Recent Projects
SS 2026 - Renovierung Fritz-Pflaum-Hütte
Die Aufgabe besteht darin, ein Konzept für die Sanierung der Fritz-Pflaum-Hütte im Wilden Kaiser (1.865 m) zu erarbeiten, um die historische Substanz von 1911 zu bewahren, Eingriffe aus den 1960er-Jahren zu korrigieren und eine zeitgemäße Grundlage für den Betrieb zu schaffen. Dabei soll traditionelles alpines Handwerk wie Natursteinmauerwerk, Holzkonstruktionen und Schindeldeckung mit digitalen Entwurfs- und Fertigungsmethoden verbunden werden, basierend auf einer präzisen digitalen Bestandsanalyse und Schadenskartierung. Zugleich müssen die spezifischen Rahmenbedingungen des Bauens in alpinen Extremallagen berücksichtigt werden, darunter Klimabedingungen, Logistik, Materialverfügbarkeit, Wasserver- und -entsorgung sowie normative Vorgaben.
WS 2025/26 - Terra Habita
Design a prototypical wood-and-clay pavilion using the Timber Earth System that serves as a meeting place and can be scaled into future residential or office buildings. The task requires developing an architectural concept that integrates space, use, and atmosphere with a strong focus on structural details, particularly the wall and ceiling joints. The process is divided into three phases: conducting specific topical research, integrating this knowledge into a coherent design concept, and finally detailing the building elements to achieve a balance between sustainability, resource efficiency, craftsmanship, and spatial quality.
SS 2025 - Printed Habitats
Design a multifunctional, 3D-printed ceramic facade for the historic Water Tower in Ingolstadt that serves as a habitat for both humans and selected urban wildlife. Utilizing computational tools, Animal-Aided Design principles, and Ceramic Extrusion 3D Printing, the task requires balancing ecological parameters, species-specific behavior, and historical preservation constraints. The project explores the architecture of coexistence through digital design and physical prototyping, ultimately culminating in comprehensive design studies and a site-specific, full-scale (1:1) prototype.
WS 2024/25 - Extension Altes Hallenbad Heidelberg
Design a sustainable, mixed-use residential building in central Heidelberg by integrating passive climate strategies with Selective Paste Intrusion (SPI) 3D printing technology. The project explores SPI and SPI timber hybrid constructions, utilizing the technology's unique geometric, physical, and material properties as primary design drivers. Structured in three phases of topical research, concept integration, and the detailing of prefabricated building blocks, the goal is to develop an architectural solution that balances resource efficiency, thermal performance, durability, and flexible spatial playability.
SS 2024 - 3D Printing Earth Architecture
Design a small guest house in an urban gap in Munich using Intrusion Earth Additive Manufacturing with clay as a regenerative binder. Following a fabrication aware design methodology, the project explores earthen materials for circular construction and prefabrication. The process is structured into five stages including context research, manual material testing, component development, architectural synthesis, and the final robotic manufacturing of building segments at a full scale.
SS 2022 - From Additive Manufacturing to Architecture
Design an inner city residential building that addresses urban densification and sustainable living using a toolbox of Additive Manufacturing technologies. After studying various 3D printing methods to derive structural parameters, the task requires developing an intelligent construction configuration and a robust apartment typology. The final architectural proposal must balance durability, material justice, resource conservation, and flexible spatial playability, offering the potential to additively manufacture specific building sections at a full scale in a subsequent phase.
WS 2021/22 - Bridge the Gap
Design a lightweight pedestrian bridge for the Deutsche Bundesbank in Munich using computational form finding and digital fabrication. Utilize graphic statics, robotic assembly, and 3D printed nodes to develop a material efficient and highly optimized structural proposal intended for actual construction.
SS 2021 - Mobile Additive Manufacturing
Design an architectural concept that explores mobile additive manufacturing for on site 3D printing. Leverage the unbounded work area and scalability of mobile robotics to overcome the limitations of stationary systems, enabling the fabrication of large scale components and applications within existing structures. Develop theoretical models and test practical fabrication workflows by creating physical prototypes with a robotic clay printer at a 1:4 scale.
WS 2020/21 - Participative Digital Fabrication
Design a building kit for a public pavilion in Munich that enables users to collaboratively assemble and disassemble geometrically complex structures using mobile AR technologies. Develop simple, reusable building parts with viable joint details alongside interactive, real time visual instructions through human machine interfaces. Test these participative fabrication workflows by constructing physical prototypes at a full scale.
SS 2020 - Climate Active Bricks
Design a climate active brick building envelope that improves local urban microclimates by integrating robotic fabrication with geometric and material differentiation. Develop digital and analog design studies alongside experimental setups to measure microclimatic parameters and feed the data back into a digital model. The process culminates in verifying these climatic functions and design hypotheses through the construction of full scale demonstrator objects.
WS 2019/20 - Simple Slab
Design a resource efficient timber concrete composite floor slab for the Einfach bauen student homes in Garching, serving as a low impact alternative to conventional reinforced concrete. Utilize computational design and robotic fabrication to minimize raw material usage while exploring the resulting materiality and architectural expression. Structure the project into three phases of scientific investigation, research project development, and the transition of theoretical knowledge into innovative practical applications.