Sharpening of understanding the experienced and efficient handling of scientific questions as the basis of a written and oral presentation with thematic focus on architectural history and construction.
Current lectures by international experts will be analyzed, discussed and interpreted.
The students find a topic of their choice in the context of architectural history and deepen this in a scientific context. At the end of the course, the students present their respective scientific work in the form of a lecture and a paper in a publishable form.

Scientific work requires sophisticated methods of presentation, adapted to the specific problem. 
The students propose certain issues in the course, which will be discussed in general with all participants and supervised individually.
Additionally during the semester, evening lectures with detailed discussions will be held by external experts. After the lectures in the lecture hall, the students have the possibility to talk with the experts at the institute, thus coming in contact with renowned scientists and actively get engaged in discussions.

Language: German and English

Skriptum Teil 1 und Teil 2 can be downloaded.

Skriptum Teil 3 und Teil 4 will be provided as digital download shortly in advance of the particular lecture.

Two examples of articles (from 2015 and 2016) can be downloaded.

1. End of January 2017: Submission of a scientific article. See Instruction for writing articles.pdf

2. End of January 2017 (by agreement): Power-point presentation of the scientific research. 10 min presentation, 10 min discussion