Yearbook 2011/12 by ediundsepp Gestaltungsgesellschaft mbH

A book about the Oskar von Miller Forum

Yearbook 2011/12

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Oskar von Miller Forum The Oskar von Miller Forum – in the heart of Munich, located close to the Technische Universität München – is an international guest house and meeting point.

Oskar von Miller Forum

As an independent educational initiative of the Bavarian construction industry, the Oskar von Miller Forum gives new stimulus to the training of civil engineers, architects and students from higher-level trade schools in the construction industry and supports them in their pursuit of an above-average professional qualification, in preparing them for an international career and in developing social skills.

Event rooms Event hall on ground floor Seminar room on 7th floor

7 apartments for guest scientists in the eastern part of the building (1st to 4th floor)

Apartments 54 apartments for students in the southern part of the building (2nd to 6th floor), Common rooms of which: Rooms for students and guest scientists 1 apartment suitable for the disabled Bistro on the ground floor 3 mother & child apartments Library on the ground floor 1 project/work room for students on 2nd floor

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Oskar von Miller Overview of his life * 7 May 1855 in Munich † 9 April 1934 in Munich 1874 A-levels at the grammar school in Munich 1874 to 1878 Studied civil engineering at the polytechnic in Munich, which is the Technische Universität München today from 1878 Engineer for railway and bridge construction, and hydraulic engineering in the civil service 1882 Oskar von Miller organises Germany‘s first electro technical exhibition in Munich Highlights were the electric illumination of the Brienner Strasse, the telephone line set up to an opera per formance and the transmission of three-phase current over a distance of 57 km from Miesbach to Munich, which was celebrated as a sensation at the time. The electricity generated with a steam engine drove an engine in the Munich Glaspalast which started up a four-metre high waterfall. 1883 Oskar von Miller establishes the German Edison Company along with the industralist Emil Rathenau (1832-1915) which in 1887 became the “Allgemeine Elektricitäts Gesellschaft” (AEG) 1884 Construction of Germany‘s first power station in Munich under the guidance of Oskar von Miller

1885 Commissioning of Germany‘s first public power station in Berlin. Planned jointly with Emil Rathenau 1886 Establishment of his own engineering office focusing on the electric energy industry 1891 Management of the electrotechnical exhibition in Frankfurt am Main, featuring the first transmission of threephase electrical current from Lauffen a.N. to Frankfurt over a distance of around 175 km 1918 until 1924 Project manager of the construction of the world‘s largest storage power station at the time, the Walchensee power plant 1921 Co-founder of the Bayernwerk power station for the regionwide supply of electricity 1903 Foundation of the Deutsches Museum in Munich by the pioneers Oskar von Miller, Carl von Linde and Walter von Dyck, the then rector of the Technische Universität München 1906 Foundation stone laid for the construction of the Deut sches Museum in the presence of Emperor Wilhelm II and Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria. The architect is Gabriel von Seidl from Munich. 7 May 1925 70th birthday of Oskar von Miller. Inauguration of the Deutsches Museum as the world’s largest technical museum

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The Forum A meeting point and international guesthouse for students, pupils from higher level trade schools and scientists in construction.

Yearbook 2011/12 | The Forum

Dear Friends of the Oskar von Miller Forum Welcome address

Our programme provides a vital impetus for personal development and for the future work-life choices of our young people. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Lang Director | Oskar von Miller Forum

The Oskar von Miller Forum is an international meeting place for particularly talented students in the construction industry, for master craftsmen and women in the building trade and for international guest scientists of the Technische Universität München. The house offers on the one hand over 60 international visiting students and scientists a temporary home, while on the other hand being a forum for inter disciplinary and intercultural exchange relating to essential topics of relevance for the future. As an independent educational initiative of the Bavarian construction industry, the Oskar von Miller Forum thus promotes the university education of engineers at the Technische Universität München, providing importance impetus for the training of young engineers in the construction-related faculties, thus strength ening the future prospects of budding architects and engineers in terms of an international and interdisciplinary working environment. Besides the actual educational objectives, which cover among other things highcalibre lectures by internationally renowned scientists, engineers and architects, I think it is very important to give our young people the opportunity to understand and develop their own personality in terms of their work-life choices as members of society.

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Yearbook 2011/12 | The Forum

Dear Friends of the Oskar von Miller Forum Welcome address

Our programme provides a vital impetus for personal development and for the future work-life choices of our young people. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Lang Director | Oskar von Miller Forum

Yearbook 2011/12 | The Forum

Questions such as one’s own identity, individual freedom and the resulting responsibility towards one’s fellow citizens are sometimes neglected in the hurly-burly of university life. Role models that provide our young people with stability and guidance are more im portant than ever here, not only in the striving towards outstanding commitment in one’s chosen profession but also with regard to social responsibility. Our lectures provide a vital impetus for personal development and the future life-work choices of our young people who, after their stay at the Oskar von Miller Forum and the Technische Universität München return to their home country to take up positions as leading scientists, university lecturers, engineers or architects in the construction industry. At the same time we communicate an important message to our guests for their thinking and actions at the Technical University and the Oskar von Miller Forum. Colleagues from the architecture, construction and engineering faculties of the Tech nische Universität München and the building trade school are invited as well as individual representatives of the Chambers of Civil Engineers and the professional associations, political decision-makers and representatives from various sections of society. Our yearbook 2011/2012 will provide you with an overview of our activities during the last year. We hope you like it.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Lang Director of the Oskar von Miller Forum

Architecture The Oskar von Miller Forum is situated in a prominent location in Munich, where the old city centre and the university and museum district meet. The architecture and the design of the building integrate state-of-the-art building technology in Bavaria.

Inner courtyard

The Oskar von Miller Forum complex consists of three buildings U-shaped around a central inner courtyard. The large event hall, library and bistro are on the ground floor. Apartments for students and guest scientists with adjoining community rooms are spread over seven floors.

Library

Particularly publications of our guest scientists and the professors of the conÂ struction-related faculties of the Technical University can be found in the library. There are also daily newspapers, magazines, a TV and a grand piano available toÂ residents. Inhouse events such as presentations, lectures and international Âevenings or chamber concerts are also held here.

Bistro

Catering is provided in the Bistro on the ground floor where good quality food Â isÂ offered to students at attractive prices.

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Apartments for our students have a separate bathroom, work area and fridge. There are also well equipped kitchens on all the floors for common use. Living, working, cooking and eating together fosters the interdisciplinary and multicultural exchange of all the residents.

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The seminar room of the Oskar von Miller Forum is located on the 7th floor and offers seats for up to 50 people. This room and the adjoining roof terrace provides a unique view over Munich. The Olympic Tower, Theatinerkirche, old and new Rathaus or even the towers of the Frauenkirche seem close enough to touch.

Yearbook 2011/12 | The Forum

Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.

Henry Ford

Range of events 19 Calendar of events 28 Keynote lectures 2011/12 34 utstanding O events 36 Evening lectures 2011/12 72 Speech delivered at the Summer festival 2012 103

Events The Oskar von Miller Forum offers forward-looking academic events in the field of construction.

Event programme of international standing The Oskar von Miller Forum operates in a genuinely complementary capacity to the construction-related faculties of the Technische Universität München and develops its own focus areas. Alongside topics from construction-related fields, social and economic aspects are also treated.

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Individual items on the Forum’s programme A great variety of different events take place at the Oskar von Miller Forum. Internationally recognized figures deliver knowledge-packed keynote and evening lectures on hot topics from the fields of civil and environmental engineering as well as architecture. The Forum’s visiting students take part in these events, allowing them to acquire useful knowledge and expertise. In the course of so-called tandem presentations, guests talk about their studies or PhD and their scientific projects. The programme also goes beyond the narrowly technical and professional. For example, special training seminars are put on for personal development, which also covers topics such as conversation skills and international etiquette. At the start of the winter semester, there is a “Welcome Weekend”, where guests can get to know each other. The annual summer festival provides an opportunity for ideas to be exchanged in a festive atmosphere. The year is rounded off with a Christmas party. An abundance of further activities are also organised on the initiative of visiting students themselves.

Keynote lectures A significant part of the event programme is composed of a series of excellent keynote lectures, which take place at regular intervals. These lectures concentrate on the big current topics in engineering and other technical, constructionrelated fields. The speakers invited to give these lectures also have a positive effect on the personality and experience of visiting students beyond the scope of the particular keynote lecture, as they take part in special workshops and discussions on campus, for example. The keynote lectures are designed not only to address topics relating to safeguarding the future and improving quality in construction-related fields, but also to have content that is interdisciplinary, intercultural, and innovative.

Evening lectures The forum seeks a dialogue with experts through thematically-oriented evening lectures on current topics. Similar to the keynote lectures, the evening lectures are interdisciplinary, intercultural and innovative. Through flexible scheduling the Oskar von Miller Forum can respond quickly to new developments and adopt a standpoint on topics of current interest.

25 left Keynote lecture Michelle Addington Keynote lecture Jørgen S. Steenfelt right Seminar Leadership and Culture Antje Ireland

Tandem presentations In addition to the public evening events, an event programme specifically for visiting students and scientists who are resident at the Forum offers them the opportunity to participate in an intensive and interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge and experience at an international level. Visiting scientists present an overview of their main research and study interests to visiting students at the Forum in the form of presentations or workshops. In addition, visiting students are asked to present their main study interests or other topics in so-called tandem presentations. In autonomously organised work, visiting students set priorities for themselves outside of their areas of expertise. This allows them to discover and explore their personal abilities and strengths.

Seminars in leadership and personal development Special seminars are held to provide personal development training for students at the Forum as future leaders in business, teaching and research. Focus is on training integrative skills of perception and communication. Topics such as leadership, communication skills and international etiquette are part of the programme. Working together with professional trainers all the seminars are devised to meet the needs of the students attending.

Exhibitions Specially selected exhibits from the field of civil engineering provide further background on the lectures, while graphics and images also address independent topics. Personalities have their say at specially designed viewings, which at the same time encourage communication between students and industry representatives. The exhibitions are alternately dedicated to varying themes (civil engineering/architecture/ construction, etc.). In 2011/12, the exhibition of the International Prize for Sustainable Architecture, as one of the most renowned architectural awards worldwide for sustainable construction, was held at the Oskar von Miller Forum.

Concerts for house residents The Oskar von Miller Forum focuses on promoting cultural awareness amongst its residents, such as through music or art. Last year, a chamber music concert was held on 13 February in collaboration with Munich’s Musical Society.

27 left Exhibition Sustainable Architecture

Welcome Weekend, summer festival and Christmas party In order to guarantee the most productive atmosphere for the students at Oskar von Miller Forum, the personal development seminars are complemented by a welcome weekend at the start of each winter semester to further the integration of new students. This weekend took place on 21-23 October 2011. This is also an opportunity to take fitting leave of our departing students in the hope that they will keep up contact with us after going their separate ways. Leave-taking takes place during a summer festival, which was held this year on 28 June 2012. Another internal event serving to promote the exchange between residents is our Christmas party. In 2011, it was held on 14 December. Christmas parties, summer festivals, welcome weekends, lectures and other events make a significant contribution to making an efficient social and professional network available to students for future exchanges with former residents.

Participation in externally organised symposia and workshops External organisers are given the opportunity to hold their construction-related events at the Oskar von Miller Forum, provided that they are aimed at residents’ interests. This is designed to give new stimulus to the training of civil engineers and contribute towards the quest for knowledge and skills. An academically attractive programme that supplements the teaching activities at the TUM in a complementary, interdisciplinary and global manner – this is the principle behind all the events held at the Oskar von Miller Forum.

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Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Thomas Herzog All about work on forms of buildings (Herzog + Partner)

Prof. Jørgen S. Steenfelt Fehmarn Belt crossing – the missing link (COWI A/S Kongens Lyngby, Denmark)

Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker Ecological pricing policy as the driving force behind sustainable progress (UNEP Paris, France)

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UM / Bau Kompetenz München network T (BKM), 5th public event

andem presentation by Vivian Brune T “Urban planning of Curitiba – Brazil“

Welcome Weekend (21.10. – 23.10.)

resentation by guest scientist Gabriella P Cianciolo “La Zisa in Palermo – Sustainable architecture of the Sicilian Middle Ages“

UM / Institute of Building Physics, lecture, T “M1 – solid construction, energy plus”

Tandem presentation by Zhu Ning “ Generation of degeneration – a case study on early Chinese classical architecture“

UM / Centre for Energy-efficient and SustainT able Design and Building, symposium, “Energy turnaround – What contribution can buildings and cities make?”

andem presentation by Dominik Schillinger T “Doctorate at the TU Munich – why and how?”

December 07

TUM/Chair of Construction Process Management and Real Estate Development, seminar, “Entrepreneurial engineer in the construction industry”

resentation by guest scientist Weidong Qu P ”Land management in China“

12.01.2012

09.02.2012

Prof. Michael Braungart Prof. Michael Braungart A building like a tree – cradle to cradle (EPEA Hamburg, Germany)

Prof. Michelle Addington Building sector energy use: new directions, new priorities (YSOA New Haven, CT, USA)

January

February

andem presentation by Catherine Nowak and T Vincent Peyramale ”How to become an engineer in France?“

Presentation by guest scientist Amer A. Moustafa ”Masdar City as an environmental spectacle: fervor, paradox, and mystery in the struggle towards sustainable urbanism“

TUM / Chair of Construction Process Management and Real Estate Development, seminar on real estate development – concluding event

Winter semester seminar, “Leadership I: Managing Projects“

TUM / Institute of Building Physics, lecture, “Energy turnaround in Germany – impact on the building sector”“

TUM/ Institute of Building Physics, lecture, “Building skin, structural design and building physics”

Tandem presentation by Bernhard Dal Bianco and Ole Marius Løken ”How buildings become landmarks and maps change the way we see things“

TUM/Institute of Building Physics, lecture, ”Radiant Heating and Cooling in nearly Zero Energy Buildings“

TUM/ Chair of Construction Process Management and Real Estate Development, seminar, “Entrepreneurial engineer in the construction industry” TUM/Chair for Computation in Engineering/concluding presentation MSc Come tandem presentation by Sebastian Häck and Sean Kerwin

Tandem presentation by Katja Milosev and Nick Crane “The importance of innovative architecture for homes“

Evening lecture by architect Martin Glass, “Membrane projects by gmp architects – experience and perspectives”

UM/Centre for Energy-efficient and Sustainable T Design and Building, symposium, “Energy turnaround – What contribution can buildings and cities make?”

19.04.2012

10.05.2012

Dipl.-Ing. Heinz Ehrbar The Gotthard Base Tunnel – 60 years in vision – 20 years in realization (AlpTransit Gotthard AG Lucerne, Switzerland)

Prof. Mark West Flexible formworks for concrete architecture – new forms for architecture and structure (C.A.S.T., Manitoba- Winnipeg, Canada)

March 07

TUM/Chair of Industrial Design, lecture, “The mastery of communications. Otl Aicher and ERCO, a cooperation with a long-term effect”

TUM/Department for Geoinformation Systems, workshop, “Energy turnaround in dialogue”

Summer semester seminar: “Different Cultures, Communication and Managing Conflict“

TUM/mobil.TUM, International Scientific Conference on Mobility and Transport, Transportation Demand Management

TUM/ Chair of Construction Process Management and Real Estate Development, colloquium, “Investor – University – Construction Industry”

LBB, Award of the university prize of the Bavarian construction industry 2012

TUM/Centre for Construction Materials and Material Testing, 10th Munich Building Material Seminar, Asphalt and Concrete in Road Construction

April 17

UnternehmerTUM, Entrepreneurs‘ Night

Tandem presentation by Florian Breitenbücher, “Quarry – the natural resource natural stone” Lu Yao, “Design in different context“

May 03

Evening lecture by Prof. Dr.-Ing. J.-D. Wörner, “The Engineer and Society“ TUM/sb Steel/ECCS/WG3, workshop, concepts and methods for steel intensive building projects

Tandem presentation by Ole Ohlbrock and Florian Meier, “Lightweight and wide – stadiums and footbridges from the perspective of structural engineers”

Tandem presentation by Ali Rafieetari “Iran – landscape and climate zones nothing but desert and sahara?“ Mohamed Elhaddad ”Cycling practice in Cairo – Egypt“

Presentation by guest scientist: Dialogue with Michelle Addington

Evening lecture by Dr.-Ing. Christof Gipperich, “Renewable energy – What is the construction industry’s contribution?”

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12.07.2012

Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Blumer Wood in a global context – innovative design and application ideas (Management, Création Holz, Switzerland)

Prof. Dr. Armen Der Kiureghian Post-earthquake decision-making (Berkeley California, USA)

June

July

Presentation by guest scientist Michael Krautblatter ”Rockfall and rockslides in the Bavarian Alps (Zugspitze): significance, forecast and role of climate change“

Presentation by guest scientist John Stone “What can Australians learn from German public transport institutions and politics?“

Tandem presentation by Krasimir Raynovski “The portfolio of architecture – an architect’s calling card”

Tandem presentation by Alexander Mendler, “Modern ropeway construction – hightech in surroundings worthy of protection” Michael Reich “The traditional German carpenter“

Evening lecture by Prof. Chuck Eastman, “BIM – Building Information Modeling“

Summer semester seminar, “Leadership II: Leading Myself in the Working World“

Tandem presentation by Tobias Ihler and Benedikt Buchmüller, “Special woodworking procedures – the supreme discipline of carpenters“

Tandem presentation by Helena Reichert and Alejandro Restrepo Montoya, “South Tyrol and South America – simultaneous observations on the geography, culture and architecture of the south”

Evening lecture by Robert Marino, “We are petroleum people“

Presentation by guest scientist Marcelo Bezerra “Residential Buildings in the Professional and Academic Level in Rio de Janeiro / Brazil“

K ey Oskar von Miller Forum’s own events jointly organised events

Yearbook 2011/12 | Events

Keynote lectures 2011/12 Overview Interdisciplinary, intercultural, and innovative, the lectures at the Oskar von Miller Forum focus on current engineering and other technical topics related to construction. They are intended to spark debate and foster the exchange of ideas and expertise.

October 2011

November 2011

Thomas Herzog Thomas Herzog

Jørgen S. Steenfelt Jørgen S. Steenfelt

All about work on forms of buildings

Fehmarn Belt crossing – the missing link

VON DER ARBEIT AN DEN FORMEN DER GEBÄUDE Prof. Dr. Thomas Herzog gilt als einer der wichtigsten deutschen Architekten und als Pionier des nachhaltigen Bauens. Er arbeitet seit mehr als 40 Jahren an Lösungen für eine zukunftsfähige Architektur, die auf umweltbewusstem Denken, einem interdisziplinären Planungsansatz, dem Einsatz innovativer Technologien und dem bewussten Schaffen von Baukultur gegründet ist. Sein Vortrag gewährt einen Einblick in seinen wegweisenden Arbeitsansatz. Im Anschluss wird Thomas Herzog als Vorsitzender der Jury des jährlich in Ferrara durchgeführten renommierten Architekturwettbewerbs ‚International Prize for Sustainable Architecture’ die gleichnamige Ausstellung eröffnen. VORTRAG UND AUSSTELLUNGSERÖFFNUNG 20. Oktober 2011 Beginn 18.15 Uhr Aula (EG) | Oskar von Miller Forum | München AUSSTELLUNG 20. Oktober – 11. November 2011 Montag bis Freitag, 10.00 – 18.00 Uhr

FEHMARN BELT CROSSING – THE MISSING LINK

The new Fehmarn Belt crossing between Germany and Denmark is a highly challenging and top-priority Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) project in Europe which will provide a direct railway and motorway connection between central Europe and Scandinavia. Two main solutions, a bridge and an immersed tunnel, were simultaneously designed by two teams 2009 – 2010. The presentation focuses on the bridge solution and the challenges posed by the geological setting, the environmental impact/concerns and the proposed design solutions for the foundations and the superstructure. LECTURE November 10 th, 2011 Start 6.15 pm Event hall | Oskar von Miller Forum | Munich The lecture is held in English.

December 2011

Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker

Ernst U. von Weizsäcker ÖKOLOGISCHE PREISPOLITIK ALS TREIBER FÜR NACHHALTIGEN FORTSCHRITT

Die Notwendigkeit des Klimaschutzes und der Ausstieg aus der Kernenergie haben eine neue Diskussion über die Definition des anzustrebenden Fortschritts in unserer Gesellschaft ausgelöst. Die Anfang 2011 erfolgte Gründung der Enquete-Kommission zu „Wachstum, Wohlstand und Lebensqualität“ ist nur eines der Anzeichen dafür, dass wir uns vermehrt mit der Frage auseinandersetzen müssen, wie wir dem Fortschritt wieder eine glaubwürdige Richtung geben können.

Ecological pricing policy as the driving force behind sustainable progress

Einen interessanten Lösungsansatz bietet hierzu Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker mit seinem neuen Buch „Faktor Fünf“, das im vergangenen Jahr veröffentlicht wurde. Hierin werden u.a. vier Bereiche behandelt, von denen einige als besonders schwierig gelten. Neben Verkehr, Industrie, Landwirtschaft nimmt der Gebäudesektor eine zentrale Stellung in der Frage ein, wie Fortschritt – basierend auf einer fünffach höheren Energieeffizienz – neu definiert werden kann. VORTRAG

8. Dezember 2011 Beginn 18.15 Uhr Veranstaltungssaal (EG) | Oskar von Miller Forum | München

January 2012

Michael Braungart

Michael Braungart EIN GEBÄUDE WIE EIN BAUM – CRADLE TO CRADLE

Cradle to Cradle® is ein Design-Konzept des deutschen Chemikers Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart und des amerikanischen Architekten William McDonough, das auf drei innovativen Prinzipien basiert:  Jedes Produkt ist so konzipiert, dass es ein Nährstoff für ein anderes Produkt ist (Abfall = Nährstoff).

 Jedes Produkt wird erzeugt durch die ständig vorhandene Kraft aus der Sonne.

A building like a tree – Cradle to Cradle

 Jedes Produkt trägt zur Vielfalt bei – sei es im Hinblick auf Konzept, Kultur oder Biodiversität. Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart wird in seinem Vortrag aufzeigen, wie dieses Design-Konzept in die verschiedensten Lebensbereiche integriert und damit zur Basis für nachhaltiges Produzieren, Nutzen und Wirtschaften werden kann. VORTRAG 12. Januar 2012 Beginn 18.15 Uhr Veranstaltungssaal (EG) | Oskar von Miller Forum | München

May 2012

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Michelle Addington Michelle Addington

Heinz Ehrbar Heinz Ehrbar

Building sector energy use: new directions, new priorities

The Gotthard Base Tunnel – 60 years in planning – 20 years in realization

BUILDING SECTOR ENERGY USE: NEW DIRECTIONS, NEW PRIORITIES

From the proliferation of sustainability consultants and green design firms to the sweeping adoption of energy building codes and LEED certification, a wide range of sustainable objectives and methods have entered the profession with the potential to profoundly reshape the practice and products of building design and operation. Committing to a target, using state-of-the-art evaluation tools and installing advanced technologies are all aspects that are associated with the sustainable design of buildings, but do they indeed lead to effective results? We frame our problems in terms of what we know and how we do things – but what would or could happen if we had the ability to step back and question the very construction of our assumptions? The lecture is held in English.

LECTURE February 9th, 2012 Start 6.15 p.m. Event hall (ground floor) | Oskar von Miller Forum | Munich

June 2012

AlpTransit Gotthard AG, Luzern, Schweiz GOTTHARD BASISTUNNEL – DER LÄNGSTE EISENBAHNTUNNEL DER WELT 60 JAHRE VISION – 20 JAHRE REALISIERUNG Der Gotthard ist in der Schweiz ein Mythos. Jahrhundertelange Entwicklungen und geschichtlich bedeutende Ereignisse bis hin zur Gründung der Schweiz sind mit diesem Gebiet verbunden. In den 30-iger Jahren des letzten Jahrhunderts wurden erste Ideen eines Basistunnel entwickelt. In einer Entscheidungsfindung, wie sie wohl nur in der direkten Demokratie möglich ist, wurde 1992 das Projekt an sich beschlossen und 1998 eine stabile Finanzierung sichergestellt. 2002 starteten die Hauptarbeiten. Am 15.10.2010 war der Berg bezwungen. Per Ende 2016 ist die Inbetriebnahme geplant. Die langjährige Geschichte gibt uns einmalige Erkenntnisse mit auf den Weg, welche es für andere Großprojekte zu beherzigen gilt. VORTRAG

19. April 2012 Beginn 18.15 Uhr Veranstaltungssaal (EG) | Oskar von Miller Forum | München

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Mark West Mark West

Hermann Blumer Hermann Blumer

Armen Der Kiureghian Armen Der Kiureghian

Flexible formworks for concrete architecture – new forms for architecture and structure

Wood in a global context – innovative design and application ideas

Post-earthquake decision-making: From personal experience to mathematical modeling

Centre of Architectural Structures and Technology University of Manitoba, Canada FABRIC-FORMED CONCRETE – NEW FORMS FOR ARCHITECTURE AND STRUCTURES Concrete has been cast in rigid containers since its invention in antiquity. The emerging field of flexible formworks for concrete architecture and structures represents a truly radical change, not only in the technology of concrete construction, but in the very nature of the architectures we can build. Over the past 23 years Mark West has been inventing and developing new construction techniques using simple, inexpensive, flat sheets of fabric in place of conventional rigid formwork panels. This work offers proof that new horizons for both architecture and sustainable construction are held in simple, insightful, re-combinations of ordinary materials and methods. The lecture is held in English. LECTURE

May 10th, 2012 Start 6.15 pm Event hall (ground floor) | Oskar von Miller Forum | Munich

Geschäftsleitung Création Holz, Herisau, Schweiz HOLZ GLOBAL – ANSTÖSSE FÜR DAS PLANEN UND FERTIGEN

„Holz kann zum Stoff der Welt werden, wenn die Menschheit damit geschickt umgeht. Holz ist ein Baustoff, der kein Marketing benötigt, alle auf unserem Globus kennen es. Wir benötigen aber Architekten, Ingenieure und Unternehmer, die mit Holz planen und fertigen. So entstehen die Werke welche als Bauwerk und Kunstwerk uns Erdenbewohner dienen. In diesem Vortrag sollen mit beherzten Anstößen zum Planen und Fertigen Menschen auf den Weg des Holzes geführt werden.“ (Hermann Blumer) VORTRAG

14. Juni 2012 18.15 Uhr Veranstaltungssaal (EG ) | Oskar von Miller Forum | München

Taisei Chair Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

POST-EARTHQUAKE DECISION-MAKING: FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE TO MATHEMATICAL MODELING Increasing density, complexity and interdependency of large cities has dramatically increased the vulnerability of human communities to natural and man-made hazards. Earthquakes epitomize many such hazards: They occur without warning, have potential to cause devastation over wide areas, disrupt lifelines, and place extraordinary demands on essential health and human services. We will examine how the evolving information in the aftermath of a major earthquake influences our assessment of the system state, and how that information can be used to make decisions regarding the prioritization ranking of inspections of the system components. LECTURE

July 12th, 2012 Start 6.15 pm Event hall (ground floor) | Oskar von Miller Forum The lecture is held in English.

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Thomas Herzog A ll about work on forms of buildings Herzog + Partner | Munich | Germany

All about work on forms of buildings On 3 August this year Thomas Herzog, one of Germany’s most important architects, turned 70. Certainly a reason to celebrate as well as an occasion to look back at more than 40 years’ work on innovative solutions for architecture that would stand the test of time and is rooted in environmental awareness, an application of technologies for the use of renewable energies and an understanding of architecture as a contribution to the architectural culture of our society. Thomas Herzog reached international acclaim in 1979 through a residential property equipped to use solar energy in Regensburg, the function, design and form of which were in harmony with one another. The use of environmental energies, the application of renewable building materials and the creation of a pleasant indoor climate using natural principles shaped the appearance in a forward-looking manner. With this fundamental principle, Thomas Herzog became one of the outstanding pioneers of progressive, sustainable construction that is free of any bias and specifically tackles the functional requirements, local realities and technological possibilities with each new construction task.

top Roof of the Expo Expo 2000, credit Dieter Leistner

top Thomas Herzog during his lecture

Over the decades an exceptional work of outstanding architecture has been created that includes a broad array of different buildings. One of the more recent buildings of Thomas Herzog is the Oskar von Miller Forum, which was completed in 2009. Future-oriented methods for the use of environmental energies, the innovative application of constructional possibilities, materials and technologies as well as the pursuit of a high standard of quality of use were implemented in a design that carries conviction. Apart from his architectural work Thomas Herzog is also well known as an excellent scientist and university teacher. After professorships in Kassel, Darmstadt and at the Technische Universität München, guest professorships in Europe and the USA, he started at the Tsinghua University in Beijing, where he has been teaching “Green Architecture” for several years now. His extensive publications include the Solar Charta, an official European document that is available in ten languages, “SOKA-BAU - Nutzung, Effizienz, Nachhaltigkeit” (SOKA construction - use, efficiency, sustainability), the “Fassa denatlas” (façade atlas), the “Holzbauatlas” (timber construction atlas) as well as a number of publications in international trade journals.

As part of his lecture at the Oskar von Miller Forum, Thomas Herzog gave an insight into his approach to the planning and construction process which is characterised by work on buildings with a convincing design that are in harmony with both the environment and the user. This is also the defining characteristic of the exhibition for the international competition ‘International Prize for Sustainable Architecture’, which is held and awarded by Italy’s renowned faculty at the University of Ferrara and in which Thomas Herzog has played a significant role for many years as the chairman of the jury. In this context, outstanding buildings in German-speaking countries that have received prizes from the international jury were shown for the first time at the Oskar von Miller Forum. They were all prime examples of the wide variety of designs and convincing quality of sustainable construction in various cultural regions and climates. The projects shown included little-known buildings from completely different regions as well as projects by internationally renowned architects such as Shigeru Ban, Sauerbruch Hutton and Herrmann Kaufmann. Thomas Herzog made a major contribution to the development of this architectural competition, which is financed by the Italian company ‘Fassa Bortolo’ without any link to its own products. The exhibition ‘International Prize for Sustainable Architecture’ was opened following the lecture.

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Jørgen S. Steenfelt

F ehmarn Belt crossing – the missing link COWI A/S | Kongens Lyngby | Denmark

Fehmarn Belt crossing – the missing link The new Fehmarn Belt crossing between Germany and Denmark is a highly challenging and top-priority Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) project in Europe and will provide a direct railway and motorway connection between central Europe and Scandinavia. Two alternative solutions, a bridge and an immersed tunnel, were simultaneously designed by two teams 2009-2010 with the bridge pronounced the preferred solution. Surprisingly, the Danish Parliament in early 2011 approved the tunnel solution as the preferred solution with the bridge as an alternative, pending the final decision in 2012. The presentation by Professor Jørgen S. Steenfelt focused on the bridge solution and the challenges posed by the geological setting, the environmental impact/ concerns and the proposed design solutions for the foundations and the superstructure.

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Jørgen S. Steenfelt was geotechnical expert and geotechnical lead for suspension bridges and technical coordinator for foundations from 2009 to 2010. He was in charge of the conceptual and basic design of the 19 km fixed motorway and railway link from Denmark to Germany. For more than 40 years Jørgen S. Steenfelt has been involved in engineering practice, management, research & development and teaching within geo technical engineering (including rock mechanics and engineering geology). The activities have covered desk studies, design, site investigations, field and laboratory testing, monitoring, physical and numerical modelling, arbitration and expert opinions. His engagement in a majority of these areas was with an emphasis on theoretical aspects and trouble shooting for large and special projects. Jørgen S. Steenfelt has been the Technical Director of COWI A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark, since 2010. Jørgen S. Steenfelt has broad experience in foundation solutions for fixed links, bridges, tunnels, marine structures and buildings. He has working experience from a large number of countries and have resided in Denmark, England, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, The Philippines, Qatar and South Korea. Jørgen S. Steenfelt has been actively involved in teaching at various universities and in work connected to code of practice, standardisation and international co-operation through professional societies. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 scientific papers and an acclaimed lecturer with a number of general reports, state-ofthe-art and key note lectures.

bottom Jørgen S. Steenfelt talking to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Vogt, TUM

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Ernst Ulrich v. Weizsäcker Ec ological pricing policy as the driving force behind sustainable progress UNEP | Germany

Ecological pricing policy as the driving force behind sustainable progress The financial crisis of 2008, the need for environmental protection and the phasing out of nuclear energy have prompted a renewed discussion of our notion of progress. A new Bundestag Committee of Enquiry on “Growth, Prosperity and Quality of Life” is just one of many signs that our society is increasingly facing up to the meaning and importance of growth in terms of sustainable prosperity. Before 1968 and even after 1980 hardly anyone questioned where progress was leading to because the answer was obvious: more prosperity – and faster. While prosperity is still today a desirable goal, people also want security, a stable environment and of course a more just society. Experience shows that the market alone cannot provide these things. The climate situation and the bitter realisation that nuclear energy as a catch-all solution is not an option, is forcing us to think of new guiding principles for the market. The objective here is not to hinder progress but to steer it in a meaningful direction. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker’s answer to this dilemma is strategic improvement of resource productivity. This could almost become a measure for the new technological progress.

right Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker signs his book “Factor Five“

In purely technical terms a fivefold increase of resource productivity is undoubtedly achievable. Viewed over the long term there is no reason why a twenty fold increase should not be possible. This is the premise of a newly published book “Factor Five” by Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker written in collaboration with Karlson Hargroves and Michael Smith. It addresses first of all four sectors, some of which are regarded as particularly difficult, namely transport, industry, agriculture and buildings. Where buildings are concerned, the word has meantime got around that a passive building uses only about one tenth the energy of a conventional construction. In the case of the other sectors, the efficiency strategy builds on hundreds of small improvements, which taken together ultimately add up to a factor of five spread over the whole economy. In short, if a fivefold increase in resource productivity doesn’t become reality, it won’t be because of technical barriers. After completing his secondary school education in 1958 in Göttingen, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker studied chemistry and physics in Hamburg, graduating with a degree in physics in 1966. He obtained his doctorate, on form recognition by bees, in 1968 at the University of Freiburg in Breisgau under the supervision of Bernard Hassenstein.

From 1969 to 1972 Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker was scientific advisor at the Protestant Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Heidelberg. In 1972 he was appointed Professor of Biology at the University of Essen and between 1975 and 1980 served as President of the University of Kassel. In 1981 he took up the post of Director at the United Nations Centre for Science and Technology in New York and between 1984 and 1991 served as Director of the Institute for European Environmental Policy (Bonn, Paris and London). From 1991 to 2000 he was President of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. From January 2006 to December 2008 Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker was Dean of the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara. Since that time he has been working, as he puts it himself, as a “freelancer”. Distinctions and prizes: German Environment Prize 2008, German Grand Federal Cross of Merit 2009, Theodor Heuss Prize 2011, two honorary doctorates.

* This text has been taken from the press release for the lecture held by Mr von Weizsäcker.

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Michael Braungart A building like a tree – Cradle to Cradle EPEA | Hamburg | Germany

A building like a tree – Cradle to Cradle Cradle to Cradle® is a design concept taken from nature. In nature all products of a metabolic process can be useful for another process. For instance, the fallen leaves from a tree provide nutrients for the tree itself and for other plants. They provide a place for the hedgehog to hibernate and a hiding place for mice. From a lavish abundance of cherry blossom arises a new generation of cherry trees. Every product, even though it may give every appearance of being a waste product, is useful. Products manufactured according to the Cradle to Cradle® principle function just like that: They are developed with their entire life cycle in mind. When such products reach the end of their life cycle they can be broken down into their individual components and so can be used as starting materials and components for future products. Something that is theoretically waste material in one life cycle becomes an important nutrient in another, equivalent life cycle.

right Talk Answers are given to the audience’s questions

The goal of Cradle to Cradle® is an all-round improvement in manufactured products. They are thus of superior quality and of practical use to the consumer, are wholesome for all who come into contact with them and good for the environment and the economy. The Cradle to Cradle® concept is based on three innovative principles: Every product is conceived in such a way that it is a nutrient for another product (waste = nutrient). Every product is created through the constant energy generated by the sun. Every product contributes to variety, be it with regard to concept, culture or biodiversity. The Cradle to Cradle® concept is an idea of the German chemist Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart and the American architect William McDonough. It is based on the Intelligent Product System (IPS) developed by Braungart’s company EPEA Internationale Umweltforschung GmbH between 1987 and 1992. Since that time, hundreds of companies worldwide offer products inspired by the Cradle to Cradle® concept. Even public administrations and institutes consider the Cradle to Cradle® principles when making investment decisions.

After completing his studies in process engineering in Darmstadt, Michael Braungart carried out research in collaboration with the Chemistry Institute of the University of Konstanz on chemical processes of industrial production. He subsequently became involved in the establishment of a chemistry division at Greenpeace International where he made a decisive contribution to its development. Around this time he was awarded a PhD in chemistry from the University of Hanover and took over the leadership of the chemistry division at Greenpeace. In 1994 Michael Braungart was appointed professor of process engineering at the University of Lüneburg. In the autumn of 2008 he took up an appointment outside Germany, at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, where a Cradle to Cradle® chair was established. Moreover, since 2002 he has been a visiting professor at the Darden Business School in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Prof. Michael Braungart is the founder of the EPEA Internationale Umweltfor schung GmbH in Hamburg and co-founder of MBDC McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. His work has been published in numerous scientific, design and environmental journals in Europe and the USA.

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Michelle Addington B uilding sector energy use: new directions, new priorities YSOA | New Haven, CT | USA

Building sector energy use: new directions, new priorities Moving forward and making significant strides in reducing the energy use by buildings will first require a reassessment of how buildings are evaluated in regard to energy consumption and efficiency. The lack of a clear cause and effect relationship between strategies and energy reduction has not slowed down the adoption of highly specific codes and recommendations for buildings, but it is reflected when one attempts to define the most effective measures. In developed countries, the highest priority measures have been, with few exceptions, dependent upon the specification of high performance systems and technologies of which many require additional investment and operational training. Most problematic is that many of the highest profile measures for buildings do not address actual energy consumption of buildings at all but rather are intended to encourage private investment in distributed energy generation. As such, much of the attention has been placed on cost-benefit analyses in regard to incentivizing investment. One long-standing concern regarding energy use in developing and transitional countries is that as the trend toward the adaptation of the energy-intensive building practices and programs adopted from developed countries continues to expand, there will not be equivalent investment to enable the adoption of

top Michelle Addington during her lecture

the “best” practices that are presumed to be necessary to curb the energy use of buildings. What should be of greater concern, however, is that the major cause of increasing energy use in buildings in developed countries – the increased size of buildings per capita and per function – is even more pronounced in developing and transitional countries. In the same thirty year time period that the average residential intensity (area per capita) increased two-fold in the United States, it increased eight-fold in China. Michelle Addington’s contention is that developed countries have over-privileged measures that provide marginal reductions in energy consumption without commensurate attention being placed on the most significant contributors to the continuing increase in energy use. Developed, transitional and developing countries all share the over-arching goal to identify the most strategic building design decisions, alterations and retrofits that will result in significant, yet cost-effective, emission reductions. By redefining objectives to address the larger contributors to energy increase, we may discover that the resulting priorities are common to countries at all levels of development.

55 left Interested audience bottom Michelle Addington during her lecture

Michelle Addington has been Hines Professor of Sustainable Architectural Design at Yale University since 2006. In 2011, she was awarded the Sustainability Grant for Research in Intelligent Buildings. Prior to teaching at Yale, Michelle Addington taught at Harvard University for 10 years and before that at Temple University in Philadelphia. Her background includes work at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, where she developed structural data for composite materials and designed components for unmanned spacecraft. She then spent 10 years as a process design and power plant engineer, as well as working in quality assurance at DuPont. After studying architecture, she became an architectural associate at a firm based in Philadelphia. Her research focuses on discrete systems and technology transfer. She advises a number of organisations, including the US Department of Energy and the American Institute of Architecture (AIA), on matters of energy and sustainability. Michelle Addington’s work has been published in a number of articles concerning science, architecture and the environment.

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Heinz Ehrbar T he Gotthard Base Tunnel – The world’s longest railway tunnel Alptransit Gotthard AG | Lucerne | Switzerland

The Gotthard Base Tunnel – 60 years in planning – 20 years in realization The Gotthard has achieved mythical status in Switzerland. Developments over the centuries and important historical events right up to the founding of Switzerland are an inextricable part of this region. Ideas for a base tunnel were first developed in the 1930s. In the early 1970s the idea for a railway base tunnel instead of the autobahn tunnel was again taken up – without success. The obvious negative effects of road traffic in the narrow alpine valleys after the opening of the road tunnel in 1980 demanded the construction of a railway base tunnel. In a decision-making process that is arguably only possible in a direct democracy the project was approved in principle in 1992 and in 1998 stable financing was ensured. Main work commenced in 2002 and on 15 October 2010 the tunnel was broken through. Completion is expected towards the end of 2016.

top Gotthard  Tunnel construction A look into the tunnel

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This long history affords us unique insights which will prove invaluable for other major projects. After studying at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, where he graduated as a civil engineer in 1980, Heinz Ehrbar took over the supervision of various international and national projects, including hydroelectric plants in Iceland and Peru, for instance San Gaban II where his expert involvement was required for tunnel, shaft and cavern construction. Further tunnel projects eventually led to Heinz Ehrbar taking over the job of chief construction officer at the AlpTransit Gotthard AG in 2006. Heinz Ehrbar is a regular speaker at international congresses relating to tunnel construction, including the ITA World Tunnel Congress in Vancouver, the China Tunnel Congress in Beijing or also the Brazilian Tunnel Congress in Sao Paolo.

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Mark West F lexible formworks for concrete architecture – new forms for architecture and structure C.A.S.T. | Manitoba | Winnipeg, Canada

Mark West on new construction techniques Concrete has been cast in rigid containers since its invention in antiquity. The emerging field of flexible formworks for concrete architecture and structures represents a truly radical change, not only in the technology of concrete construction, but in the very nature of the architectures we can build. Over the past 23 years Mark West has been inventing and developing new construction techniques using simple, inexpensive, flat sheets of fabric in place of conventional rigid formwork panels. The extreme simplicity of these methods produces surprisingly complex and beautiful forms, naturally given by the fabric sheets under tension. Many of these forms are possessed of an innate structural efficiency and elegance, allowing large reductions in the volume of materials consumed in construction. This work, which straddles the realms of architecture, engineering, construction and the fine arts, offers proof that new horizons for both architecture and sustainable construction are held in simple, insightful, re-combinations of ordinary materials and methods. The material world, handled with sufficient sympathy and attention, unfolds itself according to its own logic and beauty, offering a counter example to the habitual

top Concrete constructions Fabric strips replace switch panels

right Draft of a roof design made out of concrete

expectation that innovation in the 21st century requires higher technologies and higher concentrations of industrial capital. Rather than seeing innovation as an “upwards” climb towards greater control and refinement, this work points us inwards, as it were, towards naturally found simplicities, imbued with their own sufficient complexities. Mark West is the founding director of CAST – the Centre for Architectural Structures and Technology at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Architecture in Winnipeg, Canada. The CAST laboratory/studio works between and across the disciplines of architecture, engineering, construction and fine arts. CAST’s working environment mixes the methods and traditions of these often separate disciplines in a unique form of serious play in which discoveries are found and followed with a freedom not usually encountered in academic research laboratories. Mark West is a professor of architecture at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Architecture in Winnipeg Canada, with a cross appointment in the University of Manitoba’s Department of Civil Engineering, and is a visiting lecturer at the University of Bath Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering in Bath England. He has also taught as a visiting professor and workshop leader at many

schools of architecture around the world. His early professional education was as a builder, followed by a first professional degree in architecture from the Cooper Union in New York City (graduated 1980), and a post-professional architectural studies at Carleton University in Ottawa Canada. He is the founding director of the University of Manitoba’s Center for Architectural Structures and Technology [ www.umanitoba.ca/cast_building/ ], and the inventor of many techniques for designing and constructing fabric-formed concrete architecture and structures. In addition to his research and teaching, he works as a builder and design consultant for full-scale construction projects internationally, and his work includes an active art practice in sculpture, drawing, and painting. He has published and lectured extensively on his research over the past 20 years in North America, Europe, South America and Asia.

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Hermann Blumer W ood in a global context – innovative design and application ideas SJB.Kempter.Fitze AG Planen + Bauen | Waldstatt | Switzerland

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Wood – a building material that needs no marketing “Wood has the potential to become the building material worldwide, if we humans handle it intelligently. Wood is a building material that needs no marketing – it is known all over the world. What is needed are architects, engineers and entrepreneurs who can design and build with wood and so create products that serve mankind as buildings and art works. This lecture is intended to introduce people to the world of wood with bold ideas on design and manufacture.” (Hermann Blumer) Herman Blumer, a graduate of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects was born in Waldstatt (Switzerland). He started his career as a carpenter in Villars, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. After graduating as a structural engineer from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology he worked for two years as research assistant at the University of Karlsruhe. His entrepreneurial activity commenced in 1971 when he joined the Board of his father’s company Blumer AG in Waldstatt.

top Centre Pompidou | Metz Part of the roof construction

In the following years he headed a variety of projects: in 2001 the Holzwerk stoffzentrum (HWZ) in Leibstadt, in 2002 the Boisvision in connection with EXPO. Since 2003 Hermann Blumer has been the CEO of Création Holz in Herisau. Among his reference buildings are the Centre Pompidou Metz (Arch. Shigeru Ban), the Yeoju Golf Club (Arch. Kevin Yoon and Shigeru Ban) and the wooden façades of the leisure park at Brünnen in Bern-Brünnen (Arch. Daniel Libeskind). Hermann Blumer invented and developed among other things depth hydrophobation (beech plywood with greatly reduced water absorption), spring ductile frames (adjustable rings for flexible elastic frame corners) and the X-Floor (concrete-wood- hybrid floor panels with load-bearing effect).

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Armen Der Kiureghian P ost-earthquake decision-making: From personal experience to mathematical modeling UC Berkeley | California | USA

Post-earthquake decision-making Increasing density, complexity and interdependency of large cities has dramatically increased the vulnerability of human communities to natural and manmade hazards. Earthquakes epitomize many such hazards: They occur without warning, have potential to cause devastation over wide areas, disrupt lifelines, and place extraordinary demands on essential health and human services. In the immediate aftermath of such events, decisions must be made for allocation of emergency resources, disposition of facilities, and prioritization of repair and restoration actions. The key for rational decision making is information. We will examine how a Bayesian network can be used to process the evolving and uncertain information in the chaotic aftermath of a major earthquake, and how this information can be used to assess the state of an infrastructure system and to make decisions regarding the prioritization of inspections and disposition of system components.

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Armen Der Kiureghian is Professor and holder of Taisei Chair in Civil Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Teheran, Iran, and his Ph.D. in Structural Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1975. After three years at the University of Southern California, he joined the faculty at the University of California at Berkeley, where he has served as Assistant Professor (1978-81), Associate Professor (1981-85), Professor (1985- ), Vice Chair (1990-93) and Chair (1997-2001) of the Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials Group, and as Vice Chair for Instruction (2007-2009) of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

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Evening lectures 2011/12 An overview The forum seeks dialogue with experts through thematically-oriented evening lectures on current topics. Similar to the keynote lectures, the evening lectures are interdisciplinary, intercultural and innovative.

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Martin Glass MEMBRANPROJEKTE VON GMP ARCHITEKTEN – ERFAHRUNGEN UND PERSPEKTIVEN

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Membrane projects o f gmp Architects – practice and perspectives

The Engineer and Society

Das Architekturbüro von Gerkan, Marg und Partner konnte in den letzten Jahren eine Reihe spektakulärer Membranprojekte realisieren, bei denen das Material sowohl als Dachbereich, als Fassade, als Deckenbekleidung oder auch als wandelbare Struktur eingesetzt wurde. Basierend aus den Erfahrungen dieser Projekte aber auch im Hinblick auf die laufende Weiterentwicklung textiler Baumaterialien, wird Martin Glass, Direktor im Hause gmp Architekten und seit 14 Jahren aktiv mit dem Thema Membranbau beschäftigt, einen Rück- und Ausblick auf die vielfältigen Einsatzmöglichkeiten und Potentiale präsentieren.

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Vorsitzender des Vorstandes des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) INGENIEUR UND GESELLSCHAFT

Ingenieure konzentrieren sich in Ihrer Arbeit vor allem auf die technische Umsetzung von Projekten. Ein Blick auf die Ereignisse seit dem Bau der Startbahn West am Frankfurter Flughafen zeigt, dass sie sich in Zukunft auch um die Berücksichtigung gesellschaftlicher Belange kümmern müssen. Es vollzieht sich ein gesellschaftlicher Wandel bezüglich der Erwartung einer öffentlichen Beteiligung, die gerade auch bei der Planung und Umsetzung von Verkehrs- und anderen Infrastrukturbauten Bedeutung erlangt. Um das Ansehen des Ingenieurs als Problemlöser und kompetenten Ansprechpartner auch in Zukunft zu sichern, müssen vor allem die Bauingenieure ihr Selbstverständnis als reine Techniker modifizieren und sich als Akteure verstehen, die die gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen antizipieren und mitgestalten. VORTRAG 03. Mai 2012 Beginn 18.15 Uhr Veranstaltungssaal (EG) I Oskar von Miller Forum I München

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Charles M. Eastman Chuck Eastman

Robert Marino Robert Marino

The Evolution of AEC Practices in the USA as a Result of BIM

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Colleges of Architecture and Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta THE EVOLUTION OF AEC PRACTICES IN THE USA AS A RESULT OF BIM Building Information Modeling (BIM) is rapidly transforming USA practices in architecture, engineering, construction, fabrication and other aspects of the construction industry. The impacted practices include client demands and specifications, how architects and engineers compete, and especially how buildings are fabricated and erected. The new practices will be reviewed. In parallel, new forms of building procurement are also changing the ways project teams organize and the risks and rewards are distributed in construction projects. The talk will survey these changes and show how they interact to lead to larger changes, transforming practices. Some projections suggesting the longer term effects of these changes will be offered. The lecture is held in English. LECTURE July, 10th 2012 Start 18.15 p.m. Event hall (ground floor) | Oskar von Miller Forum | Munich

Robert Marino Architects, New York WE ARE PETROLEUM PEOPLE

By most accounts, humans have been on earth approximately 150,000 years. The length of our significant petroleum use will most likely last only 200 to 250 years. Our time on earth, or what might be termed our “petroleum life”, represents then 0.15% of all human existence. We have an opportunity, in the latter stages of this high-energy use period, to use the power of this accumulated energy to help us plan ahead. It is our obligation as architects to always keep this strategy in mind, and to plan accordingly in our teaching, learning, and most of all, in our designing. There is only one efficient way to harness the talents of the design world to this end. We must all be convinced of the possibility that our collective aesthetic must change. LECTURE July, 19th 2012 Start 6.15pm 7th floor | Oskar von Miller Forum | Munich The lecture is held in English.

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HOCHTIEF Solutions AG, Civil Engineering and Tunneling Essen RENEWABLE ENERGY – WELCHEN BEITRAG LIEFERT DIE BAUINDUSTRIE? Durch das Atomunglück in Fukushima und dem daraus resultierenden Beschluss der Bundesregierung zum Ausstieg aus der Atomindustrie ergeben sich substanziell veränderte Randbedingungen für die Integration von erneuerbaren Energien in die Stromversorgung Deutschlands. In der gesamten Wertschöpfungskette – von der Energieerzeugung, dem Energietransport, der notwendigen Energiespeicherung bis hin zum Konsum der Energie – ergeben sich vielfältige und große Herausforderungen, für die die Lösungen nicht nur entwickelt, sondern auch innerhalb eines sehr kurzen Zeitfensters finanziert und umgesetzt werden müssen.

Renewable Energy – What is the construction industry’s contribution? VORTRAG 24. Mai 2012 Beginn 18.15 Uhr Veranstaltungssaal (EG) | Oskar von Miller Forum | München

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Martin Glass M embrane projects of GMP Architects – practice and perspectives GMP Architects | Munich | Germany On 16 February 2012 the Membrane Symposium entitled “Membrane Constructions for Energy-saving Renovation of Buildings (MESG)” was held at the Oskar von Miller Forum, Munich. As part of this one-day event, architect Martin Glass, a director at the Berlin office of the architectural firm of gmp. Gerkan, Marg und Partners held an evening lecture. Gerkan, Marg und Partners (gmp) is one of the few architects’ offices that adopts a generalist position, assuming responsibility for a project from its inception to completion, including the interior design. Over the past several years gmp has brought a number of spectacular membrane projects to fruition where membrane material was used in roofing, façades, ceiling covering or as convertible structure. Based on the experience gained

through these projects but also with a view to the on-going development of textile building materials, Martin Glass, who has been actively engaged in membrane construction for 14 years, presented a retrospective view and outlined the future prospects regarding the many application possibilities and potential. Martin Glass has been with the office of Gerkan, Marg und Partners since 1999. He was awarded the Egon Eiermann Prize in 2001. He was project manager of the following projects: Olympic stadium Berlin Commerzbank-Arena Frankfurt am Main Arena da Amazonia, Manaus, Brazil

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Johann-Dietrich Wörner T he Engineer and Society German Aerospace Center (DLR) | Cologne | Germany Engineers are first and foremost concerned with the technical realization of projects. They apply their expertise to completing optimized, and above all safe, constructions. A glance at events since the building of the additional runway known as Startbahn West at Frankfurt airport shows that in the future we will also have to take into account issues that concern the wider society if we don’t want to be regarded as purely number crunchers. When we look back we can observe a significant social change in terms of the involvement of the public, especially as regards planning and realization of transportation centres and other infrastructural buildings. Early involvement of a broader public can lead to a change in planning and so perhaps to project modifications, but will at any rate achieve wider acceptance. At the same time, the involvement of the public should not jeopardize the legal

certainty of planning permissions, since an applicant, whether private or public, must be able to rely on a decision once taken. In order to safeguard the future standing of the engineer as problem solver and competent contact partner, civil engineers in particular will have to modify their perception of themselves as pure technicians and instead regard themselves as key players who anticipate and play an active role in effecting social change. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johann-Dietrich Wörner was born in Kassel in 1954. He has been Chairman of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) since 1 March 2007. After completing his studies in civil engineering at the Technical University of Berlin and the Technical University of Darmstadt, where he obtained his doctorate in 1985, Prof. Wörner worked for the consulting civil engineers of König and Heunisch until 1990. In that year he was appointed to a professorship at the Technical University of Darmstadt where he headed the Testing and Research Institute. Before being elected President of the Technical University of Darmstadt, which became an autonomous university under his presidency, he was Technical Head of the Institute for Glass Construction and Dean of the Civil Engineering Faculty.

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Christof Gipperich Renewable Energy – What is the construction industry’s contribution? Hochtief Solutions AG | Essen | Germany As a result of the nuclear accident in Fukushima and the consequent decision of the German government to phase out nuclear power, there has been a considerable change in the basic conditions regarding the speed of the changeover as far as the integration of renewal energy into Germany’s electricity supply system is concerned. Across the entire supply chain – from energy generation to its transport and storage right up to its consumption – there are many and varied challenges for which solutions not only have be developed but also have to be financed and implemented within a very short span of time. The basis for a comprehensive overview over the future role of the construction industry with regard to the turnaround in energy policy is a clear assessment of current policy and implementation. Under the headings electricity generation,

distribution and storage, this lecture described the enormous amount of work needed in the area of energy infrastructure and the position of HOCHTIEF in this strategic field. It was shown that a significant acceleration in implementation is necessary if the change is to take place in line with the current social consensus and is to succeed. The energy turnaround signifies not only great economic and ecological opportunities for Germany but also a considerable growth factor for the domestic market and promises great opportunities for the export industry. Dr. Christof Gipperich obtained his doctorate at the Ruhr University of Bochum at the faculty of construction process engineering, tunnel construction and construction management. He has been with HOCHIEF, Essen since 1996. He took over the management of the civil engineering and tunnelling division in 2011.

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Charles M. Eastman The Evolution of AEC Practices in the USA as a Result of BIM Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlanta | USA Building Information Modeling (BIM) is rapidly transforming USA practices in architecture, construction, fabrication and other aspects of the construction industry. The impacted practices include client demands and specifications, how architects compete, and especially how buildings are fabricated and erected. The new practices will be reviewed. In parallel, new forms of building procurement are also changing the ways project teams organize and the risks and rewards are distributed in construction projects. The talk surveyed these changes and showed how they interact to lead to larger changes, transforming practices. Some projections suggesting the longer term effects of these changes were offered. Chuck Eastman is a pioneer of AEC CAD, developing research 3D and early solid and parametric modeling systems for the building industry starting in the middle

1970s. He was a faculty member at Carnegie-Mellon University and UCLA before his current position at GA Tech. At GA Tech he directs the Digital Building Laboratory, that is sponsored by eleven AEC companies and undertakes collaborative research with them. In addition, he currently has projects with the Precast Concrete Institute and the Charles Pankow Foundation, with the America Institute of Steel Construction and the American Concrete Institute, defining BIM exchange standards for these industry areas. He recently completed work with the National Institute of Standards and Technology on improving IFC semantic foundations. In November 2006, Chuck Eastman was awarded the BIM 2006 BuildingSMART Open Data Award by the International Alliance for Interoperability. He is coauthor, with Paul Teicholz, Rafael Sacks and Kathleen Liston, of the Building Information Modeling Handbook, that came out in a second edition in March of 2011 from John Wiley and Sons. Earlier, he wrote Building Product Models for CRC Press. He is author of over 100 papers on BIM, parametric modeling and on databases and product models.

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Robert Marino We are petroleum people Robert Marino Architects | new York | USA We are petroleum people. By most accounts, humans have been on earth approximately 150,000 years. The length of our significant petroleum use will most likely last only 200 to 250 years. Our time on earth, or what might be termed our “petroleum life”, represents then 0.15% of all human existence. Our truly unique experiences should be considered an aberration, a most unusual occurrence in the history of mankind. Never before, and never hence, shall mankind consume the stored energy in fossil fuels, energy that required eons to accumulate. We have an opportunity, in the latter stages of this high-energy use period, to use the power of this accumulated energy to help us plan ahead. It is our obligation as architects to always keep this strategy in mind, and to plan accordingly in our teaching, learning, and most of all, in our designing. There is only one efficient way to harness the talents of the design world to this end. We must all be convinced of the possibility that our collective aesthetic must change.

Our intellectual guides in this matter have suggested a course to follow. Great designers and thinkers such as Frei Otto, Konrad Wachsmann, Robert LeRicolet, Jean Prouvé, Buckminster Fuller, Louis I. Kahn, and many others, have led the way by showing the innate beauty of singularly efficient concepts. In their own work the tendencies of materials and techniques are in a constant exchange with the designer’s will to form. This should be our method and the nature of our aesthetic, made manifest in the mystery of an architectural ratio efficiendi. Robert Marino was initially trained as an engineer at the Stevens Institute of Technology. He later completed his graduate studies in architecture at Princeton University. He served his architectural apprenticeship in the office of Michael Graves where he worked on numerous projects including the addition to the Whitney Museum for American Art. He is currently teaching graduate design studios at Harvard University. Marino has also taught in the graduate architecture program of Columbia University since 1985, and in the graduate program of the University of Pennsylvania from 1991 to 1998. At the University of Pennsylvania he developed a course, Forms of Process, dedicated to the exploration of the possibility of manual technique as the initiator of form. His work has been extensively published in periodicals and books in Europe and the United States. A monograph, Robert Marino, has recently been released by Rockport Press as part of a series, “Contemporary World Architects”.

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International Prize for Sustainable Architecture Exhibition

The world-renowned competition for the “International Prize for Sustainable Architecture” was developed jointly with Fassa Bortolo, a leading provider of innovative solutions for the construction industry and funded by the company. This award signposts new ways to reconcile economic productivity, protect natural resources and safeguard environmental quality. As part of the exhibition that took place at the Oskar von Miller Forum between 21 October and 11 November 2011, for the first time in a Germanspeaking region a selection of award-winning buildings in the years 2008-2011 was shown, representing the creative diversity and design quality of sustainable architecture in various cultural and climate regions.

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Faster, Higher, Further | Thomas Herzog The article “Schneller, Höher, Weiter” (“Faster, Higher, Further”) first appeared in 1990 in the “Deutsches Architektenblatt” journal. Because it is still of topical interest, the text was reprinted in the catalogue to the “International Prize for Sustainable Architecture” exhibition. Thomas Herzog is president of the jury of this internationally renowned architecture prize.

Architects deal with complex systems in an integrated way, from theoretical concept to spatial dimensioning and layout right up to the practical use of the technical object of the building. The methods and ways of working, but also the kinds of cooperation with specialists, will bring about fundamental changes to the profession in the coming years. Most of the problems we have today as regards shortages of natural resources can be traced back to one-sided optimisation where the effects on other areas of life are not sufficiently taken into account. Success is easier to achieve when unpleasant or disturbing negative consequences are ignored or not acknow ledged; when performance superlatives are all that count: faster, higher, further; the maximal height of buildings, the shortest construction times, the greatest acceleration and the shortest braking distance; but not when equilibrium and balance is the goal. If this is what we want to achieve, it seems to me that one of the essential conditions in terms of the connection between technical processes, ecology and social effects is that there be an increased awareness of the long-term joint responsibility for the general welfare of society. It has become common to only have concern for one’s own welfare. A society that wishes to develop further in human terms is more than a sum of self-centred individuals. For example, when we know today that about a quarter of the fossil energy consumed goes into transportation, with the well-known negative effects, it is not enough to attempt to replace fossil fuels or to reduce consumption for individual journeys, but first and foremost to ponder the causes of this volume of traffic

and to correct it. It’s not at all a question of finding extreme solutions, but of linking up urban functions where it is possible and sensible to do so. The mix of functions ought to be well integrated in the architectural structures. Another consequence of this is as a basic principle to build more densely where at all possible. Only when there is enough spending power and also the distances for pedestrians to basic facilities in any given district are sufficiently short, can an effective functional mix be achieved and also motorised traffic be reduced to any appreciable extent. This of course must be backed up by a reduction in land use and infrastructure costs which are of great significance in the investment area as well as in the area of financing of local authorities. It is precisely here that new guiding principles that enjoy social acceptance are needed.

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But because cities provide too little living space with urban quality at their centres, the result is millions of daily trips for commuters, and because the building structures possess insufficient potential for modification, we also have millions of square metres of empty buildings – tied up and inefficient energy and material resources. Anyone worried that greater density and lack of space necessarily went hand in hand with undesirable developments in some cities in the past from a social and hygiene point of view, overlooks the fact that the material conditions of our civilisation have improved dramatically in the most important categories. Anyone familiar with the relevant technological developments in buildings – heating, ventilation, plumbing, daylight technology and systems relating to structures and building physics – will confirm this. A holistic problem-solution approach will become ever more important in the future. This can only be achieved if we succeed in intensifying the interdisciplinary thought and working approaches between natural scientists, engineers, humanists, economists and sociologists and when serious environmental engineering is understood as a complex core discipline.

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Munich Creative Business Week Exhibition Design and Innovation The Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW) presents multi-faceted, innovative design activities in Munich, provides inspiration for an interdisciplinary design discourse, and gathers together creative types and businesspeople from all round the world in the Bavarian capital. The MCBW is a commercial platform that promotes international exchange and showcases the economic potential of both Bavaria and the individual participants. An important impetus behind the Munich Creative Business Week was the decision of iF International Forum Design GmbH to amalgamate its various design prize awards into a single event in Munich, which brings the award winners and design-interested visitors to Munich. bayern design GmbH, the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology, and the City of Munich have devised an event format that accommodates great diversity and is aimed at both design insiders and the public at large. The MCBW inspires and facilitates highly-informed discourse on design issues and concepts and is planned as an annual design event.

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Welcome Weekend at Spitzingsee Inhouse event The Welcome Weekend is one of the key events at the Oskar von Miller Forum. It is organised for all students to help them get to know each other better. This international and interdisciplinary exchange is an essential component of the Oskar von Miller Forum’s programme. We set out together on the bus towards Spitzingsee on 21 October 2011. One day later after an easy mountain hike and a “Brotzeit” (snack) at a mountain hut a four-hour workshop was held with two trainers on how we can promote

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communal life at the Forum, support an appreciation for the objectives of the Oskar von Miller Forum as well as identify and hold events for the further development of the residents. Besides dealing with partial aspects, the Welcome Weekend focused on getting to know “old” and “new” guests and forming personal and professional, international networks. To this end, we had a barbeque and celebrated in a relaxed atmosphere on Saturday evening. On Sunday we travelled to Tegernsee where we had lunch at “Bräustüberl” after a boat trip. The Welcome Weekend is a joint enterprise serving to benefit guests at the Forum. It is also a good opportunity for departing guests to get to know new interesting people from around the world towards the end of their time at the Forum and to gain from this experience for their future career.

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Christmas Party InHouse-Event The inhouse Christmas party at the OvMF was organised by the students themselves. Each one of our five floors prepared a typical Christmas dinner so apart from roast duck and roast goose, there was also roast turkey as well as Italian, French and Chinese delicacies. The Christmas spirit was enhanced with the right music with Hannah Schock, Benedikt Buchmüller, Benedikt Grauvogl, Sebastian Haeck, Arne Laugesen, Michael Reich and Alejandro Restrepo Montoya contributing. The Christmas tale told by Alexander Mendler also made for a cheerful atmosphere.

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Summer Festival 2012 Social and scientific exchange with summer cuisine This year’s summer festival took place on 28 June 2012. As in the previous year, the aim was also, among other things, together with all those involved in achieving the goals of 2011/12, to celebrate, to show appreciation for the good collaboration and to strengthen the working relationship. Another important aspect was to encourage dialogue between our visiting students and scientists on the one hand and the professors, scientific research staff and students of both building faculties as well as with representatives from the construction industry, Chambers of Engineers and selected figures from the building industry, politics and building authorities on the other hand. A further aim was to say a fond farewell to departing visiting scientists and students and capture some memorable moments, and at the same time to both establish an alumni network and build on existing contacts, and so create a longlasting and productive relationship between the Oskar von Miller Forum and all involved partners and institutes. This year we succeeded in winning Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Vossenkuhl, a widely respected philosopher, who gave a talk entitled “Welt gestalten – Otl Aicher als Beispiel” (roughly translated as “Shaping the world we live in – in the footsteps

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of Otl Aicher”). Prof. Dr. Vossenkuhl is known to a wider audience through his television programme “Denker des Abendlandes” (Great Thinkers of the Western World”). He also made a name for himself as a consultant in the remodelling of the Reichstag in Berlin. He is deeply involved with questions of identity and the responsibility of the individual vis-à-vis society, subjects of perennial interest to us at Oskar von Miller Forum as well as at the universities, engineering offices and those on the ground involved in construction. The internationally known graphic designer Otl Aicher, who died in 1991, is regarded in his field as one of the leading personalities of the 20th century. Besides his close cooperation with professionals in the building sector he played a decisive role in creating among other things the design concept for the Olympic Games in Munich as well as for companies and institutions such as Luft hansa, ERCO, Frankfurt Airport, numerous banks and insurances companies and many more. The opening speeches of the Technische Universität München was given this year by Prof. Dr. Liqiu Meng (Vice-President of the Technische Universität München and member of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Surveying) and Dr. Regine Keller (Vice President of the Technische Universität München and member of the Faculty of Architecture). Later we made merry with Brazilian music and Caribbean inspired food and summer drinks.

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Shaping the world IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OTL AICHER Speech delivered at the Summer Festival 2012 (extract) Otl Aicher does not stand for specific design solutions. He does not stand for something that can be imitated. Rather, he stands for a method: namely, the no-compromise design of everything to do with our lives; or “total design”, if you like. The question of whether this method was compatible with a specific service for somebody was never his primary concern.

Firstly, the person doing the designing – whether in the capacity of architect or designer – should above all cast a (constructively) critical eye on his/her own activities. Secondly, his/her work should not be about embellishing or concealing things; rather he/she should focus on obtaining a process that establishes high quality standards. Aicher is convinced that design only makes sense when quality standards Of course, design is a service too. But in Aicher’s are established right from the beginning. Only view, the design process should set its own when this primary objective has been properly objectives and purposes. Aicher advocated first understood can it – thirdly – significantly conand foremost a method of design and not easi- tribute to increasing the value of a product. ly-copied solutions. And this method contains the following elements: Most people today have an entirely different conception of what “increase in value” means. Today’s economics students rarely hear any-

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thing about architecture or design, which are about as far removed in their minds as philosophy or ethics. This is sad, because it deprives them of the chance to learn to appreciate that a product also – sometimes indeed primarily – derives its value from design. The intrinsic value of even technically sophisticated products can be connected to their design. This is exactly what the Ulm School of Design, one of whose founders was Otl Aicher, demonstrated in its designs for a whole host of products.

of a product. Design means understanding what a product is really about. ERCO, to name just one example, is a company that has internalised this message. It does not manufacture lamps so much as shape light by means of light fixtures. Accordingly, you will not find baroque scrollwork adorning their light fixtures, rather only features that are functional in terms of the actual light itself.

Above all, design is a matter of fundamentally reflecting on – in fact often reimagining – the Aicher and his colleagues in Ulm were convalue and meaning of a product. This is exactly vinced that the value of a product is expressed what Aicher did in every company he worked in its design. “Design” doesn’t just mean defor. Not all of them were ready to accept the signing wrappers or decorative features, but boldness of this approach. Aicher’s first quespermeates the entire development process tion to a company was:

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Design fulfils a human purpose in the first instance and then an aesthetic purpose. It is not primarily about beautiful things, rather making the world a more liveable and humane place. Wilhelm Vossenkuhl

What is it that you actually do? Do you know what you do and can you explain it to me? Aicher tried to instil a new awareness in clients that would enable them to see their own products with new eyes. Perhaps the present day is not the right time for such bold undertakings – then again, maybe it is. However, this would require a personality big enough to take the liberty to do it. A straightforward service provider will not have this liberty. Of course, design undertakings are never purposeless. The goal of every design under taking is to give people better orientation in their everyday lives and to improve their lives in useful ways and not useless ones.

It follows that people will accept and purchase products that are good in terms of meeting their purposes. Aicher was convinced that design products are not created for museums; they do not possess any artistic value. Aicher’s writings show him to be an excellent art critic in spite of his own artistic ability and talent. He was critical of the idea of art as naked commerce. Unlike art, design is not purposeless. The design of every product must serve the purpose of that product, both the technical aspects and how the product is actually used. Accomplishing this requires a great deal of knowledge and skill on the part of the designer. The Oskar von Miller Forum stands for what Otl Aicher wanted to realize at the Ulm School

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of Design and also after closure of the college, i.e. to establish a scientific foundation for the design process. And the scientific basis does not apply here only to engineering disciplines; rather it starts – precisely for Aicher – with craft. Aicher himself came from a craft background. His father had a workshop in Ulm, where Aicher learned to weld among other skills. A scientific basis does not begin in a vacuum. No, it begins where the design process, the process of making, actually starts – with craft. Moreover, the design process cannot succeed if detached from social contexts. Design is built into economic, political, and social life. Ecological design is an important commitment in this regard.

We tend not to give the subject of “making” the attention it deserves. We think that making is something that craftsmen do, but science is making too. Otl Aicher said that the split between making and science is one of the misunderstandings of the modern world. We have to bring them back together and recognize their interdependencies. Design undertakings are holistic, not isolated. The relation of design to the real world is crucial, wherever we are designing. Design fulfils a human purpose in the first instance and then an aesthetic purpose. It is not primarily about beautiful things, rather making the world a more liveable and humane place. For this reason, designers should have an educa-

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It is not about another world; it is about culti vating the one we have, about specific conditions, circumstances, about that which is the case. But where does the truth of the specific, the concrete reside? On what is its correctness founded? Nothing higher, nothing transcendent: things are justified by their use. Otl Aicher

tion with a broad foundation. The Oskar von Miller Forum includes craft and not just the sciences, thus going beyond the range of subjects offered by the Technische Universität München.

brand-new lightweight construction materials. In our design work, we are able to approach the sustainability imperative in a completely different way than 20 years ago. And here we can draw on the help of IT as well as engineering. But when we look at the ecological aspect, What is Otl Aicher’s message for us today? of course there are also ethical and culturalHow should the design process move forward? historical obligations that we should address. I am convinced that the design process today And we will have the knowledge and ability requires a broad scientific foundation in third- to do so if all these issues are incorporated into level architecture and design courses. There the education that designers receive. are many new insights and developments from the field of materials science that present us with Aicher’s message for us today is to remind us interesting design possibilities – for example, that design effectively means ordering and

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creating structures that allow for creative solutions. Learning the ability to create order should be institutionally grounded in a thirdlevel design institute of international standing, similar to the Ulm School of Design. Perhaps what we see coming together in the Oskar von Miller Forum is the nucleus of such an institute. The biggest challenge facing designers today is to redefine the human dimension in how things are used and how we lead our lives in our high-tech world. Taking this challenge seriously means appreciating that the design process is also always a political and social process. Designers must want to take on and

assimilate this challenge. There is no point waiting for someone to hire you to do it. Like Otl Aicher, designers must decide to do it of their own accord.

Aicher’s message for us today is to remind us that design effectively means ordering and creating structures. Wilhelm Vossenkuhl

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Chamber concert Munich’s Musical Society Music culture at the Oskar von Miller Forum Our annual chamber concert evening was held on Monday, 13 February 2012 with the following people playing: Veaceslav Cernavca (clarinet), Damjan Saramandic (cello) and Zovyana Tkachyk (piano). Ludwig van Beethoven Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Violoncello Op. 11 B-flat

Gioacchino Rossini Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Piano in B-flat

Johannes Brahms Sonata for Violoncello and Piano E-minor Op. 38

Robert Schumann 3 Fantasy Pieces Op. 73 for Clarinet and Piano Malcolm Arnold Clarinet Sonatina, Op. 29

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Seminars Leadership and Culture Seminars for personal development Special training seminars for the personal development of the Forum’s students as future managers in industry, teaching and research were also held this year. They focused on conveying integrative skills in perception and communication. In the process, topics such as leadership, conversation skills and international etiquette were treated. Further seminars were tailored to the residents’ needs in cooperation with professional trainers.

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Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it.

Bill Bradley | politician And Former basketball player

Residents’ impressions 123 An international network 130 Alumni 0146 Graduates 0147

Residents he Oskar von Miller Forum offers T 54 students and 7 guest scientists excellently equipped living space in a central location.

Visiting students and guest scientists The Oskar von Miller Forum accommodates students and doctoral students of the construction-related faculties of TUM. Guests also include students from Munich’s Städtische Fachschule für Bautechnik. Many students come from abroad, thus creating the prerequisites for an intensive interdisciplinary and inter national dialogue and exchange. The Oskar von Miller Forum’s guests include scientists from around the world. These people further enrich communal life.

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Zhu Ning Doctoral student China

It wasn’t until the last few days that I became really aware of what the German word “Erinnerung“ (memory) means. When I was at Marienplatz yesterday, I reflected on all I had experienced in Munich. While having breakfast in the centre of the town today, I was able to see the glass windows of the Forum, which led me to think about life in the Forum. I carry the Forum in my heart, that is, it has become a part of me. I enjoyed visiting Spitzingsee and Tegernsee with all the residents, and being able to attend academic lectures, the tandem and keynote lectures. I was particularly pleased to be able to hold a presentation for the residents of the Forum, and thus have the opportunity to present Chinese architecture and history as well as my architectural project to them. Every one of my experiences in the Forum reappeared in front of my inner eye like a film. Life in the Forum will remain with me as one of my most enjoyable experiences, and so for that reason, just as John F. Kennedy said in Berlin in 1963 politically and diplomatically “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner), I would like to say today from my heart, and quite honestly, that “Ich bin ein Münchner” (roughly equivalent to “I belong to Munich”).

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Alejandro Restrepo Montoya Doctoral student Columbia

Study, learn and live Academic life is full of dreams, decisions and learning processes. I heard of the Oskar von Miller Forum for the first time in November 2010. One month after the start of my doctoral studies at the Faculty of Architecture of the Technische Universität München I took part in a Round Table with Professor Jörg Schlaich. That day I got to know the building and the history of the Forum and discovered an academic community in a beautiful setting. From that day onwards I dreamed of becoming a part of that family. Now that I am here I enjoy every single day to the full. Making new friends, taking part in academic and cultural activities in the Forum, and learning from lecturers and students who live here, all of this gives a special meaning to my experience here.

Academic life is full of dreams, decisions and learning processes. Alejandro Restrepo Montoya

In 1996 I started working in architecture and simultaneously teaching at a university. I discovered that academic work is a constant source of knowledge and that working life is the place where ideas and projects are set in motion. I have learned to view teaching as a communication of knowledge and above all as a way in which to share the experiences made in academic as well as in professional life. In the Oskar von Miller Forum discussions on academic topics are a daily experience. They form an extension of the university’s education and scientific activities. Learning outside the classroom, and living together, is a continuation of the studies there where the people live.

After I have finished my doctoral studies and have returned home, I will tell my students about this experience and will share with them the wonderful moments I have experienced here. I will encourage them to carry on with their studies and scientific production, with the aim of creating a better society. I will always be thankful to every single person in the Oskar von Miller Forum as well asÂ to those people who made it possible for me to be here. In this building, which is also home to contemplation and knowledge, academic life has a very special place. Here I experience day for day the thrill of studying, learning and living.

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Marcelo Bezerra Guest Scientist Brazil

Interaction is a natural reaction to a building in which people from all over the world with their complementary knowledge live, study, listen to specialised lectures and exchange experiences. The building is thus a lesson in sustainable construction and architecture with an atmosphere which encourages the residents to forge new links. The Oskar von Miller Forum is a fantastic idea, which could be an example for all universities and even for towns and cities.

An international network Forum Residents Years 2011/12 The Oskar von Miller Forum lives up to its claim of being an international guesthouse and meeting centre. Guests come from every continent. The evaluation shows their geographical origin, the number of men and women, the degree sought and the branches of study. Living together at the Oskar von Miller Forum is a basis for creating and expanding an international network.

Disciplines Architecture

Construction Technology

Civil Engineering

Environmental Engineering

134 Alumni since 2009

34 guest scientists since 2009

Guests of the house

77 % Guests from Europe Norway Austria Great Britain Ireland

Slovenia Germany

Canada

Bulgaria France

Turkey Italy

Egypt

Venezuela

Greece Brazil Columbia

9 %

Guests from America

Mozambique

5 %

Guests From Africa

Russia Proportion men/women 2011/12

•32 %• Women

•68 %• Men

Final degree 2011/12

Romania

China iran

•31 %• Bachelor

•49 %• Master

•10 %• Construction Technician

•10 %• Doctor

United Arab Emirates

9 %

Guests F rom Asia and Australia

Australia

Disciplines of the guests 2011/12

•29 %• Architecture

•48 %• Civil Engineering

•10 %• Construction Technology

•13 %• Environmental Engineering

Shamma Al Riyami Environmental Engineering United Arab Emirates

Svetlana Andreeva Architecture Russia

Saide Anlaue

Wolfgang Betz

Civil Engineering Mozambique

Civil Engineering Germany

Theresa Bichler Construction Technology Germany

Belinda Bock Civil Engineering Germany

Alexander BRaun

Michael Breitenberger

Civil Engineering Germany

Civil Engineering Italy

Florian Breitenbücher

Vivian brune Höflich

Civil Engineering Germany

Architecture Brazil

Benedikt Buchmüller

Cristina Castillo

Construction Technology Germany

Environmental Engineering Venezuela

Salomoa Chicala

Nick Crane

Civil Engineering Mozambique

Architecture Great Britain

Roland Dieling

Environmental Planning Germany

Jonathan Crosthwaite

Bernhard Dal-Bianco

Architecture Great Britain

Architecture Austria

Mohamed Elhaddad

Civil Engineering Egypt

Ulrich Gerstlauer

Benedikt Grauvogl

Civil Engineering Germany

Donal Groarke

Architecture Ireland

Civil Engineering Germany

MariAnna Grigoropoulou

Alejandro Grisales

Architecture Greece

Civil Engineering Columbia

Sebastian H채ck

Environmental Engineering Germany

Alexander Hruby

katharina Hundertmark

Civil Engineering Germany

Tobias Ihler

Gรถkce Iyicil

Construction Technology Germany

Environmental Engineering Turkey

Sean Kerwin Environmental Engineering Canada

Valentin Koslowski Civil Engineering Germany

David Kurfer Arne laugesen

Construction Technology Germany

Civil Engineering Germany

Cristian A. Lazea

Ole Marius LĂ&#x2DC;ken

Civil Engineering Romania

Architecture Norway

Yao Lu

Florian Meier

Architecture China

Civil Engineering Germany

Alexander Mendler

Katja Milosev

Civil Engineering Germany

Architecture Slovenia

franz MĂźhle

Catherine Nowak

Civil Engineering Germany

Civil Engineering France

Patrick Ole â&#x20AC;&#x201A;Ohlbrock

Silvio Parucker

Civil Engineering Germany

Architecture Brazil

Vincent Peyramale

Environmental Engineering France

Ali Rafieetari

Architecture Iran

Michael Reich Krasimir Raynovski

Construction Technology Germany

Architecture Bulgaria

helena Reichert

Michael ReitenspieSS

Civil Engineering Italy

Civil Engineering Germany

Veronika Ruck

Civil Engineering Germany

Alejandro Restrepo Montoya

Federica N. Rosati

Architecture Columbia

Architecture Italy

Francesca Rupini

Environmental Engineering Italy

Fabian Schiebel

Dominik Schillinger

Civil Engineering Germany

Stefanie Schneider Annette Schmitz

Construction Technology Germany

Civil Engineering Germany

Hannah Schock

Civil Engineering Germany

Nicholas Schramm

Stefanie Schuster Environmental Engineering Germany

Civil Engineering Germany

Emanuele Sommariva Architecture Italy

Lukas Stimmelmayr

Civil Engineering Germany

Florian Sturma

Construction Technology Germany

Daniel Talke

Calin Remus Tecusan

Civil Engineering Germany

Civil Engineering Romania

Bach peter Tran

Simon Vilgertshofer

Architecture Australia

Civil Engineering Germany

Sophia von Salisch

Zeng Yulang

Architecture Germany

Architecture China

Donata Z端hlsdorf

Civil Engineering Germany

Ning Zhu

Raphael Zuber

Architecture China

Civil Engineering Germany

Alumni s ince 2009

Graduates with honours (list is not exhaustive) monicA AliceA-mAtos Degree: Master of Architecture with Honours, Master of Interior Architecture with Honours

mArkus lecHner Degree: Master in the carpentry trade and state-examined construction technician Master Prize of the Bavarian State Government

WE CONGRATULATE OUR GUESTS tAlitA noGueirA ON THEIR GRADUATION. Benedikt BucHmüller wolfGAnG Betz

Degree: Master of Science with Honours, SOFiSTik Prize

Degree: Bachelor in Architecture and Urbanism (highest grades in class)

Degree: Master in the carpentry trade and state-examined construction technician Master Prize of the Bavarian State Government

cristinA cAstillo Degree: Master in Environmental Engineering with Honours

dAvid kurfer Degree: Master in the carpentry trade and state-examined construction technician Master Prize of the Bavarian State Government

vincent peyrAmAle Degree: Master in Environmental Engineering with Honours

dominik scHillinGer Degree: Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) Distinction: Summa cum laude, John Argyris Award

wolfGAnG scHnell Degree: Master in Civil Engineering with Honours

GAutier triBet Degree: Master in Environmental Engineering with Honours

ricHArd winter Degree: Bachelor of Science in Architecture with First Class Honours

floriAn winkler Degree: Bachelor of Engineering with Honours

rApHAel zuBer Degree: Bachelor of Engineering scholarship from the Schöne family

Alumni since 2009

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Graduates with honours ( list is not exhaustive) Monica Alicea-Matos

Markus Lechner

Gautier Tribet

Degree: Master of Architecture with Honours, Master of Interior Architecture with Honours

Degree: Master in the carpentry trade and state-examined construction technician Master Prize of the Bavarian State Government

Degree: Master in Environmental Engineering with Honours

Wolfgang Betz Degree: Master of Science with Honours, SOFiSTik Prize

Benedikt Buchmüller Degree: Master in the carpentry trade and state-examined construction technician Master Prize of the Bavarian State Government

Talita Nogueira Degree: Bachelor in Architecture and Urbanism (highest grades in class)

Vincent Peyramale Degree: Master in Environmental Engineering with Honours

Cristina Castillo

Dominik Schillinger

Degree: Master in Environmental Engineering with Honours

Degree: Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) Distinction: Summa cum laude, John Argyris Award

David Kurfer

Wolfgang Schnell

Degree: Master in the carpentry trade and state-examined construction technician Master Prize of the Bavarian State Government

Degree: Master in Civil Engineering with Honours

Richard Winter Degree: Bachelor of Science in A rchitecture with First Class Honours

Florian Winkler Degree: Bachelor of Engineering with Honours

Raphael Zuber Degree: Bachelor of Engineering scholarship from the Schöne family

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Scientific dialogue G uest Scientists Education and Research Prof. Dr. Michelle Addington

Architecture | USA | 2012 During her tenure as Visiting Professor of Emerging Technologies at the Faculty of Architecture at the TU Munich, Michelle Addington lived at the Oskar von Miller Forum from April to July 2012. Emerging Technologies covers the use of advanced materials and consideration of production processes and logistical systems in civil engineering.

Marcelo Bezerra

Architecture | Brazil | 2012 The architect Marcelo Bezerro resided at the Oskar von Miller Forum from February to August 2012 while working on his doctoral thesis. He concentrated his research on the “Sustainable renovation of residential properties in Rio de Janeiro”.

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Dr. Gabriella Cianciolo

Architecture | Italy | 2011 Gabriella Cianciolo Cosentino, Italy, post-doc scholar of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Technische Universität München, lived at the Oskar von Miller Forum from April to December 2011. She was studying the Italian influence on German post-war architecture.

Helena Doudova

Architecture | Czech Republic | 2012 Helena Doudova, scholar of the Robert Bosch Foundation, spent October 2011 to October 2012 at the Museum of Architecture of the TU Munich. She was a resident of the Oskar von Miller Forum from January to October 2012, during which time she studied the work of Adolf Loos, including his buildings, theo retical writings and his influence on contemporary architecture.

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Sylvia He

Geography/Economics | USA | 2011 In the area of geography and economics, Sylvia He, USA, was awarded a postdoc fellowship in the field of settlement structure and traffic planning at the Chair of Prof. Wulfhorst, TU Munich. She lived at the Oskar von Miller Forum from June to December 2011.

Dr. Luz Angelica Gradilla Hernandez

Environmental Engineering | Mexico | 2012 Luz Angelica Gradilla Hernandez, Mexico, was scientific assistant to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gebhard Wulfhorst at the TU Munich, where she studied sustainability in transportation. She resided at the Oskar von Miller Forum from January to March 2012.

Dr. Michael Krautblatter

Civil Engineering | Germany | 2012 Michael Krautblatter held the post of Visiting Professor of Mass Movements from March to September 2012 at the Chair of Engineering Geology of the TU Munich. He spent this period as a resident of the Oskar von Miller Forum, researching the regression of permafrost in the Alps as a result of climate change and the implications for small, medium and large mass movements.

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Dr. Andres Lepik Architecture | Germany | 2012 Andres Lepik, from the Graduate School of Design of Harvard University, was appointed by the TU Munich as Chair of Architectural History and Curatorial Practice. At the same time he became Director of the Museum of Architecture of the TUM, succeeding Prof. Winfried Nerdinger. The TUM gained an inter nationally renowned academic in its appointment of the art historian. He resided at the Oskar von Miller Forum from June to August 2012.

Amer A. Moustafa Architecture | United Arab Emirates | 2012 Amer A. Moustafa, PhD, from the College of Architecture, Art and Design at the American University of Sharjah, was a visiting professor at the TU Munich from October 2011 to February 2012 and lived at the Oskar von Miller Forum. His courses focused on urban design/architecture in traditional Islamic cities, emerging cities of the Gulf and the sociocultural dimension of urban development.

Prof. Dr.-ing. Weidong Qu

Architecture | China | 2010/11 Weidong Qu, China, a Humbold scholar from Beijing’s renowned Renmin University, was a resident at the Oskar von Miller Forum from October 2010 to December 2011. He has worked on several Property Tax Reform projects in China and was a guest researcher at the Chair of Land Management and Land Development (Faculty of Civil Engineering and Surveying) of the TU Munich.

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Vincent Snyder

Architecture | USA | 2012 Together with his students from the University of Texas at Austin, Vincent Snyder, USA, held the Summer Program Munich 2012 at the TUM and resided at the Oskar von Miller Forum from May to July 2012. During this time he organised a six-week summer school for 15 students from the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture.

Dr. John Stone

Civil Engineering | Australia | 2012 John Stone was invited by the interdisciplinary project team mobil.TUM at the Chair of Traffic Technology to complete a research stay in association with the doctoral study course mobil.LAB at the TU Munich, which was sponsored by the Hans-Böckler Foundation. He was a resident of the Oskar von Miller Forum from February to March 2012.

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Origin Where do our guest scientists come from?

33 %

Guest Scientists from Europe

42 %

Guest Scientists from America

25 %

Guest Scientists From Asia

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As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Project sponsors 155 Team 159

Project sponsors The Oskar von Miller Forum is sponsored by the Bavarian construction industry.

Owners and 足operators The Oskar von Miller Forum is run by the foundation Stiftung Bayerisches Baugewerbe. The building is owned by Gemeinn端tzige Urlaubskasse des Bayerischen Baugewerbes e. V., which is a registered association. The industrial partners of the Bavarian construction industry are members of this association. The Oskar von Miller Forum can therefore build on the support of the Bavarian building trade associations, the Bavarian construction industry association, the Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt 足in足dustrial trade union and the Verband der Zimmerer und Holzbauunternehmer Bayern.

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Project sponsors Bavarian construction industry Bayerischer Bauindustrieverband (BBIV) The BBIV represents the interests of the Bavarian construction industry vis-à-vis the trade unions, legislators, government and public administration in Bavaria. Industriegewerkschaft Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (IG BAU) The Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt industrial trade union (IG BAU) represents the interests of around 400,000 workers employed in the German construction and building materials industries, in agriculture and forestry, building management, environmental protection and conservation as well as waste disposal and recycling. Landesverband Bayerischer Bauinnungen (LBB) The LBB (State Association of Bavarian Construction Guilds) is the employers’ and trade association of the Bavarian construction guilds. Verband der Zimmerer und Holzbauunternehmer Bayern (VBZH) The VBZH (Bavarian association of carpenters and timber construction contractors) is the professional organisation of the Bavarian carpenters and timber construction industry which campaigns on behalf of business owners and the carpentry trades.

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Gemeinnützige Urlaubskasse des Bayerischen Baugewerbes e. V. For over 60 years, the procedure applied in the construction industry to fund leave pay has ensured that claims to leave and remuneration can be saved for manual workers so that they can take continuous leave. The Urlaubskasse (leave pay funds) maintains an employee account for each manual worker in the construction industry in Bavaria and reimburses to the employer the leave pay it has paid.

Executive Board

Management

Hans Beer | IG Bau Robert Feiger | IG Bau Dipl.-Ing. Otto Frischeisen | LBB/VBB Senator E.h. RA Gerhard Hess | BBiV

Ernst Treitz | Managing Director Claudia Glas | Deputy Managing Director

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Team Contacts at the Oskar von Miller Forum

The Team Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Lang | Director Sabina Karkos Isabelle Krier Michaeli Klaus Mayer Rosemarie Nöhbauer Daniela Schäfer

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. Michael Jordan | Former basketball player

Programme Advisory Council of the Oskar von Miller Forum

Programme Advisory Council | Imprint

The Programme Advisory Council advises the Director of the Oskar von Miller Forum on organising the programme. Its members made a significant contribution to creating an independent profile for the programme particularly in the phase of setting up Keynote lectures 2012/13 the Oskar von Miller Forum. 25.10.2012 Ernst Rauch | Electricity from the Desert as a Contribution to the Future Energy Supply to the EUMENA Region: The Dii/Fraunhofer Study and Munich Hans Angerer Perspective most recently President of the District GovA lawyer with a keen interestRe in architecture; ernment of Upper Franconia; active in an honorary capacity, amongst others, as Director 08.11.2012 Prof. em. Dr. rer. nat. Werner Nachtigall | Constructional Bionics – of the administrative management course of the Bavarian State Chancellery, member of Construction and Climatisation in Nature the Board of Trustees of the Upper Franconian Foundation and Chairman of the Curatorship of the Maximilianeum Foundation. 13.12.2012 Prof. Dr. Meinhard Miegel | For a Change in Awareness – Away from a Culture of Consumerism Towards a Culture of Prosperity Prof. Dr. Thomas Herzog Architect of the Oskar von Miller Forum andChristiaanse full professor| atFuture severalCity/Future universities. He estab10.01.2013 Prof. ir. Kees Cities Laboratory lished his own architecture firm in 1971, developing structural systems and pioneering buildings based on the use ofProf. environmental energy. He has won a number of prestigious 07.02.2013 ir. Rob Nijsse | Structural Glass prizes and awards. Member of national and international academies. Author and pub18.04.2013 technological Dr. ir. Michel Virlogeux | Emeritus The Millau andat Other Projects lisher of architectural and monographs. of Viaduct Excellence the Technische Universität München and Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University Beijing. 16.05.2013 Prof. Dr. Richard Corsi | Modern Indoor Air Quality: The Evolution of Buildings as Chemical Reactors Carsten Kuttnik In his role as Regional Director of IG BAU Bayern, Carsten Kuttnik coordinates trade union 13.06.2013 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Knippers | From Nature as a Source of Ideas to the Built activities in Bavaria and is responsible for collective bargaining policies as well as liaison Structure with the State Government of Bavaria. 11.07.2013 Dr. Manfred Thumann | The Linthal Pump Storage Power Plant 2015 Prof. Dr. Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani Architect and architectural historian with his own architecture firm since 1980. Full chair of the History ofInUrban Design atkeynote the ETHlectures, University Zurich. of Casabella magazine, addition to our weof will again Editor hold evening lectures on current topics relating then publishertoofconstruction Domus magazine in Milan andinDirector of the German Museum on a regular basis the 2012/2013 academic year. of Architecture in Frankfurt am Main. Professorial posts at Harvard and other international universities, numerous architectural and urban development projects as well as academic publications, particularly on urban architecture in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Programme Advisory Council of the Oskar von Miller Forum

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Müller Civil engineer and full professor; on completing his doctor’s degree and habilitation he became a consulting engineer and chief executive at a large, medium-sized engineering company; since 2004 he has held the position of Chair of Structural Mechanics at the Technische Universität (TU) München; he is active in an honorary capacity, amongst others, at the Faculty Association and 4ING, Chairman of the Education Committee of the Bavarian Chamber of Civil Engineers, and guidance counsellor at the Cusanuswerk scholarship body of the Catholic Church in Germany. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Wolff Structural engineer at the Technical University of Hanover, initially spending five years at the Institute for Concrete Construction, then 32 years at the DYWIDAG construction company, where Dr.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Wolff was construction manager, branch manager, including 12 years on the board – 10 of which as chairman. He spent a good 10 years as Vice President of the Bavarian Construction Industry Association, and in retirement has been involved in various curatorships (including the Deutsches Museum). Since 2004 he has held the honorary post of Chairman of the Board of the DGUV (German Social Accident Insurance Association).

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The Oskar von Miller Forum, in the heart of Munich located close to the Technische Universität München, is an international guest house and meeting point. The Forum is an independent educational initiative of the Bavarian construction industry and gives new stimulus particularly to the training of civil engineers, architects and students of higher-level trade schools in the construction industry. The Yearbook 2011/2012 offers insight into the international life and work at the Oskar von Miller Forum.

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