After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

• To plan in-depth research about a specific topic.
• Defining the framework for necessary documentation and research based on a research question.
• Conduct an independent research

This is a core course of the Modul Cultural Spaces

This course is one core course of the Module Cultural Spaces.

The topic of the Cultural Spaces module in the summer semester 2022 is

A new townscape protection concept for Bad Aussee

In cooperation with representatives of the municipality of Bad Aussee, the history of the town, the existing townscape protection concept and the necessity of revising it will be discussed and intensive documentation of the existing situation will be carried out. On the basis of these investigations, ideas for new impulses for the protection of the townscape and at the same time possible further development of the village will be developed.

The content of this course is research on the development of the townscape and the documentation of streets and ensembles of Bad Aussee. The existing townscape protection concept, historical photographs and interviews with those responsible for the town as well as with citizens of Bad Aussee form the basis for ideas on the reorientation of the existing townscape protection measures.

The course offers an introduction to social and cultural science aspects of architectural research. Teaching methodological tools to independently conduct empirical studies and make the results understandable. Special emphasis is laid on comparative architectural research, in which relationships between different aspects of the built environment in different cultural areas are compared or related to each other. This is intended to provide an understanding of the importance of the socio-cultural environment in shaping architecture. From this context, students should develop their own research questions to investigate this same sociocultural environment and its mediation.

>>>> Introduction: 14.03.2022 09:00am

>>>> Online via Zoom: https://tuwien.zoom.us/j/95572275616?pwd=ZlB3Wjk1emd2dXNRVXhnVVNjWk84dz09

• Introduction to the culture, art and architecture of the Ausseerland.
• introduction to the ideas of the existing townscape protection concept of bad Aussee
• Introduction to comparative research and analysis
• Practical exercises
• Introduction to scientific writing
• Supervision in writing a paper as it could be presented at a conference.

Compilation of research results on a specific topic

Conference-ready paper 10-12 pages, 

Requirements: At least one completed seminar or another theoretical work and basic experience in research