Typostruktur: robuste und funktionsoffene (Wohn)Strukturen

In the organizer's words:

The 2025/26 annual project of the Master's degree program in Architecture was dedicated to the investigation of typological and structural properties for residential construction, the so-called "typostructure", which make a floor plan or a building particularly robust, resilient and durable.

In the projects, solutions were developed to combine the potential of load-bearing structures with the spatial qualities of residential floor plans to achieve optimized structural efficiency.

The criteria were examined along the following key questions:
What is the relationship between the load-bearing structure, construction and adaptability in this respect? Which parameters give a building the potential for conversion and thus enable it to be updated for the future? How can this result in system construction methods for serial and modular housing construction?
Robustness here does not mean structural strength ("firmitas") and durability. Rather, robustness refers to a quality that enables holistic durability.

There will be no classic vernissage for the exhibition. Instead, the exhibition will be opened indirectly with a lecture from the "Wohnpositionen" series on May 27. The exhibition will close with a second lecture from the series on June 10, 2026.
The lecture topics and speakers will be announced here shortly. Both events start at 18:00.

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Project management:
Prof. Michael Spies, Joel Jöbgen M.Sc., Assistant MA