Maintenance and Repair on Site Innovedum teaching project Fall Semester 2023 This project integrates the teaching of heritage preservation, construction and sustainability with architectural design. The design studio on building within the existing context, an elective on heritage preservation and an on-site design-build seminar week are aligned to offer a focus semester on repair and […]
Keep Reading →REPAIR : Keep in Place Elective course Fall Semester 2023 In the Fall Semester 2023, the elective “Repair: Keep in Place” will take place as part of a pilot teaching project with regard to the upcoming curiculum revision. The Innovedum Project “Maintanence and Repair ON SITE” (link) integrates the teaching of preservation, construction and sustainability […]
Keep Reading →Book Launch and Panel DiscussionUPGRADE: Making Things Better Thursday, 13.04.2023, 7:00 pm Deutsches Architektur Zentrum DAZWilhelmine-Gemberg-Weg 6, 10179 Berlin https://www.daz.de/de/upgrade-buch/ Program Welcome and Introduction Laura Holzberg, Artistic Director DAZin the context of the current exhibition Palimpsest of the artist Jeewi Lee Book launchProf. Silke Langenberg, Construction Heritage and Preservation, Department of Architecture, ETH Zürich Panel […]
Keep Reading →REPAIR: Keep in Place Elective course Fall Semester 2022 Teaching Team: Prof. Dr. Silke Langenberg, Matthias Brenner, Salome Schepers Complex constructions that are difficult to maintain and industrial manufacturing processes decrease the lifespan of objects not only in product design but also in architecture. Repairability is becoming less of a concern – replacement seems to be […]
Keep Reading →High-Tech for High-Tech: On the Potential of Digital Fabrication for the Repair of Architectural Innovation of the 1980s Doctoral Candidate: Matthias BrennerCo-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Benjamin Dillenburger, Digital Building Technologies, ETH ZurichCollaboration: Prof. Dr. Markus Bambach, Advanced Manufacturing Lab, ETH Zurich Due to their relatively young age, buildings of the 1980s are rarely considered objects worth […]
Keep Reading →Repair: Making Things Better Elective Course Fall Semester 2021 Teaching Team: Prof. Dr. Silke Langenberg, Orkun Kasap, Matthias Brenner The lifespan of objects is decreasing not only in product design but also in architecture due to complex constructions, use of materials tha are difficult to dismantle, and industrial manufacturing processes. Repairability is becoming less of […]
Keep Reading →Repair: Encouragement to Think and Make Elective Course Fall Semester 2020 Teaching Team: Prof. Dr. Silke Langenberg, Orkun Kasap, Matthias Brenner The lifespan of objects is decreasing not only in product design but also in architecture due to complex constructions, use of materials that are difficult to dismantle, and industrial manufacturing processes. Repairability is becoming […]
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