After successful completion of the course, students are able to develop their own architectural position and to take into account the constructional interrogation in building design as an integral part of their architectural concept.
Architectural design, structural engineering project development in all scales. Spatial representation of the building structure. Elaboration of a technical concept, the basics of plan representation.

The simultaneous elaboration of the aspects of architecture, statics and building construction within an architectural design from the typological conception to the constructive and structural detailisation.

Based on the development of innovative structures, constructional design and detailisation, a solution for a complex building task is elaborated. In addition to the structural and architectural design and taking into account the aspects of prefabrication and building feasibility, the importance lays in a coherent energy and building technology concept as well as a cost-conscious and resource-saving project.

commuting wastelands

Public space is a basic requirement for urban life. – The loss of gross-area and quality as well as the misappropriation and commercialization needs to be opposed.

The 'Vorortelinie' has considerable potential to upgrade the quarters in the area of the former suburbs of Hütteldorf, Penzing, Ottakring, Hernals, Währing & Döbling through structural interventions to make urban life more attractive. It should therefore be treated as a cultural, social and ecological artery along which center-like architectural stents are placed at several critical sites. Located at the foothills of the ‘Wienerwald’, the interventions should contribute to a strategy of reducing individual traffic as well as increasing local recreational value.

A future-oriented urban development concept, an improvement of the social, cultural and ecological microclimate of the adjacent quarters should be aimed at and a high quality of use should be achieved. The existing traffic artery should therefore be treated as a cultural and social artery. Architectural stents are to be placed at seven neuralgic locations along the railway line, which will enhance the respective district. The stations in Hütteldorf, Ottakring, Hernals & Gersthof planned by Otto Wagner are to be included in the concept. The stations at Breitensee & Krottenbachstraße, which were built in the late 1980s in a post-modernist style, can be replaced and integrated into new structures. The structural interventions should be conceived as a strong socio-cultural statement. In connection with a well-engineered optimized building structure and a resource-saving and future-oriented energy concept, the architectural structure should enable spacious, functionally open spaces with a high quality and adaptability to future needs.

The building brief is not given in detail, but needs to be developed and adapted in conjunction to its respective location. The brief should contain multifunctional and changeable spaces in a A 3-dimensional space continuum.

Discussion of the course content in project reviews, accompanying lectures. Independent development of a design task. Elaboration of plans - in all scales relevant to the design of building construction and the elaboration of a spatial model.

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• As part of the VU Hochbau 2, joint project discussions with lecturers from the ITI take place. In addition, you can enroll in the LVA Tragsysteme 2 - For course details - see ITI

institute / department

Institute of Architecture and Design
Research Unit of Building Construction and Design 2

Review of the achievements made during the course throughout the semester in regular project meetings, partial submissions and concept, interim and final presentations.

see curriculum of Bachelor in Architecture!