WiSe24/25 - Main Course

The starting point for our work at the Chair is the appreciation of what already exists; for us, this forms the foundation on which we can build in our work as architects. Our work is always in the context of a larger whole, so we see houses less as objects and more as specific structures that are part of an organism, whether built or natural.

With this in mind, we would like to devote the third design course, which we are offering to students in the winter semester 2024 - 2025, to the topic of the relationship between houses and examine how they can become an ensemble through their external form and internal structure.

We will complement existing block structures in Halle an der Saale and explore the question of how the use of a building can be reflected in its external appearance. We will focus on the development of the façade as a face to the city and study which possibilities are available to us to create something like a relationship to existing buildings and within the ensemble itself. We will search for a balance between similarity and autonomy and will look at the elements that generate the specific expression of a building towards its environment: the wall and its openings, which are both part of an interior space and form the spaces of the city.

Using references, we would like to examine how buildings present themselves to the city, how a wall can communicate with its surroundings through its proportions and the way openings are made, and how these openings relate to the spaces behind them. We are interested in the question of relief in connection with materialization and construction, and what significance depth and shadow effects can have for the expression of a façade.

The aim is to design at least two buildings within an urban block that contain different uses: Production, retail and residential.
We are thinking of a mixture of small-scale commercial units such as workshops or craft businesses together with stores and retail space. This offer will be supplemented by collective forms of housing for the employees of the companies. The ensemble is intended to contribute to the identity of the district and, together with the outdoor spaces, create a lively spatial structure.

The project will be worked on in groups of two, work in the drawing rooms at the chair is desired. Individual work is possible as part of the in-depth design.

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Summer semester 2024

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Winter semester 2023 -2024