Theorie der Architektur und Entwerfen

Per Tutto - Tomorrow never knows

Time: WS22/23 Semester: Master What will tomorrow be? Cities are constantly reinventing themselves. Everyday places, objects, and structures that were important, if not life-sustaining, are transforming and being rebuilt. mehr

Best Before - Market

Time: Summersemester 2023 Semester: Bachelor The role of architecture in the fight against climate change is a key issue in today's social debate. The question arises as to what means budding architects can use to contribute to sustainable change. mehr

This Time Tomorrow - 1

Time: WS23/24 Semester: Bachelor The idea of a Floating University, catering to the diverse needs of its users, and focusing on arrival and social exchange is very interesting. The concept of a modular Cube system that allows users to design their own spaces is innovative and flexible. mehr

This Time Tomorrow - 4

Time: WS23/24 These: Bachelor With its location on the Tempelhof rainwater retention basin, the Floating University is situated on an extraordinary site. mehr

Thinking ahead

Method: Seminar Time: Winter semester 2023/24 Instructor: Prof. Dr. Richard Woditsch Semester: Master mehr

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Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Method: Elaboration of an essay and documentation of a building by Karl Friedrich Schinkel Duration: winter semester 2019/20 Critics: Dr. Mark Kammerbauer, Peter Popp, Mathieu Wellner, Prof. Dr. Richard Woditsch Semester: Bachelor 5 Topics: The Symmetry, The Perspective, The Imagination, The Architectural Drawings, The Painting, The Stage Set, The Question of Style, The Building, His Contemporaries, The Society, Attitude, His Heritage mehr

Positions IX

Method: fictitious correspondence between two architects of architectural theory Duration: winter semester 2018/2019 Critics: Peter Popp, Mathieu Wellner, Prof. Dr. Richard Woditsch Semester: Bachelor 5 Correspondents: Goethe, Hegel, Humboldt, Ledoux, Beethoven, Turner, Le Duc, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Gilly mehr

Housing VI

Method: building analysis and model Duration: winter semester 2019/20 Critics:  Anja Davé, Prof. Carola Dietrich, Markus Honka, Gunther Schmidt, Mathieu Wellner, Prof. Dr. Richard Woditsch Semester: Bachelor 3 mehr

BauNetz recommended reading: residential structures

Recommended reading by Baunetz: The Public Private House by Richard Woditsch Contribution from 10.07.19: To study the Polykatoikia also means to study the evolution of Greek cities. That's what the Berlin architect Richard Woditsch says, who did his doctorate on this topic and has now published an anthology by Park Books. mehr

BDA-SARP-Award 2019

BDA-SARP-Award 2019 awarded  The Association of German Architects BDA and the Polish Architects Association SARP have awarded this year's BDA-SARP-Award. The endowed with € 2,500 Bilateral Junior Research Award is awarded to graduates of the field of architecture. The main prize went to a graduate of the Cracow University of Technology. In addition, a special award went to Wroclaw and three awards to Munich and Nuremberg. mehr

Architecture and power: German architects in National Socialism - and afterwards

A research project of the Nuremberg University of Technology and the Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds Nuremberg Head: Prof. Dr. med. Richard Woditsch Contributors: Bernd Noack, Katinka Strassberger, Markus Honka Research Cooperation: Dr. Ing. Alexander Schmidt, Prof. Hélène Frichot mehr

Archive for the collective memory

Topic: How can architecture trigger an awareness of transience and the associated melancholy, and what social relevance and urban space presence should such places have? Author: Fabian Weis Duration: winter semester 2018/19 Auditors: Prof. Carola Dietrich, Prof. Dr. Richard Woditsch Thesis: Master awarded by "Bund deutscher Architekten (BDA)" 17.06.2019 mehr

XS-Living: smallest types of urban living

Method: Conception of an experimental micro-housing in a self-selected urban situation Duration: summer semester 2019 Critics: Prof. Marion Kalmer, Prof. Niels Jonkhans, Prof. Richard Woditsch Semester: Bachelor 6 mehr

Academic work

Method: Writing term papers with a academic claim and reference to the project Duration: summer semester 2019 Critics: Dr. Mark Kammerbauer Semester: Master 1 mehr

Megastructures reloaded

Method: The preservation of access to contemporary theoretical concepts, frameworks and tendencies and the engagement with a critique-related discourse Duration: summer semester 2019 Critics: Prof. Ingrid Burgstaller, Prof. Dr. Richard Woditsch Semester: Master 1 mehr

Culture buildings III

Method: building analysis and short film Duration: summer semester 2017 Critics:  Prof. Carola Dietrich, Jennifer Botzki, Martin Andrée, Dr. Mark Kammerbauer, Prof. Dr. Richard Woditsch Semester: Bachelor 4 mehr

Domusweb book review: The Public Private House

A contribution by George Kafka: The Public Private House is an intensive and densely architectural book with very few architects. Instead of being the main character of an intriguing and perplexing protagonist that snakes its way through the city of Athens like a Sophoclean tragic hero, is the polykatoikia. Athens wants to instantly recognize polykatoikies as the defining typology of the city's urban landscape - more than any acropolis or other feature of the attican built environment. mehr