Oskar von Miller Forum – Year Book 2013/14 by ediundsepp Gestaltungsgesellschaft mbH

A BOOK ABOUT THE OSKAR VON MILLER FORUM

Yearbook 2013/14

101 GUESTS 2013/14

77 HOME COUNTRIES OF OUR GUESTS

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» YOU HAVE TO LEARN WHAT THERE IS TO LEARN AND THEN GO YOUR OWN WAY. GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL German-British composer in the Baroque period

OSKAR VON MILLER FORUM The Oskar von Miller Forum, in the heart of Munich, located close to the Technische Universität München, is an international meeting centre and guesthouse. As an independent educational initiative of the Bavarian construction industry, the Oskar von Miller Forum gives new stimulus to the training of civil and environmental 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 › in developing social skills

OVERVIEW Event rooms › Lecture hall on the ground ﬂoor › Seminar room on the 7th ﬂoor

Apartments › 54 apartments for students in the southern part of the building (2nd to 6th floor), of which: › 1 apartment suitable for the disabled › 3 mother & child apartments › 1 project/work room for students on the 2nd floor › 7 apartments for guest scientists in the eastern part of the building (1st to 4th floor)

Common rooms Rooms for students and guest scientists › Bistro on the ground ﬂoor › Library on the ground ﬂoor

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LONGITUDE 11°34‘30,71“ E

LATITUDE 48°8‘45,32“ N

MUNICH Germany

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101 GUESTS 2013/14

77 HOME COUNTRIES OF OUR GUESTS

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» YOU HAVE TO LEARN WHAT THERE IS TO LEARN AND THEN GO YOUR OWN WAY. GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL German-British composer in the Baroque period

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Content 2013› 1 › FORUM

‹ 3 › LECTURES

7 — Welcome Address 11 — Stimulus

34 — Keynote Lectures 64 — Evening Lectures

‹ 2 › PROGRAMME MANDATE

‹ 4 › EXHIBITION

19 — Programme Mandate 20 — Programme Elements 26 — Event Calendar

83 — Landscape and Structures

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IN-HOUSE EVENTS

91 93 94 99

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101 105 107 109 111 113

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Workshops Round Table Discussions Tandem Lectures Personal Development Seminars Welcome Weekend Bavarian Evening Christmas Party Concert International Evening Summer Festival

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JOINTLY ORGANISED EVENTS

125 — PLEA 2013 Conference 127 — Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW)

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RESIDENTS

130 — International Network 146 — Alumni 147 — Guest Scientists

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PROJECT SPONSORS

158 — Owner and Operator 159 — Project Sponsors 161 — Team

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MISSION The Oskar von Miller Forum has a programme mandate. Scientists from all over the world are invited to the Forum, offered temporary accommodation and realise the programme. Undergraduate and graduate students as well as trainee master builders are given the opportunity of living at the Forum, participating in the Forum’s programme and organising their own events. The interplay of these components generates ideas and potential new directions for education at the Technische Universität München. The Oskar von Miller Forum has an interdisciplinary and international orientation. It is committed to the pursuit of excellence in its objectives, in nurturing the talent of its students and in all its other activities.

1› FORUM An international meeting centre and guesthouse for students, trainee master builders and scientists in the ﬁeld of construction. 7 — Welcome address 11 — Stimulus

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Welcome address

DEAR FRIENDS OF THE OSKAR VON MILLER FORUM, Since 2009, the Oskar von Miller Forum has been supporting the education of engineers in construction-related disciplines at the Technische Universität München (TUM) as an independent educational initiative of the Bavarian construction industry. In addition to students of the Faculty of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering and the Faculty of Architecture at the TUM, this also includes Munich’s Municipal Technical College of Construction Engineering and School for Master Builders (Städtische Fachschule für Bautechnik und Meisterschule für das Bauhandwerk, München). The Oskar von Miller Forum has a programme mandate. As an international centre where people from diverse construction-related disciplines can meet and exchange ideas, the Oskar von Miller Forum contributes exciting ideas and inspiration to the education of a new generation of engineers, architects and master builders through its excellent programme, while offering temporary accommodation to around 60 international guest students and scientists. The Forum’s most important job is to promote excellence and the exchange of ideas and knowledge relating to the major current topics in construction-related disciplines, thereby boosting the prospects of future engineers, architects and master builders and preparing them to thrive in an international and interdisciplinary professional environment. As well as broadening their professional horizons, young people should also be given the opportunity to understand themselves in the context of their actions as members of our society and to grow and develop accordingly.

» EXCELLENT SCIENTISTS FROM GERMANY AND FURTHER AFIELD ARE INVITED TO THE OSKAR VON MILLER FORUM TO PROMOTE AN INTENSIVE PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DIA LOGUE WITH THE STUDENTS AND TRAINEE MASTER BUILDERS. WERNER LANG Director

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The scientifically challenging programme is directly related to the university education of building professionals. Starting from the traditional profession of master builder, the qualification common to all branches of the building and construction industries, it establishes connections and links between construction engineering and surveying, between architecture and the artisan trades as well as other engineering and natural sciences. The programme of the Oskar von Miller Forum consists of the following components: › Excellent scientists from Germany and further afield are invited to the Oskar von Miller Forum for the purpose of promoting an intensive professional and personal dialogue with the students and trainee master builders. They enrich and support the programme in professional and cultural respects through lectures, workshops and discussion groups. › An independent event programme on interdisciplinary topics concerning construction is another important component of the programme. This includes lectures given by top international scientists, engineers and architects with exhibitions also being held.

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â&#x20AC;ş A further important aspect is the interdisciplinary, intercultural exchange of all the students and scientists to promote expertise and social skills. This exchange is ensured through living and working together at the Forum and through supporting, in-house events and seminars. I hope you enjoy this review of the academic year 2013/2014. Yours

Werner Lang

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Interdisciplinary Stimulus LECTURES AND EXHIBITIONS The independent event programme of the Oskar von Miller Forum offers top-class lectures and exhibitions on all manner of topics relating to the construction sector.

Living and Learning IN-HOUSE EVENTS Expertise and social skills are promoted by the interdisciplinary and intercultural exchange of ideas and knowledge by all residents. In-house events and seminars serve this purpose.

» TANDEM LECTURES ARE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR PROMOTING THE INTERDISCIPLINARY AND INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN RESIDENTS. DIMITRIS ILIOPOULOS Resident

Scientiﬁc Dialogue WORKSHOPS AND ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS Top-class scientists from Germany and abroad support students and trainee master builders in their pursuit of excellence through in- depth, professional dialogue. They contribute to shaping the programme through lectures, workshops and round table discussions.

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» KNOWING IS NOT ENOUGH, WE MUST APPLY. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE German poet, critic and naturalist

‹2› PROGRAMME MANDATE The Oskar von Miller Forum offers forward-looking academic events in the ﬁeld of construction. 19 — Programme Mandate 20 — Programme Elements 26 — Event Calendar

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Programme Mandate The programme of the Oskar von Miller Forum is dedicated to the education of engineers in the field of construction at the Technische Universität München. With an interdisciplinary and international orientation, it supports students in their pursuit of excellence in both their own field of specialisation and in related disciplines. The programme is directly related to the university education of building professionals. Starting from the traditional profession of master builder, the qualification common to all branches of the building and construction industries, the programme establishes connections and links between construction engineering and surveying, between architecture and the artisan trades as well as other engineering and natural sciences.

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LIVING AT THE FORUM SMOOTHS STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PATH, PROVIDES A TASTE OF WHAT WORKING LIFE IS LIKE AND HELPS TO BROADEN CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HORIZONS. MARKO TOMSIC Resident

The programme of the Oskar von Miller Forum consists of three main components. One of these components is the scientists working and living at the Forum. In direct dialogue with the students, and through lectures, workshops and discussion sessions, they contribute to and enrich the programme as well as day-to-day life at the Oskar von Miller Forum, both from a professional and a cultural point of view. The independent and outstanding programme of events is the second component that ensures valuable impetus for the professional development of students. Internationally recognised experts hold challenging keynote and evening lectures on issues of topical interest in structural engineering and architecture. The third component is the exchange that takes place between students from different countries and from different disciplines and which is nurtured by the shared living and working arrangements at the Forum. For example, in tandem lectures, students report on their studies, their scientiﬁc projects or their doctoral research. A number of further in-house activities are organised by the residents on their own initiative. Residents also enhance their social skills by taking part in personal development seminars.

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LECTURES The Oskar von Miller Forum offers forward-looking academic events in the field of construction. Excellent keynote and evening lectures form a significant part of the event programme. These not only serve aspects such as securing the future and improving quality in construction-related fields, but are also interdisciplinary, intercultural, and innovative in content. They focus on topics of current interest in engineering, architecture and other constructionrelated areas, not neglecting social issues and developments. Keynote lectures concentrate on the main topics of engineering across the disciplines. The Forum also seeks a dialogue with experts through impromptu evening lectures in order to respond flexibly to issues of topical interest. Similar to the keynote lectures, the evening lectures are interdisciplinary and intercultural in content.

EXHIBITIONS The Oskar von Miller Forum lectures are augmented by exhibitions devoted to civil engineering. In November 2013, Swiss civil engineer Jürg Conzett and photographer Martin Linsi from Switzerland provided a very special glimpse into civil engineering in their home country. Their impressive black-and-white photos in the exhibition entitled “Landscape and Structures” showcased Swiss civil engineering structures at the intersection between landscape and architectural cogency. In addition to the public exhibitions at the Oskar von Miller Forum, students also present their own in-house projects.

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IN-HOUSE EVENTS (LECTURES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, DISCUSSION EVENINGS, SYMPOSIA) Under the “Scientists in Residence” programme, top-class scientists are invited to the Oskar von Miller Forum for anything from several weeks to a whole semester. Besides their professional qualiﬁcations, these guest scientists are sociable, keen to work together with students, show initiative and actively participate in the programme of the Oskar von Miller Forum. In addition, the Oskar von Miller Forum invites selected scientists for a short stay of several days to provide effective stimulus on issues of current interest in the form of lectures, seminars, workshops, discussion evenings or symposia.

Tandem Lectures All of the students present essential aspects of their work or projects at tandem lectures. These presentations are to be seen as part of the in-house programme and as complementing the public programme of the Oskar von Millar Forum. They offer residents the opportunity for an intensive and interdisciplinary sharing of knowledge and experience at international level. In this way, they can deﬁne their own priorities beyond the scope of their particular specialist knowledge, whilst developing and testing their personal strengths in the process.

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Personal development seminars Student guests are prepared for their role as leaders in industry, teaching and research in construction-related sectors. First and foremost, they receive training in cooperation and communication skills. This training covers topics such as leadership and working together with others, conﬂict management as well as conversational and intercultural skills. Students also receive advice regarding job application procedures, including the chance to deal with their own job application situations under the guidance of a coach. Working closely with professional trainers, all of the seminars are tailored so to meet the individual needs of the residents.

Welcome Weekend, Bavarian Evening, International Evening, Summer Festival and Christmas Party At the beginning of the winter semester, a “Welcome Weekend” is usually held to encourage the integration of new students and create a basis for a positive community spirit. Last year, it was held on 11/12 October 2013. The summer festival, which took place this year on 27 June 2014, provides an opportunity to cultivate the contact with former residents and in this way forge a relationship with the Forum above and beyond the mere fact of once having lived there. In addition, departing students are given a warm farewell, so that they will still feel a tie to the Forum long after they have left. The Bavarian Evening, the International Evening and the Christmas Party are further in-house events that foster a sense of community between residents. These events all help to create an effective social and professional network for students.

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Concert Through in-house concerts, which take place once or twice a year, the Oskar von Miller Forum furthers the cultural awareness of its residents. In cooperation with the association "Freunde Junger Musiker München e. V.", a concert was held on 28 January with the young percussionist Simone Rubino. The prize winner of numerous competitions played works of Askell Masson, John Psathas and Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska, among others.

JOINTLY ORGANISED EVENTS External organisers have the opportunity of arranging their events in the ﬁeld of construction at the Oskar von Miller Forum, which residents of the Forum are invited to attend. In this way, additional stimulus is provided for the university education of construction engineers and contributions are made to the pursuit of knowledge and skills. A scientiﬁcally challenging programme that complements teaching activities at the TUM is thus the guiding principle for all the events held at the Oskar von Miller Forum.

Overview OVERVIEW OF OUR PROGRAMME

20 % PUBLIC EVENTS › Keynote lectures › Evening lectures › Exhibitions

18 % SCIENTISTS PROGRAMME › › › ›

Symposia Workshops Lectures Discussions

30 % JOINTLY ORGANISED EVENTS Participation in › Symposia › Workshops

32 % INTERDISCIPLINARY, INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE › › › › › › ›

Tandem Lectures Welcome Weekend International Evening Summer Festival Christmas Party Concerts Bavarian Evening

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44 EVENTS

6 EVENING LECTURES

17 TANDEM LECTURES

7 KEYNOTE LECTURES

14 GUEST SCIENTIST CONTRIBUTIONS

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JÜRG CONZETT Landscape and Structures

MARK SARKISIAN Structure | City

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Welcome Weekend

22.10.2013

Tandem lecture | Yu Ogawa/Daniel Talke

05.11.2013

Tandem lecture | Martin Resch/Fabian Schiebel

07.11.2013

Keynote lecture | Jürg Conzett | Conzett Bronzini Gartmann AG Chur, Switzerland | Landscape and Structures (Opening of exhibition)

09.11.2013

Workshop | Jürg Conzett

12.11.2013

Tandem lecture | Johannes Kirchberger/Dominik Schipper

19.11.2013

Tandem lecture | Diego Romero Espinosa/Bettina Rose Wolfram

21.11.2013

Evening lecture | Jochen Teizer | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, USA | Remote Sensing

26.11.2013

Tandem lecture | Tobias Schittenhelm/Shamma Al Riyami

28.11.2013

Bavarian Evening

03.12.2013

Tandem lecture | Raphael Zuber/Felix Fessard

05.12.2013

Keynote lecture | Mark Sarkisian | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP San Francisco, USA | Structure | City

06.12.2013

Round Table Discussion | Mark Sarkisian

10.12.2013

Tandem lecture | Gabriella Cianciolo

11.12.2013

Christmas party

17.12.2013

Evening lecture | Anastasios Stamou | National Technical University of Athens | Greece | Optimizing Design Using CFD

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FEBRUARY 2014

PETER HEAD Course Correction

PROF. MAT SANTAMOURIS Cooling the Cities

14.01.2014

Tandem lecture | Philipp Doukakis/Stephan Mauser

16.01.2014

Keynote lecture | Peter Head | The Ecological Sequestration Trust London, Britain | Course Correction

16.01.2014

Workshop | Peter Head

21.01.2014

Tandem lecture | Raphaela Guin/Jia Hailing

23.01.2014

Evening lecture | Prof. Dr. Wolfgang M. Heckl | Deutsches Museum | Munich Technology for Prosperity

28.01.2014

Concert

30.01.2014

Evening lecture | Ingrid Pohl/Sebastian Seelig | Buro Happold | Munich, Berlin Urban Mobility 2.0

06.02.2014

Keynote lecture | Prof. Mat Santamouris | University of Athens | Greece Cooling the Cities

07.02.2014

Workshop | Prof. Mat Santamouris

04.04.2014

Seminar | Leadership

05.04.2014

Seminar | Leadership

08.04.2014

Workshop | Yao Dong, guest scientist

15.04.2014

Workshop | Salah El-Metwally, guest scientist

29.04.2014

Tandem lecture | Dimitris Iliopoulos/Ana Tori/Fraser Wallis

29.04.2014

Round Table Discussion | Andreas Christen

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ANNE LACATON Re-Invent

VITTORIO MAGNAGO LAMPUGNANI Urban Design

06.05.2014

Tandem lecture | Victor Dominguez Lucas/Alexandre Mongeau/Stefan Taglieber

08.05.2014

Keynote lecture | Anne Lacaton | Lacaton & Vassal Architects | Paris, France Re-Invent

08.05.2014

Round Table Discussion | Lacaton & Vassal Architects

09./10.05.2014

Seminar | Leadership

13.05.2014

International Evening

15.05.2014

Evening lecture | Mohamad Araji | University of Manitoba | Winnipeg, Canada Environmental Augmentation for High Performance Urban Systems

16.05.2014

Seminar | Leadership

20.05.2014

Workshop | Prof. Salah El-Metwally

21.05.2014

Round Table Discussion | Jacob van Rijs

22.05.2014

Evening lecture | Klaus Chmelina | GEODATA | Vienna, Austria Surveying the Underworld

27.05.2014

Tandem lecture | Christine Taglieber/Mark Shtanov/Johannes Meyer

28.05.2014

Workshop | Mohamad T. Araji

03.06.2014

Tandem lecture | Vivien Croes/Carolin Debona

05.06.2014

06.06.2014

Round Table Discussion | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani

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10.06.2014

Round Table Discussion | Prof. Anastasios Stamou

11.06.2014

Workshop | Mohamad T. Araji

12.06.2014

Tandem lecture | Alex Liu-Cheng

17.06.2014

Workshop | Jochen Teizer

24.06.2014

Tandem lecture | Yang Chen/Blazej Jendrzejewski/Julia Schick

27.06.2014

Summer festival

01.07.2014

Tandem lecture | Azadeh Abbasiangenaveh/Thierry Mainil

02.07.2014

Round Table Discussion | Prof. Renato Anelli

03.07.2014

Keynote lecture | Prof. Dr. Dr. E. h. Werner Sobek | ILEK Universität of Stuttgart Interdisciplinary Design

09.07.2014

Workshop | Mohamad T. Araji

10.07.2014

Workshop | Vincent Snyder

14.07.2014

Round Table Discussion | Michael Gatto

29.07.2014

Workshop | Junho Song

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» GREATNESS IS BORN PRIMARILY – AND ALWAYS – OF A GOAL SITUATED OUTSIDE OF ONESELF. ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY French writer and pilot

‹3› LECTURES The independent event programme of the Oskar von Miller Forum focuses on interdisciplinary topics in structural engineering. 34 — Keynote lectures 64 — Evening lectures

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JÜRG CONZETT Conzett Bronzini Gartmann AG [Chur, Switzerland] Landscape and Structures

MARK SARKISIAN Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP [San Francisco, USA] Structure | City

PETER HEAD The Ecological Sequestration Trust [London, Britain] Course Correction

MAT SANTAMOURIS University of Athens [Athens, Greece] Cooling the Cities

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ANNE LACATON Lacaton & Vassal Architects [Paris, France] Re-Invent

VITTORIO MAGNAGO LAMPUGNANI ETH [Zurich, Switzerland] Urban Design

WERNER SOBEK ILEK Universität [Stuttgart, Germany] Interdisciplinary Design

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Landscapes and Structures JÜRG CONZETT CONZETT BRONZINI GARTMANN AG CHUR | SWITZERLAND Dipl.-Ing. Jürg Conzett studied civil engineering at the Federal Institutes of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL/ETHL) and Zurich (ETHZ). He worked for the architect Peter Zumthor before establishing his own engineering offi ce in 1988. Today he leads an engineering office in Chur together with his partners Gianfranco Bronzini and Patrick Gartmann. They design and plan bridges and load-bearing structures for buildings. Their most important works: wooden Mursteg footbridge in Murau/Styria (Arch.: Meili, Peter, Zurich), expansion of the Higher Technical School HS Wood Biel (Arch.: Meili, Peter, Zurich), suspension bridges Traversiner Steg and Pùnt da Suransuns, Viamala, residential and office building at Ottoplatz, Chur (Arch.: Jüngling und Hagmann, Chur), Volta schoolhouse Basel (Arch.: Miller und Maranta, Basel), wooden-concrete bridge over the Glenner in Peiden-Bad, stone bridge in Vals village, Aarestege Rupperswil, Auenstein. Jürg Conzett is a guest member of the Association of Swiss Architects (BSAA), of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and a member of the Schweizerischer Werkbund (SWB).

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LANDSCAPE AND STRUCTURES › Jürg Conzett

As the planner of a number of bridges in Switzerland, Jürg Conzett concentrates on structures and their relationship to the landscape. Bridges, tunnels, passes, viaducts, roads or their supporting walls are a very distinctive feature of Switzerland’s landscape. A central theme of Jürg Conzett’s work are structures serving traffic routes which on the one hand take account of engineering and efficiency yet are also designed to elicit certain emotional responses in the user and beholder. Jürg Conzett shows how important the design value of traffic structures and the cultural signiﬁcance of construction engineering are.

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The exhibition conceived by Jürg Conzett, which was opened after this lecture, shows photographs of Swiss civil engineering structures that were taken in cooperation with photographer Martin Linsi. In the process, buildings of architectural interest were the focus of attention. Jürg Conzett presented many of the photos in the course of his lecture. Two models of his exhibition were also presented – the panoramic road at Susten mountain pass and the ﬁrst motorway from Chur to Landquart in Grisons.

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Structure | City MARK SARKISIAN SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP SAN FRANCISCO | USA

Mark Sarkisian is a Partner and Head of Structural and Seismic Engineering at the architectural and engineering ﬁrm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP in San Francisco, California. His career has focused on developing innovative structural engineering solutions for over 100 major building projects around the world, including some of the world’s tallest. Mark holds eight U.S. Patents for high-performance seismic structural mechanisms and environmentally responsible structural systems. He has recently published a book with Routledge – Taylor & Francis entitled “Design Tall Buildings – Structure as Architecture”.

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AL HAMRA TOWER Kuwait City The construction of the 77-storey high building started in 2005 was completed at the end of 2011. The building is 413 m high and thus one of the world’s highest buildings. Photo: © Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP 2014. All rights reserved.

STRUCTURE | CITY › Mark Sarkisian

URBAN DEVELOPMENT Kuwait Rapid reconstruction after the war damage in 1990/91 and particularly the construction of numerous new high-rise buildings have created Kuwait’s impressive skyline today. Rising to a height of 413 metres, a new skyscraper – the Al Hamra Tower – was built from 2005 until 2011 in the city centre and is one of the tallest buildings in the world.

The engineering and architectural community has begun to develop new ideas that will help to mitigate the negative impacts on the environment through increased urban density, creative approaches to design, and sustainable district and city-wide developments. The building, in a continuous exchange with the city, is integrally connected to the larger urban context through the ﬂows of people, transportation, electricity, water, waste, data, and many other forms of information. This interconnection has inspired new concepts of building systems that incorporate theories of morphology, self-reﬂection, and rheology, which affect the individual and collective performance of structures within a broader ecological context.

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The lecture contemplated the collaborative relationship between the science of the building and the city. Structure was evaluated as a contributor to art, architecture, and the environment.

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Course Correction PETER HEAD THE ECOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION TRUST LONDON | BRITAIN

Prof. Peter Head is a civil and structural engineer who specialised in major bridges, advanced composite technology and now in sustainable development in cities and regions. From 2004 until 2011 he headed the planning and integrated urbanism team at Arup, a global ﬁrm of consulting engineers, in London. Later he set up “The Ecological Sequestration Trust”, the objective of which is to connect the value to humans of ecology and investments of all kinds. He was cited by Time Magazine in 2008 as one of 30 global eco-heroes. Peter Head serves on UNSDSN (Sustainable Development Solutions Network), a global initiative for the United Nations – supporting the development of the Post 2015 Development Goals.

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REDUCING CO 2 Expansion of power plants through algae reactors and biogas plants to return carbon to natural circulation systems.

COURSE CORRECTION › Peter Head

Tackling poverty and the climate change within planetary limits Sustainable Development Goals are being drafted to replace the Millennium Development Goals in 2015. It is clear that eradication of extreme poverty requires transformational change which recognises planetary boundaries, mitigates and adapts to climate change and allows recovery of ecological systems alongside increased agriculture yields. It is in cities and their hinterland that this change is most needed through retroﬁt and new development models. The Ecological Sequestration Trust (TEST) was formed in 2011 to demonstrate at city-region scale how to create a step change in improving energy, water, food security in the face of the combined challenges of changes of climate, demography and increasing resource-scarcity.

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SOUTH KOREA Example of inner-city greening in South Korea.

In his lecture, Peter Head described how The Ecological Sequestration Trust was created to bring together the world's leading scientists, engineers, ecologists, economists and business-ďŹ nance people to demonstrate new tools and approaches that are effective to support this transformation, including the ďŹ nance needed.

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INCREASING GLOBAL WARMING IN EUROPE heat wave > 3 days/decade cold spell > 3 days/decade extrapolation of extreme temperatures based on the number of hot summer days (jun-aug: >35°) and tropical nights (>20°) –

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Cooling the Cities MAT SANTAMOURIS UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS | GREECE

Mat Santamouris is Professor of Energy Physics at the University of Athens and serves as visiting professor at the Brunel University London, Metropolitan University of London, Tokyo Polytechnic University, National University of Singapore, Bolzano University and the Cyprus Institute. He is editor of the book series on Buildings, Energy and Solar Technology published by Earthscan Science Publishers in London. He is also editor-in-chief of the Journal of Building Environmental Research, editor of the Energy and Buildings Journal, associate editor of the Solar Energy Journal and member of the Editorial Board of seven additional journals.

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Mitigation and adaptation techniques to counterbalance urban overheating The temperature of cities continues to increase because of the undeniable climatic change and the heat island phenomenon. The observed high ambient temperatures intensify the energy problem of cities, deteriorate comfort conditions, put in danger the vulnerable population and amplify pollution problems. Higher urban temperatures increase the energy consumption for cooling and raise the peak electricity demand, intensify the pollution patterns in cities and increase the ozone concentration, deteriorate the outdoor thermal comfort conditions, increase the ecological footprint of the cities, intensify the health problems and increase the indoor heat stress on low income population. To counterbalance this phenomenon, important mitigation technologies have been developed and proposed. Mitigation techniques aim to balance the thermal budget of cities by increasing thermal losses and reducing the corresponding gains. Among the more important of the proposed tech-

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niques are those aiming to increase the albedo of the urban environment, expand the green spaces in cities and use the natural heat sinks in order to dissipate excess heat. Recent real scale applications involving the use of the above mitigation techniques have resulted in very important climatic benefits and a significant reduction of the heat island strength. During the lecture the scientific information available on the mitigation and adaptation potential of the existing major technological developments were reviewed in a critical light.

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Re-Invent ANNE LACATON LACATON & VASSAL ARCHITECTS PARIS | FRANCE

Lacaton & Vassal Architects were established in Paris in 1989 by Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal. Both also work as visiting professors at universities in Europe. They planned several social housing projects, such as the conversion of the Tour Bois le Prêtre in Paris (in cooperation with Frédéric Druot). All their projects are based on a principle of generosity and economy, serving the life, the uses and the appropriation, with the aim of changing the standard.

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RE-INVENT › Anne Lacaton

Lacaton and Vassal Architects claim that the ﬁrst task of the architect is to observe carefully, to explore, to think, to take positions, to set down intentions, and then to decide what to do, what to build, and sometimes decide whether to build or not.

SAINT-NAZAIRE LA CHESNAIE France

The challenges of contemporary society all seem, basically, to revolve around a culture of paying attention, interpreting and transforming the existing environment. The point is to exalt the capacities of the existing, to look at it in a new light. The existing provides the preliminary structure for all the projects of the architects Anne Lacaton and JeanPhilippe Vassal.

Conversion of 40 apartments and construction of 40 new apartments Architects: Lacaton & Vassal

Transforming, using, what already exists is accurately observing, from inside, as close as possible. Understanding, being curious, being atten-

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TOUR BOIS LE PRÊTRE Paris, France Restructuring of a 17-storey apartment building for social housing in the north of Paris. By opening up the façade and adding prefabricated modules as building extensions, 44 m2-sized apartments gained an additional 26 m2 outdoor space. Architects: Druot, Lacaton & Vassal Photos: © Philippe Ruault

tive, to the places, trees, people … Looking positively and taking advantage of what is already there, as an opportunity and an additional value. Adding, joining, expanding, superimposing, spanning the existing structure is always more interesting than starting from a place beforehand cleaned and emptied. The project then invents a new situation, enriched of all the previous stories, of all the existing layers. On 3 July 2014 an interview was conducted with Anne Lacaton in the Süddeutsche Zeitung. It was held due to her lecture at the Oskar von Miller Forum.

LACATON & VASSAL Major projects FRAC Dunkirk (public collection of contemporary art), Palais de Tokyo in Paris (Center of Contemporary Art), social housing and student apartments in Paris, music and multi-purpose hall in Lille, café for the Center of Architecture in Vienna, Pôle universitaire de sciences de gestion (branch of the University of Bordeaux), Ecole d'architecture (university of architecture) in Nantes.

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Urban Design VITTORIO MAGNAGO LAMPUGNANI ETH ZURICH | SWITZERLAND

Prof. Dr. Ing. Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani is an architect. Since 1994 he has been Professor for the History of Urban Design at the ETH Zurich and since 2010 director of the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta). Previously, between 1990 and 1994 he was director of the German Architecture Museum (DAM) in Frankfurt and editor of the most important European architecture and design magazine DOMUS. He also has his own architectural practice in Milan which has brought numerous important projects in Europe to completion, including the Research and Administration Centre for the Novartis Campus in Basel, the underground metro station Mergellina in Naples, the entrance square of the Audi factory in Ingolstadt and, most recently, the Richti development in Wallisellen near Zurich. Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani has written numerous books on architecture. His two-volume work “Die Stadt im 20. Jahrhundert” (The City in the 20th Century) is standard reading for all architects and city planners as well as for the interested layperson.

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THE DESIGN MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO FOLLOW THE PERIODICAL APPEARANCE OF CHANGES IN TASTE, THE UPS AND DOWNS OF FASHION. ON THE CONTRARY, IT MUST BE COMMITTED TO A WORLD OF CONSISTENCY, SIMPLICITY, SEVERITY AND ASCETICISM. VITTORIO MAGNANO LAMPUGNANI (Die Modernität des Dauerhaften, Essays zu Stadt, Architektur und Design, Wagenbach, 2011, S. 72)

URBAN DESIGN › Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani

The architecture of a city should not be left to the mercy of the political, social, economic or technological forces that shape it. Rather, it needs to be designed, and to this end it needs ﬁrst of all an intelligent plan that envisages a mix of different uses, a system of beautiful and varied city spaces, a harmonious blend of urban architectural styles, a respectful dialogue between politics and urban architecture and ﬁnally a commitment to change and openness. For every city is so complex and surprising in its social and economic development that it cannot really be planned. But it can be designed. Only then, when it has been designed with competence and insight, will it become a desirable habitat for the people who live there and a part of their identity.

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The architect and city historian Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani is an advocate of the traditional compact cityscape. His theoretical and practical work turns on the question: “What kind of city do we want to live in?” He therefore demands of city planners that they analyse time-honoured structures and learn from them when planning contemporary urban projects. He has a clear preference for built-up inner city areas, and rejects out of hand suburban housing estates lacking deﬁned and designed public spaces.

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NOVARTIS CAMPUS Basel Indoor photos of the staircase Photos: © Paola De Petri | paoladepietri@tin.it

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Interdisciplinary Design WERNER SOBEK ILEK UNIVERSITY | STUTTGART, GERMANY

Prof. Dr. Dr. E.h. Dr. h.c. Werner Sobek is an architect and consultant engineer. He heads the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK) at the University of Stuttgart. From 2008 to 2014 he was Mies van der Rohe Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Werner Sobek is also visiting professor at numerous universities at home in Germany and abroad. He is the founder of the Werner Sobek Group, a worldwide alliance of planning offices for architecture, structural design, façade planning, sustainability consulting and design.

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ROTHENBAUM STADIUM Hamburg Roof of the Rothenbaum Stadium in Hamburg consisting of a ﬁligree steel construction with column-free span width of 100 x 100 m. The roof is clad with a textile membrane. Photo: © Werner Sobek, Stuttgart

INTERDISCIPLINARY DESIGN › Werner Sobek

Today, when ever more complex buildings are being designed to satisfy ever more stringent demands, the question has to be asked, in which context and under which framework conditions is our built environment actually created. What role can and should architects – and engineers – play? In the design phase of a building a number of iterative processes occur. Although sophisticated analytical methods can help in decision-making, geometric design, stability, joining of different materials or building energetics are not the only considerations. Design also involves lighting effects,

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colour and shade, surface ﬁnishes, micro and macro structures, temperature control and much more. Not infrequently, unquantiﬁable or intangible factors play a role.

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But how can all of these factors be integrated to form a complex whole that works? Knowledge of how art is created cannot be expressed in writing. However, learning and understanding can be fostered through constant practice. And it’s imperative that this practice begins in the universities. Only by learning the language of the “other” will interdisciplinary design become possible at all.

Photo: © Zooey Braun, Stuttgart

Memorial site, former concentration camp

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JOCHEN TEIZER Georgia Institute of Technology [Atlanta, USA] Remote Sensing

ANASTASIOS STAMOU National Technical University of Athens [Athens, Greece] Optimizing Design Using CFD

WOLFGANG M. HECKL Deutsches Museum [Munich, Germany] Technology for Prosperity

INGRID POHL SEBASTIAN SEELIG Buro Happold [Munich, Berlin] Urban Mobility 2.0

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MOHAMAD T. ARAJI University of Manitoba [Winnipeg, Canada] Environmental Augmentation

KLAUS CHMELINA GEODATA [Vienna, Austria] Surveying the Underworld

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Remote Sensing and Data Visualization

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JOCHEN TEIZER GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | ATLANTA | USA

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Remote sensing and data visualization technologies are rapidly transforming the way we design, plan, build, and operate facilities and infrastructure today. Access to reliable and fast data, information, and knowledge is becoming increasingly important in construction engineering and management. In his lecture Dr. Jochen Teizer highlighted research being performed at his RAPIDS (Real-time Automated Project Information and Decision Systems) Construction Safety and Technology Laboratory with the aim of achieving safer and more productive work environments. First, the state-of-the-art in emerging real-time location sensing (RTLS), as built data capturing (terrestrial laser scanning and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)), and information modelling (BIM/VDC) technologies were reviewed. The lecture then addressed the following important research questions: How can unsafe and unproductive work practices that are unknowingly designed or planned into the schedule of construction models be automatically identiﬁed early in the planning cycle and eliminated? What impact does real-time resource location tracking technology have on site layout planning and control? How can construction site data be collected and used to advance workforce education and training? Methods and results of ﬁeld trials were shown; future research and development was discussed with the audience.

JOCHEN TEIZER Atlanta | USA Dr. Jochen Teizer was director of the Realtime Automated Project Information and Decision Systems (RAPIDS) laboratory until May 2014. The laboratory is located in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. RAPIDS, where Jochen Teizer had a teaching assignment, specialized on safety and technology research and education in the construction, mining and infrastructure industries.

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Optimizing Design Using CFD ANASTASIOS STAMOU NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS GREECE FLOW CONDITIONS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE GALATSI OLYMPIC ARENA

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Civil engineers and architects design structures; the operational performance of these structures depends strongly on the characteristics of the water or air flows inside or around them. For example, thermal comfort in a theatre depends on the indoor air velocities and temperatures that are affected by the locations of the ventilation units, while water pollution in a marina is controlled by the rate of water exchange with the surrounding waters that is influenced by the orientation of its entrance. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models are tools that simulate these environmental flows by solving well-known equations of fluid motion, heat transfer and pollutant transport. CFD models calculate the distributions of water or air flow velocities and other characteristics, such as temperatures or pollutant concentrations, describing the qualitative status of the structure; then, based on these characteristics, its performance (e. g. thermal comfort or pollution) can be determined. CFD models enable civil engineers and architects to examine alternative designs of new structures (in their actual dimensions) and decide on the most effective; moreover, they can investigate different modifications on existing structures aiming at increasing their current performance. The lecture demonstrated the main features of CFD modeling and highlighted a series of CFD projects that were performed at the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).

ANASTASIOS STAMOU Athens | Greece Prof. Stamou is the Head of the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering of the NTUA (National Technical University Athens). He specializes in “Computational Methods in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and in the Design of Relevant Hydraulic Works”.

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Technology for Prosperity

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WOLFGANG M. HECKL

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Natural sciences and technology as a prerequisite for material prosperity Scientific and technical education is not only a prerequisite for material prosperity in the future, it is of itself an immaterial factor in prosperity in that it equips the individual to deal with life’s challenges and also shapes his worldview. In the face of future challenges for mankind in the areas of environment, mobility, communication, etc., it is more important than ever to encourage research, development and implementation in the marketplace, particularly among young people. Using classic technical milestones as illustration, the Deutsches Museum illuminates successful historical developments, and with its modern exhibitions points towards the future, the path to which is rooted in a substantial dialogue with society. In this way, as Germany’s most frequently visited museum, it fulfils its scientific-technical educational mission. The Munich civil engineer Oskar von Miller (1855 –1934) defined the goal of the Deutsches Museum as bringing together the many diverse branches of science and technology in one place and in this way, by showing the fullest picture possible, making progress comprehensible to the individual. “I am firmly convinced that the many future challenges facing mankind will only be met by a close cooperation between science and society,” writes Wolfgang Heckl in his highly regarded book “Die Kultur der Reparatur” (The Culture of Repair) (Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2013).

WOLFGANG M. HECKL Munich Prof. Dr. Wolfgang M. Heckl studied physics at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen, obtaining his doctorate in the ﬁeld of biophysics. He has been Director-General of the Deutsches Museum since 2004 and heads the thematic network “Nanotechnology” at the National Academy of Science and Engineering, Acatech. Wolfgang M. Heckl was Professor for Experimental Physics at the LMU Muenchen between 1993 and 2009. Heckl’s book “Die Kultur der Reparatur”, published in August 2013, puts him in the vanguard of the current “Do-itYourself-Movement”.

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Unveiling of Bronze Relief MARIE VON MILLER-MOLL AND CHARLOTTE OTTOW GRANDDAUGHTERS OF OSKAR VON MILLER

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On the evening of 23 January 2014 a bronze relief of Oskar von Miller was unveiled in the library of the Oskar von Miller Forum following the lecture given by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang M. Heckl. Marie von Miller-Moll, granddaughter of Oskar von Miller, had made the relief available to the Oskar von Miller Forum and was a guest of honour on that evening. With her sister, Charlotte Ottow, she assumed the task of unveiling the bronze relief during a special ceremony. In the presence of the residents of the Oskar von Miller Forum and the invited guests, including several members of the Miller family, the two sisters vividly recounted their memories of their grandfather. Their childhood in Munich was shaped by the presence of this eminent ﬁgure. Much to the delight of the guests, Monika Lassak, the granddaughter of the artist who made the relief, also related childhood memories of her grandfather. Theodor Georgii, sculptor and medallion maker, member of the Secession in Munich and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, created a number of portraits of famous leading ﬁgures in Munich.

OSKAR VON MILLER The German construction engineer became widely known as a hydropower pioneer and founder of the Deutsches Museum. We owe the basis of our modern water supply to the visionary engineer. Oskar von Miller was project manager during the construction of the Walchensee power plant from 1918 to 1924.

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Urban Mobility 2.0

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INGRID POHL AND DR.-ING. SEBASTIAN SEELIG

BURO HAPPOLD ENGINEERING MUNICH, BERLIN

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Urban mobility 2.0: synergetic – intelligent – electric The hype surrounding electro-mobility has noticeably abated in the last two years. Despite ambitious government goals, sales figures for electrically powered vehicles in Germany are still at a low level. By contrast, in the shadow of the especially media-fuelled debate, it appears that electrically powered vehicles are doing well in the car sharing sector, as demonstrated by the “eCarsharing” systems set up in Berlin, Stuttgart and Ulm. In these cities, users can spontaneously hire electrically powered cars and drop them off again at specific locations. In this way, a completely new, flexible and low-emissions form of urban mobility is being created that is welcomed especially by young people in town centres. This new form of mobility is being made possible by technological innovations such as mobile internet technologies, novel vehicle concepts and battery charging infrastructure, through a new form of mobility culture of “sharing not owning” and through the political will to create new transportation solutions for inner cities. An essential part of the whole concept is that car sharing systems be closely integrated into public transportation systems and be powered by renewable energies. If consistently pursued, electrical car sharing has the potential to change the transportation systems of our cities so as to create a clean and flexible form of mobility that can significantly improve the quality of our urban environment. Drawing on a current study by Buro Happold, Ingrid Pohl and Sebastian Seelig explained the background to this new form of mobility. On the basis of most recent developments and thinking with regard to the city of Berlin, they showed how electrically powered urban mobility can be organized in a synergetic and intelligent way and also presented the creative potential it holds for our city streets.

INGRID POHL | DR.-ING. SEBASTIAN SEELIG Munich, Berlin As an associate of Buro Happold, civil engineer Ingrid Pohl is involved in strategic urban development and infrastructure projects, with particular emphasis on sustainability. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Seelig is a senior consultant with Buro Happold in Berlin and is responsible for national and international urban development projects.

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CLIMATE ACTION PLAN Chicago

DE-CARBONIZATION PLAN Chicago Loop

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Environmental Augmentation – for High Performance Urban Systems Design professionals are seeking to embrace a holistic approach for sustainability innovation, whereby practices and technologies are utilized not only to minimize adverse environmental and social impacts but also to regenerate urban ecologies. This is inevitably vital to mitigate the consequential risks involving rapid population growth, urbanization, economic uncertainty, carbon emissions and energy use, resource and ecosystem challenges, and anthropomorphic climate change. This lecture highlighted research and practice methods toward achieving high performance urban systems. It demonstrated preeminent environmental design, building science and technology that strategize thinking to achieve low-impact responsive built environments. Such framework is relevant to master planning, building structures, systems analyses and detail assemblies. The content addressed environmental augmentation through advancing design process, concept generation, performance optimization, and coherent integrated typologies. Some of the aforementioned topics have been available through scientiﬁc publications and others assumed the insider perspective reﬂecting upon progressive international landmark projects. The emphasis promotes the relationship between integral systems and their energy use to posit effective plans for design typologies, emergent building methods and materials performance and human health, comfort and sensorial thresholds.

MOHAMAD T. ARAJI Winnipeg | Canada Dr. Mohamad T. Araji is Co-Chair for the Environmental Design Studio in Foundation Studies at the University of Manitoba. His academic teaching and scholarly research involve architecture as it relates to building science and environmental technologies, sustainable design systems and energy efficiency. Before that, he worked for leading architecture ﬁrms in the United States, Canada, and the Middle East.

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Surveying the Underworld

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GEODATA | VIENNA, AUSTRIA

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Surveying technology in tunnel construction today, tomorrow (and beyond) Since antiquity, the construction of underground structures (tunnels, shafts and caverns) has been an enormous engineering achievement and is a fascinating branch of surveying. How is it possible that two tunnels, cut through several kilometres from opposite sides can meet up with millimetre precision (which can even be forecast)? And how is it that surface subsidence resulting from tunnel building can be clearly observed from outer space? This, and indeed much more, is exactly what modern surveying technology and systems can deliver today. Surveying of the subterranean world is high-tech business in all its aspects. But how long can the profession of the surveying engineer continue to exist? The lecture started with an overview of current engineering geodetic problems and of measurement solutions in the field of tunnel construction. The most important trends, ideas and visions from the field of R&D were then presented based on GEODATA’s own projects and activities. Topics such as tunnel networks, measuring and monitoring systems, robotics, guidance systems, virtual/mixed/augmented reality, information and communication systems as well as artificial intelligence played a key role.

KLAUS CHMELINA Vienna Dr. Klaus Chmelina has headed the Viennese branch of Geodata Ziviltechnikergesellschaft mbH since 2002. GEODATA is an enterprise specializing in geodetic and geotechnical measurements in tunnel construction. Klaus Chmelina is primarily responsible for planning and implementation as well as advising on engineering geodetic measuring projects in underground mining.

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» I SEE IT AS A TASK OF THE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER TO CREATE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE OFTEN CONTRADICTORY REQUIREMENTS OF FUNCTION AND AESTHETICS. JÜRG CONZETT Civil engineer

‹4› EXHIBITION The content of lectures at the Oskar von Miller Forum are supplemented by exhibitions. 83 — Landscape and Structures

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Landscape and Structures JÜRG CONZETT AND MARTIN LINSI

Jürg Conzett is a civil engineer and partner of the Conzett Bronzini Gartmann engineering offi ce in Chur. He has planned a number of bridges in Switzerland. Martin Linsi is a freelance photographer. The most important themes in his work are human traces in landscapes.

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LANDSCAPE AND STRUCTURES › Jürg Conzett

Infrastructure constructions such as bridges, tunnels, mountain passes, viaducts, roads or their supporting walls are very prominent features in Switzerland. The photographs at the Oskar von Miller Forum showcase civil engineering structures made of concrete, stone, wood or steel, of which the over 500 year-old “Chibrücke” bridge in Stalden is the oldest and the Valserrheinbrücke bridge, built in 2010, the most recent. The exhibition focused on how landscape-oriented engineering can draw valuable inspiration from engaging with its own tradition. Topics covered the use of local materials, craftsmanship, monument conservation and adapting

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existing structures to the higher volume of traffic. In addition, two models showed road construction embedded in the landscape â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the panoramic road at Susten mountain pass and the ďŹ rst motorway from Chur to Landquart in Grisons. The photographs presented at the Oskar von Miller Forum were a selection of the Swiss contribution to the 12th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale in 2010.

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Photographer Martin Linsi is a freelance photographer and lives in Einsiedeln/Switzerland. An important theme in his work are human traces in landscapes. Linsi completed his training at the Gloucestershire College of Art and Design (England). Since then he has participated in numerous larger and smaller individual and group exhibitions in Switzerland, most recently in 2011 at the Swiss Architecture Museum (SAM), Basel and in 2012 at the power station Kubel, St. Gallen. In recent years, his photographic portrait of the canton Schwyz (2005) and the documentation “Landscapes and Structures” (2010) received broad recognition.

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» WE CANNOT SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME THINKING WE USED WHEN WE CREATED THEM. ALBERT EINSTEIN Physicist (1879 – 1955)

‹5› IN-HOUSE EVENTS International and interdisciplinary exchange in an efficient network. 91 — Workshops 93 — Round Table Discussions 94 — Tandem Lectures 99 — Personal Development Seminars 101 — Welcome Weekend 105 — Bavarian Evening 107 — Christmas Party 109 — Concert 111 — International Evening 113 — Summer Festival

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Workshops APPLYING KNOWLEDGE INTERNATIONAL GUEST SCIENTISTS

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Mohamad T. Araji Andreas Christen Jürg Conzett Salah El-Metwally Peter Head

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Mat Santamouris Anastasios Stamou Jochen Teizer Dong Yao

The guest scientists living at the Oskar von Miller Forum actively work together with the residents. The outstanding expertise of guest scientists is, for example, passed on to students during workshops. The Oskar von Miller Forum sees this as being an effective way of increasing and applying acquired knowledge in cooperation with an expert in the respective ﬁeld.

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Round Table Discussions DISCUSSING KNOWLEDGE EMINENT INTERNATIONAL FIGURES

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Renato Anelli Michael J. Gatto Anne Lacaton Jacob van Rijs

› Mark Sarkisian › Vincent Snyder › Junho Song

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YU OGAWA Non-destructive testing of fracture mechanism of reinforced concrete pillars

MARTIN RESCH The application of resourcesaving composite beams and engineering design aids

JOHANNES KIRCHBERGER Wood: Composition, macroscopic structure and properties

DIEGO ROMERO ESPINOSA The green city of the future

DANIEL TALKE 3D laser scanning: Technology and application

FABIAN SCHIEBEL Challenges of network expansion in the distribution of energy from off shore wind farms

DOMINIK SCHIPPER Fair faced concrete

BETTINA ROSE WOLFRAM Urban farming: History and future

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SHAMMA AL RIYAMI Global Warming

FELIX FESSARD Urban Resilience

GABRIELLA CIANCIOLO Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rom

PHILIPP DOUKAKIS 3D printing also for components?

TOBIAS SCHITTENHELM Deepwater Horizon

RAPHAEL ZUBER Social conﬂict – Family versus profession

STEPHAN MAUSER The computer as a design tool

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RAPHAELA GUIN Haiti four years after

DIMITRIS ILIOPOULOS Anti-Seismic construction techniques in ancient Greek temples

VICTOR DOMINGUEZ LUCAS Drones and Topography

JOHANNES MEYER Occupational safety with largescale equipment

JIA HAILIANG The geological role of ice

ANA TORI/FRASER WALLIS Architecture in a Consumerist Society

ALEXANDRE MONGEAU Impacts and consequences of harsh weather on Quebec infrastructures STEFAN TAGLIEBER The carpenter profession in the past and today

MARK SHTANOV Place-Making – Towns for people CHRISTINE TAGLIEBER Modern timber construction

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VIVIEN CROES Space: Educations's last conquest

ALEX LIU-CHENG Parametric and algorithmic methodologies

YANG CHEN Streets vitality in China

AZADEH ABBASIANGENAVEH The geological role of ice

BLAZEJ JENDRZEJEWSKI The art of wood

THIERRY MAINIL Bent glass in architecture

CAROLIN DEBONA Bionics – Potentials for the development of building materials and construction

JULIA SCHICK Asbestos

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Seminars WORKING WITH OTHERS IN A TEAM, MANAGING DIFFERENT INTERESTS, CONFLICTS AND CULTURES PRESENTING MYSELF AND MY PROJECTS I PRESENTING MYSELF AND MY PROJECTS II

THE MANY OPPORTUNITIES [...] PRESENTED TO US RESIDENTS AT THE FORUM PROVIDE A UNIQUE WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND “KNOW HOW” FOR THE PROFESSION SOUGHT AND LATER LIFE. ULRICH GERSTLAUER Resident

Two and three day personal development seminars were again held this year for the Forum’s students. In cooperation with experienced trainers, these seminars are especially tailored to the needs of students in construction-related ﬁelds and trainee master builders and their role as future leaders in business, teaching and research. The Leadership I: Managing Projects” seminar was held in October 2013, during which participants were prepared for work in project teams, practised acting as facilitators in groups and learned motivation techniques. The “Leadership III” seminar in April 2014 was dedicated particularly to training perception and integration skills. The seminar dealt with topics such as team work, conﬂict resolution and work in intercultural teams. The “Leadership IV: Presenting myself and my project” seminar in April 2014 focused on building an awareness of one’s own skills and treated topics such as development potential and values when dealing with other people.

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I REALLY ENJOYED THE WELCOME WEEKEND AT LAKE CHIEMSEE AND KAMPENWAND WITH THE LIKEABLE TEAM AND THE STUDENTS OF THE OSKAR VON MILLER FORUM. ANASTASIOS I. STAMOU, Guest scientist

Welcome Weekend DISCOVERING BAVARIA CHIEMSEE AND KAMPENWAND 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.

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On 11 October 2013 the bus set off towards Lake Chiemsee with all the students and the office team on-board. Their ﬁrst destination was the palace on Herrenchiemsee. After taking the ferry over to the island, they had a snack at the restaurant there. The bus then took the participants to Aschau where they took the cable car up the Kampenwand Mountain to the snow-covered Sonnenalm situated at an altitude of 1,500 m. They had a convivial evening meal and stayed overnight at the mountain lodge. The next morning a group of experienced hikers ventured down the mountain through knee-high snow while the others opted for the cable car. The trip was concluded by eating lunch in the historic Alpenrose restaurant at Samerberg. Apart from giving the 'old' and 'new' guests the opportunity to become better acquainted in an informal and relaxed atmosphere, the focus was on creating personal, professional and international networks.

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AN EVENT COMBINING CULTURE, SHOW SEGMENTS, GOOD FOOD, GREAT COMPANY AND A RELAXED, CONVIVIAL ATMOSPHERE. MARÍA JESÚS ALONSO GONZÁLEZ Resident

CUSTOMS, LIFESTYLE AND TRADITIONS THROUGH THE YEAR At the suggestion of some of the residents, an in-house Bavarian Evening was organized on 28 November 2013, the purpose of which was to introduce all residents to Bavarian customs and culture and especially to give those coming from abroad a taste of Munich life. Devised as a skit on a trip through the seasons, the spectators dropped in on the Octoberfest, paid a visit to a beer garden and were treated to a performance of “Schuhplattln”, where they gained some insight into what makes Bavarians tick.

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Christmas Party LIGHT-HEARTED AND CONTEMPLATIVE To review the past year together, the residents of the Oskar von Miller Forum organised an in-house Christmas party by themselves which involved putting up Christmas decorations and preparing a programme. To get the right atmosphere, a reception was held in the library which featured music with a piano, clarinets, the Oskar von Miller choir and a welcome address. This was followed by a meal and other programme items such as presentations of anecdotes, Christmas tales and photos as well as an exchange of gifts on the 7th ﬂoor.

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Concert SIMONE RUBINO CONCERTS An acoustic experience In keeping with the interdisciplinary and intercultural approach of the Oskar von Miller Forum, what we know as the “ﬁne arts” are also an integral part of the programme. In this spirit, concerts featuring outstanding artists are held once or twice a year, rounding off the Forum’s event programme. These concerts also provide an opportunity to enjoy the space from an acoustic perspective.

TURIN | ITALY On 28 January 2014 in cooperation with FREUNDE JUNGER MUSIKER MÜNCHEN e.V. a concert was held featuring the young percussionist Simone Rubino, winner of numerous competitions, including the International Competition “Luigi Nono”, “Special Prize for Young Talent” of the “Pendim” competition in Bulgaria, “Universal Marimba Competition” 2012, “Marco Fiorindo”, Turin, “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Conservatory Competition”, Berlin, who played works by a total of ten artists altogether, including “One Study One Summary” by John Psathas and “Toccata” by Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska.

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International Evening A LITTLE BIT OF “HOME FROM HOME” The residents proudly permitted a peek into their own particular home country. As part of the International Evening on 13 May 2014, about 40 countries, including some German federal states, accompanied by great merriment introduced themselves and their culinary specialities. In entertaining presentations, particular customs, outstanding cultural events or historical peculiarities were presented. Guests were repeatedly encouraged to take an active part in the proceedings, with the result that many ended the evening as practiced dancers, singers, beer-tasters and Bollywood artists. Moreover, the residents now know how to pass themselves off as genuine Italians without opening their mouth as well as how to ﬁght the seven deadly sins with the piñata. While full of irony, the evening was also deeply moving, because all of the reports had one thing in common: love for one’s own native land.

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Summer Festival NIGHT OF THE OSKARS What could better exemplify excellence than a trophy to honour the best in his or her field? Under this year’s motto “Night of the Oskars” the residents made the summer festival into a triumphant finale of the university year. The name “Oskar” was a reference to both the renowned film prize as well as to the person who lent his name to the Oskar von Miller Forum. This twofold meaning of the word “Oskar” was obvious from the decorative Oskar figure that had been specially crafted: half Academy Award, half Oskar von Miller.

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Besides the residents at the Oskar von Miller Forum, guests also included numerous alumni as well as representatives of the executive board of the Gemeinnützige Urlaubskasse (non-proﬁt leave pay fund) of the Bavarian construction industry and the Programme Advisory Council. All were gathered together to look back on a successful year and to celebrate the Forum and its residents. While Tobias Schittenhelm entertainingly guided the audience through the programme, three of the residents, Stefan Taglieber, Raphaela Guin and Raphael Zuber presented their work, which was also included in the exhibition that was opened later on. The guests had an opportunity to learn about the work of each resident, which was summarized on 36 posters, and ﬁnd out what the students had accomplished in their year at the Oskar von Miller Forum. After the dinner a group of residents surprised the audience with a choreography they had rehearsed. The summer festival came to a triumphant close with an Oskar award ceremony carried out by the students in which the special qualities of each resident were given due recognition. Over the course of the evening the strong sense of cohesion between the residents was palpable: each someone special, each an Oskar.

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Summer Festival Exhibition The main programme point of the summer festival was an exhibition conceived and implemented by the residents themselves. The projects and work of all the students and trainee master builders were presented on 36 posters. The topics treated related to architecture, civil engineering and the artisan trades and provided a good overview of what the Forum’s residents accomplished last year at the university and in a professional context.

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» COMING TOGETHER IS A BEGINNING, KEEPING TOGETHER IS PROGRESS, WORKING TOGETHER IS SUCCESS. HENRY FORD Car manufacturer (1863 – 1947)

‹6› JOINTLY ORGANISED PUBLIC EVENTS Challenging programme that complements studies. 125 — PLEA 2013 Conference 127 — MCBW Exhibition

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Calendar JOINTLY ORGANISED PUBLIC EVENTS

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TUM/Chair of Computational Modeling and Simulation | Forum Bauinformatik

27.09.13

Deutscher Baurechtstag e. V.

01.10.13

Werkbund | Shaping the energy transition

10.10.13

SV onpact Verlag | LUX Conference

14.-15.10.2013

TUM/Chair of Wood Science | 16th MĂźnchner Holzkolloquium

21.10.14

VDI | Lecture series | Shaping the energy transition

22.10.13

Bayerische Ingenieurekammer-Bau | Seminar

11.11.13

TUM/Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering | Panel discussion about the reconciliation of family and working life

12.11.13

UnternehmerTUM/Entrepreneurs' Night

14.11.13

TUM Talent Factory | Lecture

18.11.13

VDI | Lecture series

19.11.13

Werkbund | Lecture series | Shaping the energy transition

09.12.13

Werkbund | Lecture series | Shaping the energy transition

19.12.13

Bavarian Graduate School of Computational Engineering | Research Day

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UnternehmerTUM/Entrepreneurs' Night

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Bayerischer Bauindustrieverband e. V. | Lecture series on "Quality"

14.02.14

Deutscher Baurechtstag e. V.

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Munich Creative Business Week | Design Exhibition

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Hans Sauer Stiftung | Presentation of prizes

18.03.14

Bayerischer Bauindustrieverband e. V. | Lecture series on "Quality"

20.03.14

TUM ForTe | Lecture

02.04.14

LBB | Presentation of the prize: Bayerischer Hochschulpreis

29.04.14

UnternehmerTUM/Entrepreneurs' Night

19.-20.05.2014

mobil.TUM 2014 | International scientiďŹ c conference on mobility and transport

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PLEA 2013 Conference SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE FOR A RENEWABLE FUTURE 10.09. – 12.09.2013

Since the 1980s the “Passive and Low-Energy Architecture” conference, abbreviated to PLEA, has been held every year at different locations around the world. The TU München succeeded in bringing it to Germany this year for the ﬁrst time. The latest research results and innovative solutions that broach the issue of the challenges facing construction in view of an energy supply structure based on renewable energies in the future were presented at the conference. PLEA is a broad, internationally highly acclaimed network dedicated to documenting and spreading the principles of bioclimatic planning and innovative technology for sustainable architecture and urban planning. PLEA consists of several thousand experts from science, art and practice from around 40 countries.

WERNER LANG Director

The welcome reception for PLEA 2013 was held at the Oskar von Miller Forum on 9 September 2013.

PLEA 2013 STIMULATES DEBATE ON THE FUTURE CHALLENGES IN ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING.

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MCBW Exhibition CREATIVE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE GENERATIONS Over the last few years the Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW), Germany’s largest design event for designers and for people in search of good designers, has become one of the most important destinations for international designers, architects, creative people, representatives of business and companies.

MCBW Munich MCBW presents multifaceted, innovative design activities in Munich, stimulates an interdisciplinary design discourse and draws creative people and private enterprise from all around the world to the Bavarian capital.

MCBW is committed to creating an awareness of design and its social, cultural and economic importance and presents, with particular emphasis on sustainability, multifaceted, innovative design activities in Munich, stimulates an interdisciplinary design discourse and draws creative people and private enterprise from all around the world to the Bavarian capital. MCBW informs visitors about products and services that have already improved everyday life as well as about interesting concepts being developed for the future. The exhibition with about 140 named products again took place at the Oskar von Miller Forum between 22 February and 2 March 2014.

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» TRADITION IS NOT TO PRESERVE THE ASHES BUT TO PASS ON THE FLAME. THOMAS MORUS English statesman and humanist author (1478 – 1535)

‹7› RESIDENTS The Oskar von Miller Forum offers 54 students and seven guest scientists excellently equipped living space in a central location.

130 — International Network 146 — Alumni 147 — Forum Guests

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International Network FORUM RESIDENTS YEARS 2013/14 The Oskar von Miller Forum is an international meeting centre and guesthouse. Guests come from every continent. The evaluation shows their geographical origin, the proportion 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

247 TOTAL NO. OF RESIDENTS

195 STUDENTS

52 GUEST SCIENTISTS

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POLAND

BRITAIN

LIECHTENSTEIN BELGIUM

ROMANIA

FRANCE CANADA AUSTRIA

BULGARIA SPAIN

MEXICO

ITALY

SLOVENIA EGYPT COLUMBIA ECUADOR

BRAZIL

13 %

GUESTS America

GUESTS Africa

GREECE

RUSSIA

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JAPAN CHINA

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GUESTS Asia

UAE

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DISCIPLINES OF FORUM RESIDENTS 2013/14 INDONESIA architecture

34% 47%

civil engineering const. technology

environmental engineering

10%

AZADEH ABBASIANGENAVEH [Iran]

SHAMMA AL RIYAMI [United Arab Emirates]

Architecture

Environmental engineering

MARIA ALONSO GONZALEZ [Spain]

MARKUS BOBIK [Austria]

Civil engineering

Architecture

BELINDA BOCK [Germany]

PHILIPP BOLIK [Germany]

Civil engineering

FLORIAN BREITENBĂ&#x153;CHER [Germany]

YANG CHEN [China]

Civil engineering

Architecture

ANDIKA CITRANINGRUM [Indonesien]

FRANZISKA CONRAD [Germany]

Architecture

Environmental management

VIVIEN CROES [France]

CAROLIN DEBONA [Germany]

Environmental engineering

ROLAND DIELING [Germany]

VICTOR DOMINGUEZ LUCAS [Spain]

Environmental Planning

Civil engineering

PHILIPP DOUKAKIS [Greece]

NERMIN EL KADIM [Egypt]

Architecture

MOHAMED ELHADDAD [Egypt]

FELIX FESSARD [Germany]

Civil engineering

JANINE GANSERICH [Germany]

ULRICH GERSTLAUER [Germany]

Architecture

Civil engineering

JAN GOEBEL [Germany]

RAPHAELA GUIN [Germany]

Civil engineering

Architecture

JIA HAILIANG [China]

GABRIEL HERNANDEZ VALDIVIA [Mexico]

Civil engineering

KATHARINA HUNDERTMARK [Germany]

TOBIAS IHLER [Germany]

Civil engineering

DIMITRIOS ILIOPOULOS [Greece]

BLAZEJ JENDRZEJEWSKI [Poland]

Civil engineering

EFSTATHIOS-ALEXANDROS KALLIAS-SPENTZAS [Greece]

JOHANNES KIRCHBERGER [Germany]

Civil engineering

Construction Technology

VALENTIN KOSLOWSKI [Germany]

ANGELIKI KRESTENITI [Greece]

Civil engineering

Architecture

KAI KRUG [Germany]

CRISTIAN LAZEA [Romania]

Civil engineering

AGATHA LINCK [Brazil]

ALEXANDER LIU CHENG [Ecuador]

Architecture

THIERRY MAINIL [Belgium]

MANUEL MARGESIN [Italy]

Architecture

STEPHAN MAUSER [Liechtenstein]

ALEXANDER MENDLER [Germany]

Architecture

Civil engineering

JOHANNES MEYER [Germany]

ALEXANDRE MONGEAU [Canada]

Construction Technology

Civil engineering

MARION MONTIEL-CABRERA [Austria]

TOBIAS MÜLLER [Germany]

Architecture

Construction Technology

YU OGAWA [Japan]

MARIANO PLATA GRÖBER [Mexico/Germany]

Civil engineering

MARTIN RESCH [Germany]

ALEJANDRO RESTREPO MONTOYA [Columbia]

Civil engineering

Architecture

DIEGO ROMERO ESPINOSA [Mexico]

BETTINA ROSE WOLFRAM [Brazil]

Architecture

FRANCESCA RUPINI [Italy/Germany]

JULIA SCHICK [Germany]

Environmental engineering

Construction Technology

FABIAN SCHIEBEL [Germany]

DOMINIK SCHIPPER [Germany]

Civil engineering

Construction Technology

TOBIAS SCHITTENHELM [Germany]

ANNETTE SCHMITZ [Germany]

Environmental engineering

Civil engineering

MATTHIAS SCHREINDL [Germany]

MARK SHTANOV [Russia]

Civil engineering

Architecture

ALESSANDRA SPEZIALI [Italy]

SONJA SURRER [Germany]

Architecture

Civil engineering

RODRIGO TACKAERT [Brazil]

CHRISTINE TAGLIEBER [Germany]

Environmental engineering

Civil engineering

STEFAN TAGLIEBER [Germany]

DANIEL TALKE [Germany/USA]

Construction Technology

Civil engineering

MARKO TOMSIC [Croatia]

ANA TORI [Slovenia]

Civil engineering

Architecture

FRASER WALLIS [Britain]

RAPHAEL ZUBER [Germany]

Architecture

Civil engineering

SHIGERU BAN Shigeru Ban, the ﬁrst guest scientist at the Oskar von Miller Forum, is this year’s Pritzker prize winner. He was also the ﬁrst at the Forum to be awarded an honorary doctorate of the TUM.

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Scientiﬁc Dialogue GUEST SCIENTISTS EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

RENATO ANELLI | 2014 [Brazil] Architecture Renato Anelli researches the ﬁeld of modern and contemporary architecture in Brazil. He concentrates on the connection to architectural trends in Europe and the USA. In his workshop, he dealt with “Mobility, ﬂood protection and sustainability: applied research for integrated urban design patterns in Sao Paulo, Brazil”.

MOHAMAD T. ARAJI | 2014 [Canada] Architecture Dr. Mohamad T. Araji is Co-Chair for the Environmental Design Studio in Foundation Studies at the University of Manitoba. During his three workshops at the Oskar von Miller Forum, he concentrated on the areas of building science and environmental technologies, sustainable design systems and energy efficiency.

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ANDREAS CHRISTEN | 2014 [Canada] Environmental engineering Andreas Christen is an associate professor at the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. His ﬁeld of research includes the effects of climate change and pollutants in urban areas. He discussed the contents of climate research in his workshop “Solar Energy Supply and Demand in Cities – the Role of Urban Climates”.

JÜRG CONZETT | 2013 [Switzerland] Civil engineering Dipl.-Ing. Jürg Conzett, bridge construction specialist and partner of the Conzett, Bronzini, Gartmann engineering ﬁrm located in Chur posed the question “Statics or Aesthetics?” in his workshop. The discussion focused on how old and contemporary masters such as Maillart, Sarrasin, Menn or Nervi deal or dealt with structural designs and the relation of technical and formal inﬂuences.

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SALAH EL-METWALLY | 2014 [Egypt] Civil engineering As a professor of Structural Engineering at El-Mansoura University, Salah El-Metwally specialises in concrete construction. His workshop “Understandig structural engineering from theory to practice” focused on trend-setting developments in concrete construction in the last 70 years. In another workshop he broached the topic of “The Design Principles for Structural Quality“.

MICHAEL J. GATTO | 2014 [USA] Architecture Michael J. Gatto is co-founder of the Austin Community Design and Development Center (ACDDC). The centre is concerned with sustainable construction projects. In his workshop, he presented the “Alley Flat Initiative” supported by ACDDC, a construction project aiming to create more sustainable buildings in the city centre of Austin.

PETER HEAD | 2014 [Britain] Civil engineering Having worked as a civil and structural engineer for Arup in London for many years, Peter Head has headed The Ecological Sequestration Trust since 2011. His workshop “Creating Collaborative Intelligence for Regional Development” examined the role of young people in the process of improving the energy, water and food supply in the light of the vast number of challenges they face, such as climate change and demographic change.

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ANNE LACATON | 2014 [France] Architecture Anne Lacaton from the team of two French architects Lacaton & Vassal Architects, presented a social housing project of her office during a discussion with students. On the topic of “Transformation of the Existing”, the ideas and questions of the students were also considered.

VITTORIO MAGNAGO LAMPUGNANI | 2014 [Switzerland] Architecture Prof. Dr. Ing. Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani is an architect and city historian. He teaches at the ETH Zurich and runs an architect’s office in Milan. His recently implemented “Richti development” project in Switzerland was the focal point of a discussion entitled “Blockrand oder die neue Selbstverständlichkeit” (block edge or the new norm).

JACOB VAN RIJS | 2014 [The Netherlands] Architecture Jacob van Rijs is partner in the MVRDV office, one of the world’s currently most successful Dutch architectural ﬁrms. The work of MVRDV is characterised by a very progressive and conceptual approach. Several examples of his work were discussed in his workshop “Solutions to Contemporary Architectural and Urban Issues”.

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MAT SANTAMOURIS | 2014 [Greece] Civil engineering Mat Santamouris, Professor for Physics at the University of Athens and publisher of numerous series of books and magazines on the heat island phenomenon and solar technology, gave an overview of the latest scientiﬁc insights in his workshop “Cooling the Cities – Mitigation and Adaptation Techniques to Counterbalance Urban Overheating”.

MARK SARKISIAN | 2013 [USA] Civil engineering Mark Sarkisian is a Partner and Head of Structural and Seismic Engineering at the architectural and engineering ﬁrm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP in San Francisco, California. In his seminar “Design Tall Buildings – Structure as Architecture”, he discussed the design of large and high buildings from various perspectives.

VINCENT SNYDER | 2014 [USA] Architecture Vincent Snyder's academic research and teaching activities are primarily concerned with how specific cultural, contextual and constructional demands influence architectural design. Much of his current work, as shown in his workshop “Construction and Culture”, reflects adaptive responses that investigate the role of various techniques as either generative or refining modes of application.

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WERNER SOBEK | 2014 [Germany] Architecture and Civil engineering Prof. Dr. Dr. E.h. Dr. h.c. Werner Sobek is an architect and consultant engineer. He heads the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK) at the University of Stuttgart. In his lecture, he dealt with the issue of the role that architects and the role that engineers can and should play when designing a building.

JUNHO SONG | 2014 [South Korea] Civil engineering Junho Song from Seoul National University (SNU) is one of the world’s leading researchers in the ﬁeld of the reliability of engineering systems. The associate editor with the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering organised a workshop on the topic of “Structural Reliability Methods”.

ANASTASIOS STAMOU | 2014 [Greece] Civil engineering Prof. Anastasios Stamou is specialised in the ﬁeld of computational methods in environmental ﬂuid mechanics and in the design of relevant hydraulic works. He heads the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering of the NTUA (National Technical University Athens). As a guest professor at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen in the 2013/14 winter semester, he held a workshop on the topic of “Water and Engineers”.

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JOCHEN TEIZER | 2013/14 [USA] Civil engineering Until May 2014, Dr. Jochen Teizer was director of the Laboratory for Real-time Automated Project Information and Decision Systems, abbreviated to RAPIDS (www.rapids.gatech.edu), at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. In his workshop, he dealt with “RAPIDS Construction Safety and Technology Laboratory”.

DONG YAO | 2014 [China] Architecture The Associate Professor YAO DONG from Tongij University in Shanghai specialises in the “Morphology, Image and Mapping” of cities. In his contribution “Mapping Shanghai – a Morphological History Reader”, the architect and city planner described the development of the city of Shanghai on the basis of historical street maps, other maps and drawings.

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40 % GUEST SCIENTISTS from Europe

30 % GUEST SCIENTISTS from America

22 %

GUEST SCIENTISTS from Africa

GUEST SCIENTISTS from Asia

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» THINGS ARE NEVER THE WAY THEY ARE. THEY ARE ALWAYS WHAT WE MAKE OF THEM. JEAN ANOUILH (1910 – 1987) French author

‹8 PROJECT SPONSORS The Oskar von Miller Forum is sponsored by the Bavarian construction industry. 158 — Owner and operator 159 — Project sponsors 161 — Team

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Owner and Operator 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 industrial trade union (IG BAU) and the Verband der Zimmerer und Holzbauunternehmer Bayern (VBZH).

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Project Sponsors BAYERISCHE BAUWIRTSCHAFT

Bayerischer Bauindustrieverband (BBIV) The BBIV represents the interests of the Bavarian construction industry vis-Ă -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 employersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and trade association of the Bavarian construction guilds.

Verband der Zimmerer und Holzbauunternehmer Bayern (VZHB) The VZHB (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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Gemeinn端tzige 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 Hans Beer | IG Bau Robert Feiger | IG Bau Dipl.-Ing. Peter Gruber | LBB/VBB Senator E. h. RA Gerhard Hess | BBIV

Management Ernst Treitz | Managing Director Claudia Glas | Deputy Managing Director

TEAM

PROJECT SPONSORS

Team CONTACTS AT THE OSKAR VON MILLER FORUM

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

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» WHATEVER YOU ARE, BE A GOOD ONE. ABRAHAM LINCOLN 16th President of the USA (1809 – 1865)

Programme Advisory Council | Publisher information

KEYNOTE LECTURES 2014/15 06.11.2014

STEFAN POLÓNYI, COLOGNE Paradigm Shift

04.12.2014

JAMES CARPENTER, JAMES CARPENTER DESIGN ASSOCIATES INC, USA Light in the Public Realm

22.01.2015

JAMES BURDETT, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, UNITED KINGDOM The Endless City

16.04.2015

GORDON GILL, ADRIAN SMITH + GORDON GILL ARCHITECTS, USA The Beauty of Utility

07.05.2015

HENRY PETROSKI, DUKE UNIVERSITY, USA Success and Failure in Engineering

11.06.2015

MALCOLM SMITH, ARUP, UNITED KINGDOM Integrated Urbanism

09.07.2015

ALEXANDER NEUMEISTER, BRAZIL/GERMANY Trains and Journeys through Landscapes

In addition, there will be evening lectures on current topics relating to construction on a regular basis in the 2014/2015 academic year.

PROGRAMME ADVISORY COUNCIL OF THE OSKAR VON MILLER FORUM

Programme Advisory Council | Publisher information

The Programme Advisory Council advises the Director of the Oskar von Miller Forum on organising the programme. Its members make a significant contribution to continuing the development of the independent programme.

Hans Beer Regional manager of the Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt industrial trade union in Franconia since 2007. Trained concrete constructor, since 1986 full-time trade unionist in various capacities in Bavaria, 16 years of which as director. Deputy executive member of the board of directors of the Gemeinnützige Urlaubskasse des Bayerischen Baugewerbes e. V. and the Stiftung des Bayerischen Baugewerbes. Alternating supervisory board chairman of Zusatzversorgungskasse der Steine- und Erden-Industrie Bayern (additional beneﬁt fund). Responsible for collective bargaining policies in the Bavarian construction industry and stone and earth industry.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Herzog Architect of the Oskar von Miller Forum and full professor at several universities. He established his own architecture ﬁrm in 1971, developing structural systems and pioneering buildings based on the use of environmental energy. He has won a number of prestigious prizes and awards. Member of national and international academies. Author and publisher of architectural and technological monographs. Emeritus of Excellence at the Technische Universität München and Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University Beijing.

Prof. Dr. Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani Architect and architectural historian with his own architecture ﬁrm since 1980. Full chair of the History of Urban Design at the ETH University of Zurich. Editor of Casabella magazine, then publisher of Domus magazine in Milan and Director of the German Museum 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.

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 and of dean of the Faculty of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering; 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 – ten of which as chairman. He spent a good ten years as Vice President of the Bavarian Construction Industry Association. Worked in retirement 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).

PUBLISHER INFORMATION Published by Oskar von Miller Forum Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 25 D - 80333 Munich T + 49 89 1588338 - 0 F + 49 89 1588338 - 29 E info@ovmf.de

Concept and design ediundsepp Gestaltungsgesellschaft, Munich Photography Astrid Eckert, Uwe Mühlhäußer, Oskar von Miller Forum Print omb2 Print GmbH, Munich

The Yearbook is also available in German.

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» WHATEVER YOU ARE, BE A GOOD ONE. ABRAHAM LINCOLN 16th President of the USA (1809 – 1865)

Programme Advisory Council | Publisher information

KEYNOTE LECTURES 2014/15 06.11.2014

STEFAN POLÓNYI, COLOGNE Paradigm Shift

04.12.2014

JAMES CARPENTER, JAMES CARPENTER DESIGN ASSOCIATES INC, USA Light in the Public Realm

22.01.2015

JAMES BURDETT, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, UNITED KINGDOM The Endless City

16.04.2015

GORDON GILL, ADRIAN SMITH + GORDON GILL ARCHITECTS, USA The Beauty of Utility

07.05.2015

HENRY PETROSKI, DUKE UNIVERSITY, USA Success and Failure in Engineering

11.06.2015

MALCOLM SMITH, ARUP, UNITED KINGDOM Integrated Urbanism

09.07.2015

ALEXANDER NEUMEISTER, BRAZIL/GERMANY Trains and Journeys through Landscapes

In addition, there will be evening lectures on current topics relating to construction on a regular basis in the 2014/2015 academic year.

The Oskar von Miller Forum, in the heart of Munich, located close to the Technische UniversitĂ¤t MĂźnchen, is an international meeting centre and guesthouse. The Forum is an independent educational initiative of the Bavarian construction industry and gives new stimulus particularly to the training ofÂ civil and environmental engineers, architects and students of higherlevel trade schools in the construction industry. The Yearbook 2013/14 offers insight into the international life and work at the Oskar von Miller Forum.

Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 25 D - 80333 Munich T + 49 89 1588338 - 0 www.ovmf.de