Foto: Art-Project: Anish Kapoor / Kunsthaus Bregenz, Copyright: Zumtobel

The module Spatial Design aims at examining the elements of material, light, color, form, perception of space and their use in a spatial context.

Spatial design encompasses all scales, from the design of furniture and objects to that of buildings, urban spaces and virtual worlds. In the module Spatial Design, we will work at the interfaces joining art, architecture and design, will search for new spatial solutions and visions, and will concern ourselves with the effects that design choices have on the user and the environment. The plan is to realise the design, or parts of it, as a mock-up in as much as possible on location, at a scale of 1:1.

TITEL OF MODULE
U4 - STATION TU - KARLSPLATZ - Light, Material and Transitions in Public Space

THEME OF MODULE
The theme of the module RG (Raumgestaltung) treats various areas of spatial design.

1. Light in space
Central to the module is the debate around natural light, artificial light and their consequences upon architectural space. Everything appears to us through light. We owe light the diversity of lights, forms, materials and immaterial transparencies. 

The key subjects
2. Transitions and threshold situations in public space and
3. Material in public space
tie onto this topic.
The topics threshold and material are inseparable from the key theme light and are treated in context.

The U4 line subway station at Vienna's Karlsplatz, which has a direct urban building connection with the TU Vienna, was selected as the building site for the design assessment.
In addition the hall of the U4 station's Karlsplatz Passage provides access to the subway lines U1 and U2 and functions as spatial connection, urban linkage, between the western passage (Karlsplatz-Passage between the State Opera and the Vienna University of Technology, i.e. between the city centre and Vienna's 4th district) and the Künstlerhaus-Passage, also called the Ost-Passage (eastern passage).

After an introductory assessment (individual work) on the subject of threshold and transition in public space (discovering, describing and analysing existing threshold and transitional situations of Viennese stations), we will begin with analytical examinations of existing lighting situations, the selection of the material and transitions (group works).
In addition it is planned to recreate parts of the station on a 1:1 scale (possibly 1:2), in the form of a standard cross-section as a working model in the space laboratory.
The conclusion of the examination (analysis) of the existing spatial situation serves as a basis for further design assessments. By changing the parameters in a targeted way, such as for example the lighting situation, in the analogue as well as in the digital model, it is planned to train the treatment of light in space and to test the effects on users and atmospheres. The aim is to examine the relationships of the fixed forms, of the light, of the architectural composition and the use of colour and materials through targeted questions.

MODULE ORGANISATION
Core subjects
253.351 Space and Shape
253.353 Polytope
253.354 Experiencing material
253.355 Seeing Light
253.356 Strategy

Optional subjects
253.360 Spatial Experiments
256.361 Seeing Light
253.362 Spatial Strategies

Excursions
In addition to the core- and optional subjects the excursion Spatial Design is recommended.
see 253.365 Excursion Spatial Design

MODUL SCHEDULE
Introduction module RG: MON, October 10th, 2016, 10 am - 1pm, Raumlabor

Workshop introduction: MON, 10 October 2016, 12:00 (noon), space laboratory.

The workshop introduction takes place after the lecture introducing the module in the space laboratory.

The workshop introduction is obligatory and the precondition for participation in module RG (spatial design).

Viewing of the building site: THU, 13 October 2016, 09:15 a.m.
The viewing of the building site takes place in the morning.
The meeting point is in the space laboratory at 09:15 a.m.

Tutorial blocks, corrections: every Wednesday afternoon, 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the space laboratory
for the dates see timetable module RG (spatial design)

Tutorial blocks: WED, 12 October 2016 to WED, 14 December 2016

Lectures: see lecture agenda from Oct. to Dec. 2016

Final submission and critical review: THU, 12 January 2017, 2:00-6:00 p.m. in the Prechtlsaal.

Please also compare further dates with the module programme in the download area of 253.364.

The timetable of the module including all the VOs (lectures), VUs (lectures with tutorials), UEs (tutorials), public lectures, excursions and meeting points to excursions, submissions, intermediary and final presentations, etc, is continuously updated and will be available from Monday, 3. October 2016 in the TISS download area.
It is important that you continuously note the mailings via TISS.

VIEWINGS as part of the spatial design module
The exact dates and meeting points will be announced at the beginning of the term, when the module is introduced.
Please see also the RG module timetable, from 3 October 2016 in the TISS download area.

Lecturer
Claudia Maria Walther, Univ.Ass. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.eur. (Modulkoordination)
Franz Karner, Dipl.Ing. Dr. techn.
Anton Kottbauer, Ass.Prof. Dipl.Ing. Dr. techn.
Günter Pichler, Sen. Scientist Arch. Dipl.Ing.
Manfred Pichler, Bsc.
Gudrun Schach, Dipl.Ing.  

The detailed description of the assessments and tasks as well as details on the form and content of the individual submissions will be available from Monday, 3 October 2016 in the TISS download area. They are continuously updated.
It is important to continuously note the mailings via TISS.

ECTS: 16,5 ECTS
Core subjects: 10,0 ECTS
Optional subjects: 4,5 ECTS
Excursions: 2,0 ECTS

Prior knowledge of the architectural parameters LIGHT and MATERIAL.
Prior knowledge of academic working methods.