Index
Completed projects
Durable steel and composite bridge construction made of stainless steel (joint research with the Institutes of Metal and Lightweight Construction, University of Duisburg-Essen and Steel Construction, TU Dortmund; funded by the Forschungsvereinigung Stahlanwendung FOSTA e. V.).
Muskator-Gelände Riesa (development of a study with sketchy concepts and initial project ideas as a decision-making aid for comprehensive requirements planning).
Transformations, Summer school at the Universidad de Buenos Aires UBA, Facultad de
Arquitectura Diseno y Urbanismo FADU (funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), organized by the DAAD).
Digital Fellowships - Formative E-Assessment as a Motivator in the Flipped Classroom (funded in the joint project "Digital Higher Education in Saxony" by the Saxon Center for Higher Education Didactics (HDS), the E-Learning Working Group of the LRK Saxony (AK E-Learning) and the Saxon State Ministry of Science, Culture and Tourism (SMWK)).
Development typologies at open-cast mining lakes (study commissioned by Sächsische Seebad Zwenkau GmbH for a comparative analysis of development typologies at open-cast mining lakes).
Feasibility study for the Markneukirchen Musical Instrument Museum (research commission from the town of Markneukirchen for the conversion and extension of the museum).
Aerogel - Development of hybrid concrete elements with aerogel foam concrete core (cooperation project TU Dortmund with Housefabrik and G.tecz Engineering Kassel, funded by the Central Innovation Program for SMEs ZIM).
Book publication Natursteinatlas (in cooperation with the publishing house DETAIL, sponsorship).
International scientific symposium Relaciones with South American speakers
Advisors (DFG-funded).
Degree program B4, Integrated Building Technology (research contract from the WILO Foundation).
Perfect Scale - Architectural Design and Construction (research project on designing and constructing to scale, sponsored).
Sustainability of church buildings (three joint research projects, including with Potsdam University of Applied Sciences and TU Dresden, Institute of Power Engineering, sponsored by the German Federal Environmental Foundation).
Ongoing projects
Deutsche Bundestiftung Umwelt - Economical vertical components made of solid natural stone as an ecological alternative to load-bearing elements made of energy-intensive materials for timber-hybrid constructions (research project on load-bearing and bracing components made of natural stone in hybrid load-bearing constructions to reduce the primary energy demand of timber-hybrid constructions).
Bringing architectural heritage to life and enhancing its value. Conception of an innovative digital museum in the town of Adorf/Vogtland DiMuSA (innovative technologies for the preservation and use of buildings in the Vogtland region as part of the implementation phase of the WIR! alliance Vogtlandpioniere).
Projects applied for
LIFE STONE IS BACK - Sustainable stone buildings for Europe's Green Transition (The project aims to revolutionize the European construction sector by reintroducing sustainable and circular building practices using massive stone as a primary material).
CIRCULITH - Load-bearing exterior walls made of solid natural stone (basic research on economical, circular, climate-resilient exterior walls with load-bearing natural stone).
Wood-natural stone ceiling constructions as an ecological alternative to hybrid construction methods with energy-intensive materials (project idea for economically competitive composite constructions made of wood and natural stone to reduce the CO2 footprint of wood-hybrid construction methods and avoid energy-intensive building materials such as reinforced concrete).
MONOLITH - Resource-saving and sustainable mono-material construction methods made of solid natural stone (basic research on economical constructions made of natural stone instead of energy-intensive materials, with the aim of reducing the CO2 balance).
Zukunft Bau Forschungsförderung 2024 - Planning guidelines - Load-bearing natural stone constructions - Economical modular load-bearing constructions made of natural stone as a low-CO2 alternative to solid buildings made of energy-intensive materials.
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"Institute for Natural Stone Construction" (INB) Saxon Competence Center for future-oriented load-bearing structures made of naturally formed stone (project proposal as a declaration of intent for a research network to establish natural stone as a common building material in solid as well as hybrid load-bearing structures).
Saxon natural stone for future-oriented load-bearing structures made of naturally formed rock (user-oriented research and development project on locally available natural stone from Saxon deposits to establish it as an economical alternative to energy-intensive building materials).
Zukunft Bau Forschungsförderung 2023 - Massive natural stone construction: Economical load-bearing structures made of natural stone as an alternative to solid construction made of energy-intensive materials (basic research on economical natural stone constructions with the aim of reducing the CO2 balance).
Experience and add value: Development of a hybrid process innovation for the architectural heritage of mother-of-pearl goods production in Adorf/Vogtland (joint project as part of the program "Innovative Technologies for Building Preservation and Use in the Vogtland").
Positions in contemporary sacral building (investigation of architectural and liturgical positions in contemporary sacral building, which have been developed in competitions for churches, mosques and synagogues since 1990).
Generic simulation models for the optimization of residential buildings and plant engineering in early planning phases (joint project basic research on design with generic models of building and plant simulation).
Wettstreit der Konstrukteure - Baukonstruktion als Spiegelbild der Innovationskulturen in der BRD und der DDR (joint research project within the DFG priority program 2255 "Kulturerbe Konstruktion").
Perception of architecture (joint research project with the Institute for
German Language and Literature at TU Dortmund University, empirical basic research using eye-tracking, start-up funding from TU Dortmund University, interim results published, DFG application submitted).
E-learning (research project on e-learning in architecture, preliminary work such as the publication Snapshot and participation in the scientific symposium Artefakte des Entwerfens (Artifacts of Design) at TU Berlin completed, establishment of a test website in progress).
Sustainability of school building typologies (research project on the interaction of pedagogical concepts and school building typologies).
The spirit of architecture (joint research project on building design theory in Germany, joint DFG application from seven chairs of building design at German universities in progress).