After successful completion of the course, students are able to analyze traditional and contemporary industrial, commercial and public buildings and processes and to reproduce the findings in the context of a term paper. 

Due to COVID-19 situation the excursion is postponed.

Within an interdisciplinary excursion, traditional and contemporary industrial, commercial and public buildings are visited and analyzed.

Information to the term paper:

• The term paper consists of a cover sheet and at least four A4 pages with a total of at least 1000 words.
• The term paper must be written in German or English language.
• The term paper must be provided with source and image credits.
• The term paper should not only summarize the innovative peculiarities, which are shown in the lectures, but also discuss them critically.
• Your own opinion on this topic should be incorporated into the work by pointing out possible problems, proposing solutions and highlighting additional possibilities.

Please note the guidelines of the Vienna University of Technology for dealing with plagiarism when drafting:

https://www.tuwien.at/fileadmin/Assets/dienstleister/Datenschutz_und_Dokumentenmanagement/Lehre_-_Leitfaden_zum_Umgang_mit_Plagiaten.pdf

You must fulfil the following conditions to pass the course with a positive grade:

• Attendance at the keynote lecture.
• Attendance at two freely selectable lectures during the Industriebauseminar.
• Presence during the excursion.
• Create a term paper for the three lectures and the excursion.