„Transformations“ - Summer School in Buenos Aires

From October 18 to 24, 2022, the Chair of Architectural Design and Construction I is organizing a summer school at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) with funding from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). For this purpose, Prof. Ansgar Schulz and Prof. Benedikt Schulz, together with the research assistant Katharina Benjamin, are traveling to Argentina at the invitation of Tristán Dieguez, professor at the Facultad de Arquitectura Diseno y Urbanismo (FADU). The Summer School is planned as a seven-day workshop that shows potential in dealing with the Baukultur heritage, imparts specialist knowledge and gives an insight into German teaching and research practice. Introduction and input will be provided by lectures on the challenges and opportunities of industrial building culture, current problems in Argentina and outstanding examples of deindustrialization and sustainable protection of architectural heritage. The focus is on testing the mediated strategies on a concrete architectural object, a 19th-century building used as a workshop, in which sculptures from urban space are processed and restored. The participating FADU students will deal with the existing building and develop architecturally robust concepts that strengthen the place.