After successful completion of the course, students are able to identify and analyze historical clay buildings and to propose their renovation or remodeling.

The knowledge required for this is communicated via excursions to earth constructions, through the accompanying LDS "Building Physics and Human Ecology of Earth Building" and "Sustainable Building ...". The LVA is constantly adapted to requirements and takes into account offers from the field.

Construction and structural engineering history, regional building typologies, further development of the Lehmbau cadastre in Austria as a public participatory project (PPGIS); Deepening conservation strategies and methods for rehabilitation of old buildings with a focus on earth building and development of opportunities for adaptation to current building standards; new strategies and concepts for building in existing buildings.

Additional lecturers at the course will be DDr. Hubert Feiglstorfer and Roland Meingast (nature and clay).

Getting to know historical building methods through excursions and documentations.

Carrying out your own analyzes and their documentation.

Essay or documentation of a practical example

Presence at course