2016 SUMMER SEMESTER
PREVIEW
Master of Science in Architecture Institute of Architecture and Planning
Preview
This upcoming Summer Semester 2016 will offer new exciting opportunities to broaden our understanding and knowledge of architecture and urban design. Studios led by Prof. Peter Droege with Anis Radzi, Prof. Dietrich Schwarz with Martin Mackowitz and Prof. Peter Staub with Georgia Papathanasiou will be at the heart of the Master’s degree programme in Architecture. They will be accompanied by seminar weeks to Germany, Jerusalem and London and a series of lecture classes designed to provide theoretical input to be applied in the studios. Additionally, this semester will introduce «cultural identity» as the institute’s main theme, to be implemented during the autumn in all design studios. Three lectures by renowned scholars and architects will offer different perspectives on this theme and thus a basis for our own investigations to come. The cosmopolitan student body in the Master’s degree programme is the perfect breeding ground for fruitful exchanges and debates about this topic, as currently more than 30 nationalities from five continents are represented! I welcome you all (back) to the University of Liechtenstein and wish you a successful semester full of adventures, new insights, memorable encounters, fruitful debates and last but not least – enjoyment. PETER STAUB Academic Director of the Master’s degree Programme
Design Studio
Studio Peter Droege Tutor: Anis Radzi Integration: Alan Berger / Herbert Dreiseitl / Kongjian Yu / Ton Schaap
Climate Refuge City
This studio engages in the design of regenerative buildings and cities as havens for refugees. The transformation of a region long dominated by the mining, processing and combustion of coal is our focus. The project is staged in the fascinating region of Lusatia between Berlin and the Polish border, where brown coal is being quarried in vast open-cut fields swallowing up villages, burnt day and night, heating the atmosphere, turning our oceans into acid – and us all into climate refugees. Bold and rapid action is needed to cease and reverse environmental, social and cultural destruction. This studio pursues the model transformation of planet endangering worlds into regenerative oases, confronting global warming and the refugee age through the rise of resilient regions and the transition to renewable energy. Here we develop new approaches to architecture and landscape design.
Design Studio
Studio Dietrich Schwarz Tutor: Martin Mackowitz Integration: N.N.
Learning from Jerusalem
ÂŤConflict, Negotiation and the Architecture of the CityÂť is the theme that will be carried forward by the Studio Schwarz in collaboration with Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the municipality of Jerusalem. Our task will be based on the observation and the understating of this disputed territory and its origin, in order to find the reason and the essence of peace. We will be focused on the physical borderlines between Palestine and Israel, but also on the political, ethical, ideological and every kind of border and aspect that divides or unifies its society. We will continue also with the theme of concentration and its relation to sustainability, understanding all the layers of culture, history and architecture, which are translated into knowledge. The subject will be first approached by the analysis of the three physical parameters of reality: time, space and matter. Then we will get closer to it with an excursion seminar in Jerusalem, that will help to clarify many of the questions that arise with the research and will allow us to create our own imaginary of the city and its situation. The result then will be a project that aims to serve as base for the resolution of conflicts and to shape the ideal of peace for the future.
Design Studio
Studio Peter Staub Tutor: Georgia Papathanasiou Integration: N.N.
A New School of Thought
Studio Staub will focus on the design of new schools of thought, in close collaboration with institutions and individuals working on the ongoing research project with the same name, short «NeST». www.uni.li/nest We will conceive and design proposals for a new school of thought within the architectural realm. A common digital archive of precedents will serve as a basis for the formulation of manifestos for the students’ very own new schools of thought, taking a position on the current architectural scene / milieu and the contemporary system of architectural education. We will speculate on what and how to learn, while simultaneously conceive, imagine and design spaces that emerge from your manifesto and your ideological conception of knowledge production. By proposing spatial and syntactic structures, the projects will manifest different forms of learning processes and mediation. During our Design Seminar we will travel to London to experience new forms of architectural mediation as well as meeting and working with our research partners and colleagues at the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA), the Bartlett and the Royal College of Art among many other institutions. The student’s work will be included in a publication, event and performance part of the Salon Suisse 2016 on the opening day of the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale, in Venice.
Design Seminar
Studio Peter Droege Tutor: Anis Radzi
Lusatia
The Climate Refuge City Studio on Lusatia will be supported by an independent weeklong design seminar and excursion to Cottbus, Jänschwalde and the International Building Exposition (IBA) in Lusatia, 130 km south-east of Berlin, in the region of Brandenburg, Germany. The seminar will focus on Jänschwalde Power Station and its surrounding areas. In 2007, the station was ranked by WWF as the fourth most dirty power plant in Europe. With the closure of the plant by 2024, the communities of the region are now facing the challenge of restoring scarred landscapes, rebuilding towns lost to mining activities, regenerating regional economies that are no longer fossil-fuel based, and rehonouring regional cultures fragmented by rapid territorial change. The communities have contacted us and are looking for ideas to address these challenges. Our mission: a five-day / six-night program, featuring hosted excursions, expert presentations, community-oriented seminars and urban design studio sessions. Specialised visits to local communities and tours of IBA-Fürst-Puckler will serve to inform design programs, planning and building approaches for the Lusatia Studio. Discussions with key experts will ground designs to real-world issues and solutions. Intensive studio charrettes will inspire the creation of first design strategies through mixed-media, to be presented at the Cottbus Kraftwerk Museum by the end of the seminar week. Contributions by international architects, urbanists, and engineers, with the engagement of regional leaders, NGOs and local communities.
Design Seminar
Studio Dietrich Schwarz Tutor: Martin Mackowitz
Jerusalem
The Design Seminar will take us closer to the city and culture of Jerusalem. The programme will be based on a series of tours in and around the city of Jerusalem, providing meetings and interaction with local communities, stakeholders, non-governmental and governmental organizations. Tours will be guided by experts in the complex urban condition of the city. The focus on borderlines will be further developed, by analysing different sites with this particular situation, where architecture and urban solutions play a primordial role in the relation between the different communities. The concentration of knowledge will be widened by the interaction with students and professors from the partner universities. We will do a workshop to summarize the experiences and to compare the points of view from a local and an external perspective.
Design Seminar
Studio Peter Staub Tutor: Georgia Papathanasiou
London
This Design Seminar will investigate different schools of thought within the realm of the architectural discipline and its relation to the public. London as an exceptional metropolitan city will offer us a rich tableau of multiple forms for mediating architecture and different methods of mediating architectural knowledge. We understand architects not as mere service providers but active public figures initiating and implementing communal improvements. Therefore, special attention will be paid on the role of the architect and thus of architecture in form of communal events and on the idea of activism as a method of conceiving and transforming space. In order to provide insight into activities that engage the public through actions, events and spaces we will visit several projects that highlight an inclusive approach to design. They can stem from a variety of institutions and activists, including schools of architecture, professional bodies, community groups and individuals. We will visit schools of architecture such as the Architectural Association School of Architecture, one of our Design Studio partners, or the Bartlett and meet their faculty and students. We will engage in a discourse with participants organising architectural festivals, exhibitions and other public events, as well with experts from local councils to understand the impact public engagement can have on a community. Finally, we will of course also meet practitioners and architects who’s initiatives have had a lasting impact on London.
Cultural Identities Concept: Vera Kaps
Identities are not something given, yet they are a matter of course. We shape and change them permanently, to reflect on us and on our cultural context. On the one hand, traditions and cultures of memory play an important role for this social process. On the other hand, we negotiate our cultural identities also by critically discussing our present and by developing visions. The focus, however, is man himself, who constructs identities through versatile forms of (in)tangible communication. In winter semester 2016/17, we deal with the issue of cultural identities. As preparation and discussion in the design studios, three lectures illuminate the many facets of this phenomenon. The topic will be elaborated on not only from the perspective of architects and spatial planners, but will also be expanded by cultural studies, curatorial, historical, artistic and sociological perspectives. Through the discussion of specific places on our doorstep as well as with abstract spaces in our global world, the lecturers scrutinize our thinking, designing and our fields of activity as architects and spatial planners. www.uni.li/architecture 03.03.2016 18:00–19:00 Anna heringer H1, University of Liechtenstein 14.04.2016 18:00–19:00 Michael schindhelm Auditorium, University of Liechtenstein
Lecture series
12.05.2016 18:00–19:00 Bureau A H1, University of Liechtenstein
ARTS & CRAFTS Hands on at 1:1 Scale Summer School 2016 For the second time, the University of Liechtenstein is offering a «Summer School» whose aim is to strengthen and enhance artistic as well as craft aspects in education. This «Summer School» has been established as a collaboration between the Institute of Architecture and Planning and the Sitterwerk Foundation: Art and Production in St. Gallen in Switzerland. The program consists of two weeks in total, which will be dedicated to one week of art and one week of craft, with participants attending both. ART – Sitterwerk Foundation In the first week students will be designing, experimenting and finally casting their personal metal sculpture based on sketches and models. The process of developing and fabricating the sculptural objects will be supported and supervised by the artist Anita Tarnutzer and David Andermatt. Each object will be individually formed and shaped for the cast, depending on the participants’ own ideas and concepts. www.sitterwerk.ch/en CRAFT – University of Liechtenstein In the second week students will construct mobile bicycle shelters from various materials for an organization called «Free Velo Point» in scale 1:1. Out of a given catalogue of materials (wood, metal, plastic in different shapes and dimensions) the students design, manufacture and finally set up five bicycle shelters at selected sites in Liechtenstein. In collaboration with local craftspeople the students will be confronted with different methods of crafting like sawing, welding and working with resin. www.uni.li/architecture Period: July 6 – July 22, 2016 Participants: International students of architecture and related fields of study, 30 participants maximum
Summer School
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2016 SUMMER SEMESTER
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Lecture Series: Cultural Identities Foto AURORE BELIN
Institute of Architecture and Planning
Calender SUMMER SCHOOL 6.–22.07.2016 ARTS & CRAFTS 2016 Universität Liechtenstein in cooperation with the Sitterwerk Foundation, St. Gallen For the second time, the University of Liechtenstein is offering a Summer School that aims to strengthen and enhance artistic as well as craft aspects in education. This Summer School has been established as a collaboration between the Institute of Architecture and Planning and the Sitterwerk Foundation. www.uni.li/summerschool PRESENTATIONS 20.–22.04.2016, We–Fr 9am–5pm MIDTERM Atelier, H6, Auditorium and Foyer University of Liechtenstein 15.–17.06.2016, We–Fr 9am–5pm FINALS Atelier, Auditorium and Foyer University of Liechtenstein SYMPOSIA 17.05.2016, Tu 9am-7pm GREEN SUMMIT 2016 LAUNCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY REGION LAKE OF CONSTANCE Auditorium, University of Liechtenstein The Summit is rededicated to sustainability initiatives in the region: it provides insight into future ideas and business initiatives. www.uni.li/greensummit
18.05.2016, We 9am-6pm EUROPEAN GREEN INDIA SUMMIT 2016 Auditorium, University of Liechtenstein 28.05.2016, Sa 1-3pm NEW SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT: CHALLENGING FRONTIERS IN ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION Palazzo Trevisan degli Ulivi, Venice Liechtenstein as guests of «Salon Suisse 2016» at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale. Based on the University of Liechtenstein’s research project «New Schools of Thought» new models of architectural education are being presented and discussed. www.uni.li/nest 01.–03.07.2016, Fr–So CRAFTING THE FACADE: STONE IN GLASGOW Erasmus+ cooperation with the Mackintosh School of Architecture in Glasgow EXHIBITIONS 26.02.–22.03.2016 GETTING THINGS DONE INTRODUCTION: WOLFGANG FIEL Foyer, University of Liechtenstein The exhibition presents an overview of the architectural creation in Vorarlberg. Moreover, the projects, the personal attitude and development of the author will be explained and embedded in a geographical and social background. 29.03.-09.04.2016 CONSTRUCTIVE ALPS Foyer, University of Liechtenstein The «Constructive Alps» Award exhibition opens our eyes to the perspective of the architects and the users, as well as the different aspects of sustainability.
03.03.2016, Th 6–7pm ANNA HERINGER H1, University of Liechtenstein As an architect and honorary professor of the UNESCO Chair of Earthen Architecture, Building Cultures and Sustainable Development she is focussing on the use of natural building materials. She has been actively involved in development cooperation in Bangladesh since 1997. Her thesis, the School in Rudrapur got realized in 2005 and won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2007. Over the years, Anna has realized further projects in Asia, Africa, and
Europe. She lectures worldwide and has been a visiting professor at various universities, including Stuttgart, Linz, Vienna, Zürich. She received numerous honors, including the renowned Loeb Fellowship at Harvard’s GSD, the AR Emerging Architecture Awards, the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture and a RIBA International Fellowship.
14.04.2016, Th 6–7pm MICHAEL SCHINDHELM Auditorium, University of Liechtenstein Michael Schindhelm, born 1960, based in Lugano and London, grew up in the former GDR and graduated with a Master degree in quantum chemistry in Voronezh (Soviet Union). Until 1990 Michael Schindhelm worked as translator, author, and drama advisor. After four years as theatre director in Gera, in 1996 he was appointed Director of the Theater Basel, performing opera, drama, and ballet. In 2004 he became Director General of the Opernstiftung
Berlin comprising Berlin’s three opera houses. In 2007 Michael Schindhelm was appointed Cultural Director of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority. He left Dubai in 2009 and started acting as cultural advisor to public organizations in Asia and Europe: as a professor for the subject of public space at Strelka Institute in Moscow, as a consultant of Rem Koolhaas’ architectural office, and, since 2012, as an advisor for international affairs at Zurich University of the Arts. Michael Schindhelm continues to work as novelist, librettist and film documentarist.
12.05.2016, Th 6–7pm BUREAU A H1, University of Liechtenstein Founded in 2012, BUREAU A is the association of Leopold Banchini and Daniel Zamarbide. BUREAU A is a multidisciplinary platform aiming to blur the boundaries of research and project making on architectural related subjects, whichever their nature and status. BUREAU A is profoundly rooted in architectural culture and history, understood as a vast field of exploration related to construction and installation of environments for specific purposes.
BUREAU A expands its activities to a large diversity of programmes ranging from architecture and landscape design to scenography, installations, or self-constructed initiatives. BUREAU A invests widely in research, cultivating its partner’s interest in cultural exchanges and transmission through education. The associates currently hold professorship at the Geneva University of Art and Design. The office has gained, in a short period of time, a wide recognition through a number of awards and publications.
28.04.–13.05.2016 DETAILS: ARCHITECTURE SEEN IN SECTION Foyer, Universität Liechtenstein In the detail, the components melt into a whole. The question for the detail is an important part of the debate about the future of architecture as a discipline and profession. 20.06.–10.09.2016 SUMMER EXHIBITION Foyer, University of Liechtenstein LECTURE SERIES: FUTURE CHALLENGES
06.04.2016, We 6.30-8pm SUFFICIENCY IN BUILDING HOW DO WE LIVE IN THE FUTURE? URS MEISTER H1, University of Liechtenstein 13.04.2016, We 6.30-8pm THE FUTURE OF THE LIECHTENSTEIN TAX SYSTEM MARTIN WENZ H1, University of Liechtenstein 27.04.2016, We 6.30-8pm WHAT IS THE VALUE OF ARCHITECTURE? HUGO DWORZAK H1, University of Liechtenstein
Professors of the architecture and business faculties are lecturing this semester on the issues of «future challenges» and provide an insight into current debates.
11.05.2016, We 6.30-8pm REGENERATIVE CITIES AND INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENTS PETER DROEGE H1, University of Liechtenstein
24.02.2016, We 6.30–8pm THE BIGGER PICTURE – PETER STAUB H1, University of Liechtenstein
01.06.2016, We 6.30-8pm THE FUTURE OF KNOWLEDGE WORK OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES STEFAN GÜLDENBERG H1, University of Liechtenstein
02.03.2016, We 6.30–8pm TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE – FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY CHRISTIAN MARXT H1, University of Liechtenstein 09.03.2016, We 6.30-8pm THE FUTURE OF LIECHTENSTEIN’S PENSION SYSTEM MICHAEL HANKE H1, University of Liechtenstein 23.03.2016, We 6.30-8pm SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS - DO THEY HAVE A FUTURE? MARCO J. MENICHETTI H1, University of Liechtenstein
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Imprint Institute of Architecture and Planning at the University of Liechtenstein, February 2016 Editorial: Cornelia Faisst, Peter Staub Graphic Concept: Annett Höland Print: Wolf Druck