Diploma / Specialisation
Summer semester 2025
DIPLOM
Free topics
Supervision: Prof. Ansgar Schulz, Prof. Benedikt Schulz, Gerhard Heise, Christian Wischalla
Registration: The dates of the Examination Office apply. Registration possible by e-mail
Summer semester 2025
IN-DEPTH DESIGN
Theater Maastricht
Module no.: AD 911
Supervision: Prof. Ansgar Schulz, Prof. Benedikt Schulz, Gerhard Heise, Christian Wischalla
The Theater aan het Vrijthof is now a multifunctional building that serves as a concert hall and theater. The program is very wide-ranging and includes opera, musicals, classical and world music, jazz, ballet, modern dance, theater and cabaret. It currently only has two theaters, which is disproportionate to the size of the city's cultural life and cultural ambitions. There is a lack of a suitable stage on which amateur and professional artists can reinforce each other. Smaller productions are currently "drowning" in the large Papyrus Hall or are too cramped in the upper hall. The theater has therefore decided to create a multifunctional central hall.
As the theater is located in the city center, in the protected cityscape, its integration must be done carefully. The existing theater itself is too small to accommodate an additional auditorium. Two plots of land were therefore purchased to create this new so-called "Middenzaal" and an additional loading and unloading facility. Existing parts of the building and buildings on Statenstraat will be demolished, rebuilt and redesigned. The former rehearsal hall of the "philharmonie zuidnederland", including the adjoining rooms and offices, will be largely dismantled and the neighboring building at Statenstraat 9 will also be demolished to make room for a fully-fledged hall. The adjacent monument at Statenstraat 11 will be attached to the theater and redesigned to create space for related functions. In the end, the theater on the Vrijthof thus had three halls: the Great Hall (Papyrus Hall) with 915 seats, a Middle Hall with 350 seats and the Small Hall (Upper Hall) with 110 seats. It should be possible to program the Papyrus Hall, the Middle Hall and the Upper Hall simultaneously. An important part is the architectural enhancement and revitalization of the exterior and façade, as well as the appropriate design of the new part of the building in the overall streetscape of Statenstraat.
The additional space in the premises of Statenstraat 11 also offers the possibility of separating the walkways in the theater to the Central Hall from the audience in the Papyrus Hall. This will create a safer situation that is appropriate for the larger number of visitors that need to be accommodated in the theater at the same time. The current audience and artist foyer of the theater is too small to accommodate the visitors and artists of the Central Hall.
Statenstraat 11 will create space. The additional space available should make it possible to adequately accommodate artists, companies and the audience of the Central Hall. The space required for this can be sought in this building and a possible extension on the adjacent flat roofs, as indicated in the space balance. Creative ways must be found to create sufficient space and to develop it logically.
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Winter semester 2024/25
DIPLOM
Free topics
Supervision: Prof. Ansgar Schulz, Prof. Benedikt Schulz, Gerhard Heise, Christian Wischalla
Winter semester 2024/25
IN-DEPTH DESIGN
Leutzscher wood
Module no.: AD 911
Supervision: Prof. Ansgar Schulz, Prof. Benedikt Schulz, Gerhard Heise, Christian Wischalla
The traditional East German club, BSG Chemie Leipzig, is now a permanent fixture in the fourth-highest German soccer league, the Regionalliga Nordost. Despite its amateur status, the club is planning to professionalize its playing and training conditions in the long term. To achieve this, considerable efforts are required not only to make the stadium, the Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark, fit for profit, but also to upgrade, rebuild and expand the stadium surroundings and training facilities.
The task is to design a modern soccer training hall that meets the requirements directly to the west of the stadium and the listed wooden stand. In addition to the functional rooms, the hall will also have space for a fan store, a club museum and offices.
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