

Compulsory Module 16: Landscape and Territorial Strategies (5 ECTS-Credits, 2 h) (no courses)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: The students are able to understand and evaluate the basic methods and strategies of planning and designing landscapes and open spaces. They can relate these in a reflected way to local and global contexts.

Compulsory Module 17: Architectural Design 1 (10 ECTS-Credits, 5 h)

Prerequisites for registration: Successful completion of compulsory modules 1, 2 and 3.

Learning Outcome: Students are able to master simple design and planning tasks. They are able to analyse a design task, to formulate an architectural programme, to create a spatial concept and to translate it into an architectural design of a high aesthetic level.

Compulsory Module 18: Architectural Design 2 (10 ECTS-Credits, 5 h) (no courses)

Prerequisites for registration: Successful completion of compulsory modules 1, 2 and 3.

Compulsory Module 19: Architectural Design - Integrated Project (15 ECTS-Credits, 7 h)

Prerequisites for registration: Successful completion of compulsory module 17 and 18.

Learning Outcome: Students are able to master integrative design and planning tasks. They can independently and reflectively formulate an architectural concept, connect it with the discourse and implement it on different scales. They have specific methodological knowledge and skills for the integration of aesthetic, functional, programmatic, urban, typological, technical and environmental aspects.

Compulsory Module 20: Thematic Specialisation (10 ECTS-Credits, 4 h)

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: The students gain in-depth insights into special perspectives and working techniques of the various topics within the architecture and set individual emphases.

Compulsory Module 21: Design Studio / Bachelor's Thesis (15 ECTS-Credits, 5 h) (no courses)

Prerequisites for registration: Successful completion of compulsory module 19.

Learning Outcome: The students are able to apply the design, creative and scientific methods tested during the study programme for the conception and working out of architectural tasks in a reflected manner. They master the constructive, technical, typological, theoretical, historical, urban, aesthetic and socio-cultural requirements of architecture in an integrative and synergetic way. They have in-depth knowledge of analogue and digital presentation and communication tech-niques as well as in teaching and the verbal presentation of architectural designs.

Notes:

There may still be changes in the courses offered as well as room allocation and course dates.
The course descriptions found in the English version of the course catalogue are for informational purposes only. Authoritative information can be found in the "Vorlesungsverzeichnis" (German version of the course catalogue).

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