Research at the Department

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Research Projects of the Professorships

Institute for Architectural Design, Art und Theory
EKUT

Institute for Building Design and Technology
IEB

  • Professorship Building Construction
  • Professorship Building Lifecycle Management
    The research focus of the professorship is the development and application of methods and tools for the realisation of an integrated Building Lifecycle Management. An important starting point is the networking of technology-oriented and methodological approaches.
  • Professorship design of structures
  • Master Restoration of Old Buildings
  • Professorship Building Technology (Archive)
    The professorship supports research and development projects that are directly related to construction and therefore works closely with business partners. The focus of the research is on the exact and realistic recording of material properties with regard to load-bearing capacity and serviceability, as well as on the joining and processing of materials into components.
  • Professorship Building Science and Technology
    The professorship works on the following research topics:
    - Monitoring and performance analysis of buildings
    - Integral building and energy concepts, simulation-based system optimisation
    - User satisfaction at workplaces
    - Comfort and user behaviour under transient conditions
  • Professorship Sustainable Construction
    The Professorship of Sustainable Construction is conducting research in the field of circular construction and was able to build several demonstrator buildings applying new findings, methods and principles of construction.

Institute for Urban and Landscape Design
IESL

Institute for History of Art and Architecture
IKB