After successful completion of the course, students are able to... - to orient themselves at the university and in the study program of architecture, aswell as to reflect on the study choice. - to understand the organization of the faculty of architecture with its departments and to understand the emphasis in teaching and research of the different departments. - to analyze architecture and urban space analytically with the help of drawings. to understand the sketch as an elementary tool for architectural creation. - to look at the built environment from a certain point of view. - to develop an idea about activities within the occupational field. - to deal with the breadth of the professional field. - to do research. - to work together in teams. - to recognize and reflect the most important statements from texts and writings on architecture. - to name the characteristics of the professional environment and to classify the performance profiles (artists, technicians, managers). - to develop a concept for a creative task and to formulate it. - to assess their own suitability for architectural thinking and work. - to abstract and to establish the connection between two- and three-dimensional thinking. - to observe, to perceive, to reflect, to research, to discuss, to present and to visualize. - to assess oneself in terms of performance in comparison to the other students and to recognize strengths and weaknesses.

The course will start on Oct, 1st, 2020 at 09 o'clock in the couryard of the main building of TU Vienna. There will be a Welcome-breakfast organized by senior students.

The main part of the course will take place till the 9th of october, 2020. Due to the Corona Pandemie there will be two different groups (A (all groupsending with - a) and B (all groups ending on -b))

Lectures, Meetings with mentors and tutors as well as workshoptime will give insights into the study and into the profession of architecture. 

The orientation course includes lectures about the various areas of studies and research offered at the faculty of architecture and on different fields of practice, combined with exercises and a short workshop on a typical tasks within the area of architectural concepts. There will be three mentoring meetings, where students will be asked to reflect their study choice and think about positions and possibilities within the field of architecture.

The course consists of contact times such as lectures and mentoring meetings as well as selfsolving exercises, which will be done in the workshoptimes at TU or at home. Teaching materials will be provided. In Addition there will be two tutorials, offered by students.

The registration in groups will start on Monday, August 31st, 2020 at 09:00 am and ends Friday, September 25th, 2020 at 12:00 pm. For this, it is necessary to be inscribed into the bachelor study of architecture (study code: 033243). Students, who have to repeat the course and who have been inscribed bevor WS 2020/21, have to register themselves in one of the groups F.

three exercises and one short design project with presentation