01|02|23 Book Presentation
We invite you to our book presentation “Growing Architecture – How to design with trees” in the Buchhandlung Werner on February 1st at 6 p.m.
No registration necessary.
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22|12|22 PhD Defense in "Blue-Green Architecture"
Our PhD candidate Friederike Well has successfully defended her PhD in "Blue-Green Architecture - Integrative Design with Water and Vegetation". Congrats to SUMMA CUM LAUDE - passed with distinction! Thanks to the whole team of Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture for creating an unforgettable event and for Alain Thierstein from the Chair of Urban Development for the charming chairing and moderation, Brigitte Helmreich and Martin Knöll for their role as reviewer.
19|12|22 Book Release "Growing Architecture – How to design with trees"
We are happy to announce that Our Book “Growing Architecture – How to design with trees” // “Wachsende Architektur – Einführung in die Baubotanik” published by Birkhauser De Gruyter is out now!
Written by Prof. Ferdinand Ludwig and his office partner Daniel Schönle it is the first comprehensive book on Baubotanik, covering history, botany, techniques, theory, design, conception and future perspectives. More than 15 years of design, practical work and research are compiled now in one book which is at the same time a fundamental textbook, a research report and an overview of realized examples of living tree architecture worldwide.
Available in any well-stocked bookstore and online.
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07|12|22 The first paper of the Ecolopes research project was published in the People and Nature Journal.
"Creating ecologically sound buildings by integrating ecology, architecture and computational design"
The ECOLOPES project (ECOlogical enveLOPES) is funded by the EU as a part of the program "Future Emerging Technologies - FET" (Horizon2020).
The objective of the interdisciplinary project, launched in April 2021, is to conceive and design architecture in such a way that the built environment of the city and nature – including humans – can continue to grow together to form a new, more complex and more diverse system.
More information about the project can be found at the TUM Press Releases Page.
06|12|22 ECOLOPES TALKS with Leo Stuckardt presenting MVRDV Next
Digital Tooling, Datascapes and Design Speculation
Leo Stuckardt, Senior Project Leader at MVRDV and co-founder of MVRDV NEXT, will talk about the role of NEXT within MVRDV’s global practice and illustrate on-going research on data-driven design through applied, speculative and academic case studies.
More information here.
The recording of the lecture can be found on the Ecolopes Facebook page.
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04|10|22 ECOLOPES TALKS with Chiara Catalano
In the fifth ECOLOPES TALK, Chiara Catalano spoke about the habitat template approach which considers nature as a model for the designing of Urban Green Infrastructure. The ecological understanding of natural habitats is essential to mimic them in cities and to design niches providing refugia and alternative habitats to certain plant and animal species. The monitoring of urban habitats gives insights on their adaptive dynamics over time and provide for guidelines for new projects and retrofitting of existing greened areas. The design for nature, having a net-positive impact on biodiversity, requires multidisciplinary teams and thinking driven by the analysis of spatially explicit ecological data and supported by integrative and modelling tools.
ECOLOPES TALKS are taking place every first Tuesday each month at 17:00 CET. Speakers will be renowned representatives of the disciplines relevant for the ECOLOEPS approach, spanning from architecture to ecology, computer sciences and beyond. Click here to register for upcoming TALKS.
15|10|22 New courses for the Winter Semester 2022/23
The new gtla* courses for the winter semester 22/23 are now online!
This semester we offer:
A STUDIO 'Illegal trees +'
The seminar GREEN TYPOLOGIES 'Illegal Trees'
Our module 'GREEN TECHNOLOGIES Living Architecture' (lecture + seminar)
Find more informations here.
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06|09|22 ECOLOPES TALKS with William Myers
We are pleased to present William Myers at the 4th ECOLOPES TALK on September 6th, 5PM CET.
William Myers is a curator, author, and teacher based in Amsterdam. His book Biodesign (2012 and 2018 editions) identifies the emerging practice of integrating biological processes into design and architecture. Biodesign is the next step beyond biology-inspired approaches to design and fabrication. It refers to the incorporation of living organisms as essential components in design, enhancing the function of the finished work.
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08|08|22 Arbor Kitchen Longlisted for Dezen Award 2022
We are happy to announce that our Project Arbor Kitchen has been longlisted in the small building category of Dezeen Awards 2022.
Client and Collaborator
Cornelius Hackenbracht, Werkpark - Neue Kunst am Ried
Project Management and Supervision
Ferdinand Ludwig, 舒齐冠, @Wilfrid Middleton
Student Design Team
Alessandra Brembati, @Baiyu Chen, @Xi Chen, Denise Gordeev, Peter Grasegger, Marlena Hellmann, Stella Kampffmeyer, Jennifer Tszying Ng, @Ke Sun, @Tobias Winkler, @Zhiqing Zhou, Nikolas Heinrich Burger
Sponsors
Ove Arup Foundation, Robert Mcneel & Associates Europe, SÜLZLE Gruppe, TUM Department of Architecture Research Incubator, @TUM Design Factory 1:1, Empfangshalle - Künstler Corbinian Böhm + Michael Gruber
20|06|22 Presentation Doctoral Thesis Vertikale Freiräume
The first doctoral thesis at our professorship was completed in June! We congratulate Isabel Zintl for this. The topic of vertical free spaces was examined in the work. One speaks of vertical free space when open spaces are layered and a walkable three-dimensional free space is created as a result. This creates spaces of possibility in the vertical, which, for example, make previously unusable spaces between buildings accessible.
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03|05|22 ECOLOPES TALK with John Marzluff
As a Professor of Wildlife Science at the University of Washington, John Marzluff’s research focuses on the behavior of ravens, crows and jays. In our second ECOLOPES TALK, he will speak about his book “Welcome to Subirdia” in which he reveals findings from his long-term research on birds along urban gradients and gives insights how species are adapting in the face of urban development. Finally, hands-on advise to keep common birds common in the future is given.
Register here to join the Live Talk!
We are looking forward to meeting you at the 2nd ECOLOPES TALK with John Marzluff on May 3rd 17:00 CET!
01|04|22 New courses for the Summer Semester 2022
The new gtla* courses for the summer semester 2022 are now online!
Check out our module 'GREEN TECHNOLOGIES Living Architecture' (lecture + seminar) and the seminar 'GREEN TYPOLOGIES Trees in planters - designing with growth processes'. We are also offering an individual 'DESIGN-RESEARCH-STUDIO'.
Find more informations here.
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05|04|22 ECOLOPES TALK with Helga Fassbinder about Biotope City
We are pleased to present Helga Fassbinder as our first speaker of the ECOLOPES TALKS series. Helga is the founder of the journal and the concept "Biotope City". The Biotope City concept is based on the realization that we and our cities do not form an antagonism to nature, but that our cities are nothing else but one other of the many forms that constitute nature. Helga will present and discuss the concept as well its implementation in the "Biotope City Wienerberg" in Vienna.
Please register here for the ECOLOPES TALKS series and our newsletter:
You will receive a confirmation mail with the zoom link to join the talks.
We are looking forward to meeting you at the online talk, Tuesday April 5th 17:00 CET.
20|12|21 Open PhD position(s)
The Research Training Group "Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) - Training Next Generation Professionals for Integrated Urban Planning Research" aims to conduct inter- and transdisciplinary research on innovative approaches for livable, sustainable and climate resilient cities through green infrastructure. Within the framework of a research training group funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) a total of twelve doctoral positions (research assistant, 75-100%) and one post-doc position at the Technical University of Munich and one doctoral position at the University of Augsburg are available.
The professorship for Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture is seeking to appoint a PhD position in the subproject (SP5) "Designing UGIs as dynamic processes". We are looking for an interdisciplinary designer with prior knowledge in microclimate modeling and/or tree growth modeling, or a researcher from the field of forestry science, arboriculture, or similar with some background in interdisciplinary design (such as landscape architecture, architecture, urbanism or comparable fields).
The candidate will investigate and explore an innovative design approach for tree planting and maintenance based on a prescriptive voxel model, working closely with designers focused on functional-structural plant models. Key tasks will relate to parametric design with Rhino and Grasshopper, tree growth modeling, 3D geometry data manipulation including point cloud and 3D array (voxels) and digital surveying approaches like LiDAR (terrestrial and SLAM) and photogrammetry. Basic programming skills are required.
Please note: The application process is centralized. Find the relevant information in the job posting: https://portal.mytum.de/jobs/wissenschaftler/NewsArticle_20211208_094312
Project information:
http://upe.wzw.tum.de/tum-urban-ecosystems-group/ugi-research-training-group.html
Application deadline: 17. Jan. 2022
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02|12|21 Current results of our research project Interest-I were presented at the online platform of the magazine Garten- und Landschaft
“Drought or heavy rain: How we will deal with our water resources in the future will ultimately determine the quality of life in our cities. The INTERESS-I research project is testing urban blue-green infrastructures near the major construction site in Stuttgart 21. The project team will present the first results of the impulse project and also show you which climate adaptation measures are already feasible today. "
Here is the article.
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23|11|21 Bundeskongress Gebäudegrün 23. – 24.11.2021
The Federal Building Greening Congress was organised by BuGG again this year. Unfortunately, it was not held in Berlin as planned, but as an online event. We had the opportunity to present in five-minute short presentations three projects from our current research that deal with building greening. These included the Impuls project as part of the Interess-I research project, Prototyping School Garden as a 1:1 student project as part of the Blue-Green Infrastructure research and KlimaKübelBäume as part of the research into trees in planters as an alternative micro-climatically effective greening solution. In addition to the short presentations, the projects were also exhibited online on posters. The feedback from the other participants was consistently positive and, despite the online event, contacts were made. We hope to be present with insightful projects at the next national congress on green buildings.
03|10|21 Türöffner Maus at the Impulsprojekt in Stuttgart
Last weekend the hands-on campaign "Open doors with the Mouse" (Türöffner Maus) took place in Stuttgart at the containers of our research project INTERESS-I. We were able to welcome numerous families with children and bring them closer to the topic of urban greenery and water use.
Find more informations about the Event here.
01|10|21 New courses for the Winter Semester 21/22
The new gtla* courses for the winter semester 21/22 are now online!
Check out our seminar 'GREEN TYPOLOGIES Digital tools for tree design' and the module 'GREEN TECHNOLOGIES Living Architecture' (lecture + seminar). We are also offering the 'Design-Build-Grow Meghalaya STUDIO' and the lecture 'Technisch-Konstruktive Grundlagen der Landschaftsarchitektur'.
Find more informations here.
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22|06|21 Difu-WebSeminar Freiraumentwicklung und Klimaanpassung
The German Institute for Urban Studies organized a specialist event on June 22nd and 23rd, 2021 on the subject of "Open space development and climate adaptation", which was aimed specifically at experts.
One of the speakers was our research associate Friederike Well. With the topic "Integrated Planning - Green and Blue Infrastructures" Hand in Hand ", she explained the first interim results from the INTERESS-I research project.
https://difu.de/veranstaltungen/2021-06-22/freiraumentwicklung-und-klimaanpassung
04|06|21 Opening of the Exhibition COHABITATION in Berlin
We are part of the Exhibition COHABITATION from ARCH +
The Cohabitation project is building a transdisciplinary and transnational network that combines design approaches in art, architecture and urban planning with questions of interspecies solidarity, social justice and a dynamic understanding of ecology and the right to the city. It deals with the topic of urban cohabitation of different species in various formats, all of which are closely interlinked.
BAUBOTANIK understands co-habitation as a process of co-design andco-creation. In a PING-PONG between the actor human and the actor tree, a multi-layered interaction of designing, growing, nurturing,observing, dying and regenerating unfolds.
for more informations have a look at the exhibiton website:
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21|05|21 Opening of the German Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia
Today is the digital opening of the german pavilion of the Biennale. We are part of it with our contribution.
„2038 – The New Serenity, invites you to discover a story between fact and fiction. In a series of films, it tells the history of a better world in which everything, though imperfect, is better in some pretty profound and radical ways.“
LAUNCH OF THE VIRTUAL PAVILION
21 May 2021, 4 pm
OPENING HOURS ON-SITE
21/05–21/11/21
Tue–Sun, 10 am – 7 pm
Giardini della Biennale, Venice
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26|05|21 Release of the first issue »Research Perspectives in Architecture«
Research Perspectives in Architecture Dimensions Issue 01/2021, edited by Katharina Voigt, Uta Graff, and Ferdinand Ludwig, explores different lines of enquiry with specific focus on their methodology. Design-based, reflexive, qualitative, experience-based, archival and interdisciplinary perspectives are investigated.
We cordially invite you to the release of Dimensions Vol.1:
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
6:30pm via Zoom:
Online (Zoom-Meeting) Code: 143802
We will present the objective and structure of the journal, introduce the first issue and give an outlook on the upcoming editions. Prof. Sophie Wolfrum, former professor and Dean at the Department of Architecture at the Technical University of Munich, will introduce the international editorial context of BauHow5 and its extended network, emphasizing the role of the journal in discipline of architecture.
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10|05|21 Arte Xenius: building materials of the future
"So far, the construction industry has mainly used concrete and steel. In order to be able to build more ecologically and sustainably in the future, scientists are looking for alternative building materials. And there are the craziest ideas.
Cardboard, mushrooms or popcorn - nothing is impossible !
In Munich, a visionary architect lets trees grow together in a controlled manner in such a way that load-bearing structures are formed that years later will support bridges or even entire houses."
Take a look at the video (min. 18:22)
https://www.arte.tv/.../092.../xenius-baustoffe-der-zukunft/
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06|05|21 Online Lecture: Prof. Ferdinand Ludwig – The Architect as Planetary Gardener
Professor Ferdinand Ludwig invites you to his university-public online lecture on Thursday, 06.05.21 as part of the so-called "Assessment Centre" after the fourth year of the tenure-track procedure. Ludwig will provide insights into his research and teaching activities at TUM to date as well as an outlook on the coming years.
When
06.05.2021, 09.00h
Where
Online: Zoom-Link
Kenncode: 618672
15|04|21 ECOLOPES ECOlogical building enveLOPES: a game-changing design approach for regenerative urban ecosystems
Our new research project ECOLOPES started recently! With this we embark on a 4 year journey of exploration:
In ECOLOPES we propose a radical change for city development: instead of minimizing the negative impact of urbanisation on nature, we aim at urbanisation to be planned and designed such that nature – including humans – can co-evolve within the city. We envisage a radically new integrated ecosystem approach to architecture that focuses equally on humans, plants, animals, and associated organisms such as microbiota. ECOLOPES will provide the technology that will help to achieve this vision.
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12|04|21 Cities of the future: how indigenous knowledge inspires urban planners
The SPIEGEL article "cities of the future: how indigenous knowledge inspires urban planners" deals with the topic how cities could be revolutionized with this knowledge. We are a part of it with the topic of Baubotanik!
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01|04|21 Humboldt Research Fellowship for Sandra Persiani
Arch. Ph.D. Sandra Persiani is awarded with the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. She conducts a research project on the topic "Architectural Symbiosis, emergence of new operating patterns as effect of a human-plant-building association" in collaboration with the Chair of Building Technology and Climate Responsive Design and the Professorship of Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture.
She is now part of the gtla* Team and we are so happy about it!
01|04|21 New courses for the Summer Semester 2021
We look forward to introducing you to our new courses for the coming Summer Semester 2021!
*Design-Research-Studio
*Lecture+Seminar "Green Technologies - Living Architecture"
*Seminar Prototyping Blue-Green Systems
*Seminar "Green Typologies – Green Architectures"
For more informations have a look here.
We look forward to the summer semester with you!
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18|03|21 The Engineering Club: Evening Talk with Prof. Ferdinand Ludwig and Wilfrid Middelton
The Engineering Club offers a programme of free evening talks on diverse engineering aspects of engineering culture that is open to all.
On Thursday the 8th Prof. Ferdinand Ludwig and PhD student Wilfrid Middelton will talk about Living Structure.
About the topic: Their research is focused on architectural concepts in which plants play a central role. Integrating plants – both functionally and creatively – into construction designs not only provides answers to some of today’s most pressing ecological issues, such as climate change, it also presents a methodological challenge, encouraging exploration into ways of dealing with aspects of growth and decay, chance and probability in architecture and landscape design.
More informations and the registration for the event:
20|10|20 The new gtla* courses for Winter 20/21
This semester we are offering:
_studio 'Baubotanik Pavilion: Design - Build - Grow!'
_module 'GREEN TECHNOLOGIES Living Architecture' (lecture + seminar).
_seminar 'GREEN TYPOLOGIES 'Green Architecture'
Find more informations here.
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15+16|10|20 Symposium Arbor-Tech
At the online-symposium Arbor-Tech “The Tree between the Cultural Techniques of the Past and Today’s New Technologies” we will discuss innovative forms of green architecture and green infrastructure that result from an integrated process of "co-design" and "co-evolving" of people, trees, practices and technologies. The starting point are the human-plant-environment interactions of historical or vernacular approaches. The aim is to learn from these examples to develop new concepts and methods.
The event constitutes the 2020 edition of the Weihenstephaner Forum and the fifth edition of the Architecture and Environment (AE) Symposium. It is co-organized by Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig (TUM Professorship for Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture) and Prof. Dr. Michael Hensel (Research Department for Digital Architecture and Planning, Vienna University of Technology).
Download
Zoom-Link Evening Lecture,
15.10.2020 19:00:
https://tum-conf.zoom.us/j/97619246547
Meeing-ID：976 1924 6547
Password：836907
Zoom-Link Symposium,
16.10.2020 09:00 – 17:00
https://tum-conf.zoom.us/j/91823944399
Meeting ID：918 2394 4399
Password：196173
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24|08|20 Christiane Thalgott Award 2020
Our student Ekaterina Vyrodova is awarded with the Christiane Thalgott Prize 2020 for her master's thesis "Agricultural Lighting Facade: Food-producing Office Buildings".
https://www.ar.tum.de/aktuell/news-singleview/article/christiane-thalgott-preis-2020/
https://www.dezeen.com/2020/08/21/technical-university-munich-architecture-students-school-shows/
TODAY WAS THE ONLINE OPENING OF THE "IMPULSPROJEKT" IN STUTTGART!
We are part of the future!
The German contribution to the 17th Architecture Biennial looks back from the future - 2038 - into the past - 2020 - so today. "2038" is an international team from the fields of architecture, art, literature, ecology, economy, politics and technology.
Have a look at arch+ and their input to the #architecturebiennale2020 with the topic "How will we live together in the future?" The question at the heart of the 17th Venice International Architecture Biennial couldn't be more fitting at the moment.
arch+ shows all contributions of "team 2038" as videos in a continuous loop until Friday, July 17th:
https://www.archplus.net/home/
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LECTURE: Friederike Well - Grey water and rainwater for the irrigation of green facades
The office of Green City e.V. organized a event on March 9, 2020 with three lectures on the subject of facade greening, which was aimed specifically at specialists such as (landscape) architects, house owners / administrators and students.
One of the speakers was our Researcher Friederike Well. She explained the current state of research in her doctoral thesis with the topic "Gray water and rain water for irrigation of facade greening".
Organized by Green City e.V., the event occurred on March 9 2020 and consisted of three lectures concerning the topic of green facades.
Further information and lecture downloads available here.
18|12|19 Nachwuchspreis bdla Bayern 2019
Congratulations to Lotta Steger for winning the 2019 bdla Bayern Nachwuchspreis!
Her bachelor thesis, titled "Blau-grüne Infrastrukturen: Transformationsstudien urbaner Freiräume am Beispiel von Frankfurt" was written under the supervision of Ferdinand Ludwig and Friederike Well through the Professorship for Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture.
21|11|19 Project start KlimaKübelBäume
The gtla* professorship recently received the funding decision for the “KlimaKübelBäume” project. The professorship is responsible for project management for the research project with a total funding volume of approx. 3 000 000 euros. The aim of the research project is to close existing knowledge gaps with regard to the climatic effects and growth conditions of trees in plant containers, to develop relevant vegetation technology basics and to develop strategies and concepts for the use of trees in plant containers as an urban climate effective measure for adaptation to climate change. The results will be summarised in a guideline that allows Bavarian cities and municipalities to use trees in plant containers in a targeted and sustainable manner as a measure for adapting to climate change and increasing biodiversity in dense urban situations where conventional tree planting is not possible.
18|11|19 Exhibition Raumwelten Ludwigsburg
Impressions from the exhibition "Baubotanik - Cities Forests Trees" featuring research and teaching results of Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture, TUM Department of Architecture and projects by "ludwig.schönle | Baubotanik Architecture Urbanism". Fotos: Qiguan Shu
18|11|19 TUM Press release Living Bridges
The Technical University of Munich has published a press release on our research "Living Root Bridges" in India. The occasion was the publication"Living bridges using aerial roots of ficus elastica – an interdisciplinary perspective" by Ferdinand Ludwig, Wilfrid Middleton, Friederike Gallenmüller, Patrick Rogers und Thomas Speck in Scientific Reports 9, 12226 (2019). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-48652-w
13|11|19 LECTURE Raumwelten 2019
Addressing the application of the photogrammetric method to living architecture, Qiguan Shu, Masters Student at Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture will present a process for extracting precise geometric information from complex living structures and preliminary results of the study. The work is performed by Wilfrid Middleton (doctoral student) and Qiguan Shu, supervised by Prof Ferdinand Ludwig.
Where? Bühnenturm der Akademie für Darstellende Kunst Baden-Württemberg
When? Wednesday, 13.11.19. 3-3.30pm
11|10|19 BUNKER TALK Mitchell Joachim and Ferdinand Ludwig
BUNKER TALK with Mitchell Joachim and Ferdinand Ludwig
Talks, Drinks, Harvest and Mushroom Dinner: Friday, 11th October 2019 at 7pm
Architekturgalerie München im BUNKER Blumenstrasse 22, 80331 München
Photo: Holzherr Gössing, Organizer: Architekturgalerie München e.V. MUNICH MUSHROOM at Architekturgalerie München im Bunker in Burckhardt+Partner‘s exhibition Transformations by
Architekturgalerie München, Christian Schühle, Martin Kühfuss, hks architekten, ArchitekturkulturStiftung
14|10|19 PRESENTATION MASTER Courses Winter 19/20
On October 14th the courses for Master Landscape Architecture students in winter 19/20 will be presented.
Where? E42, Weihenstephan
Who? Chair of Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture (gtla) and Chair of Landscape Architecture and Public Space (LAO)
When? October 14th at 12:30 pm
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25|09|19 FIBRA EXHIBITION Plane Tree Cube Nagold
The Baubotanik project Plane Tree Cube Nagold by ludwig.schönle is among the 50 finalists that are being exhibited in the FIBRA exhibition in the Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris.
A special thanks to Dominique Gauzin-Müller for the great curatorial work and Anna Heringer as honorary president.
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18|09|19 BUGG Forschung und Lehre
Vorstellung unserer Erfahrungen in der Lehre zu Gebäudebegrünung bei Architekten und Landschaftsarchitekten am BuGG-Tag Forschung und Lehre Gebäudegrün 2019.
Wo? ZAE Bayern, Würzburg
Wann? 18.09.2019
11|10|19 SYMPOSIUM Architecture & Environment
Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig was invited to speak at the third Symposium Architecture & Environment 'Envelope Ecologies', about the topic 'Biotopian Architecture: Which architectural typologies and paradigms enable or prevent buildings from functioning as ecosystems?'
Where? University of Genoa, Architecture and Design Department
When? Monday 16 & Tuesday 17 September 2019
COURSES WINTER 19/20
The new gtla* courses for Winter 2019/20 are now online! You can also find them on tumonline and on facebook.
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10|09|19 XII International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo
We are happy to be part of the International Architecture Biennale in Sao Paulo this year. We are taking part in the core exhibition "Architectures of Everyday", displaying our research on the Living Root Bridges, grown by rural Khasi and Jaintia communities in Meghalaya (India).
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01|07|19 DGNB Sustainability Challenge
The faculty of architecture (TUM) and Ingenieurbüro Hausladen are currently working on a joint resesarch project "Agricultural Lighting Facade". As nominee in the category "Research", it was now honoured as finalist in the annual Sustainability Challenge der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen – DGNB. The winning project is called "BauCycle". Project manager Mariana Yordanova and Prof. Ferdinand Ludwig accepted the finalist award on the DBNB Day of Sustainability.
03|05|19 CONFERENCE Research Perspectives in Architecture
The conference «Research Perspectives in Architecture» at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) aims to present and discuss a spectrum of research questions and methodological approaches in architecture. Podium discussions focussing on various topics will highlight different perspectives of research in architecture.
Organization:
Chair of Architectural Design and Conception, Prof. Uta Graff Professorship of Green Technologies, Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig
The TUM event is funded by the DFG - German Research Foundation and takes place within BauHow5, the European alliance of five leading research-intensive European universities for architecture.
The conference will be held in English. Registration is not required.
When? 04.07. - 05.07.19
Where? Vorhoelzer Forum Department of Architecture, Technical University of Munich
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23|05|19 DISRUPTIVE MATERIALS in Cologne
On May 23rd, Professor Ludwig will speak at the "Disruptive Materials" congress during Interzum 2019 in Cologne. Following an invite by Haute Innovation, he will present his research field "Baubotanik". A choice of inosculations can be seen at the exhibition.
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23|04|19 PRESENTATION New courses Summer 19
At the first day of the semester, April 23rd we will present our semester offers to the Landscape Architecture students at 11:00 in Freising in Room E42. See you there!
TEACHING SUMMER 2019
Check out our new courses for Summer 2019! You can find them here, on tumonline, facebook and at the institute in Freising.
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28-29|03|19 ARCHITECTURE + ENVIRONMENT Symposium II
On March 28/29 the department of Digital Architecture and Planning is hosting a symposium at the Vienna University of Technology. Professor Ferdinand Ludwig will be among the speakers. For more information, have a look at our facebook page.
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18-19|03|19 LIVING ROOT BRIDGES CONFERENCE
A workshop in Meghalaya, India, discussing the key aspects of interest in the study of Living Root Bridges, bringing together academics, bridge-builders, architects, biologists and village leaders to understand the breath and depth of research questions in this emerging field of research.
The conference day on Monday 18/3 will involve discussions of Living Root Bridges in the context of several key academic fields, ranging from architecture and structural engineering to soil science biology ans social structures. Tuesday 19/3 will include visits to the bridges and discussions with bridge builders, users and community leaders.
Find more details here
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20|02|19 PRESENTATION GREEN TECHNOLOGIES - LIVING BRIDGES
On Wednesday, 20/02 the final presentation of our seminar green technologies - living bridges will start at 9.45 am in Vorhoelzer Forum. We are looking forward to our guests, Dr. Andres Lepik, professor for History of Architecture and Curatorial Practice as well as Anette Dittel (BIOTOPIA - Naturkundemuseum Bayern).
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05|02|19 PRESENTATION TIME TREES TECTONICS
On Tuesday 05/02 the final presentation of the student project TIME-TREES-TECTONICS will take place at the studios in Freising. We are looking forward to our guest Michael Hensel.
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30|11|18 WORLD FORUM ON URBAN FORESTS
On Friday, November 30 Prof. Ferdinand Ludwig and Stefano Panunzi will give a lecture about 'Seismic Green Infrastructure: EKSOTECTURES & EKSOSCAPES' at the World Forum on Urban Forests 2018 in Mantova, Italy. The aim of the Forum is to highlight positive examples of planning, design and management approaches that cities with diverse cultures, forms, structure and histories have implemented to optimize the contribution that urban forests and green infrastructure can provide in terms of economic development, environmental conservation, improved social cohesion, and increased public involvement. The event will last four days and will include conference sessions, discussions and public events.
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24|11|18 LECTURE 50+ Years of Architecture, Theory and Poiesis
On November 24th Professor Ferdinand Ludwig will give a lecture about "Biotopian Urbanism – Baubotanische Strategien" at the international conference "50+ Years of Architecture, Theory and Poiesis" in Stuttgart.
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17|11|18 BAUBOTANIK The Nature of Nature
On Saturday 17th of November, the European Cultural is hosting a roundtable in Venice bringing together the work and thought of seven individuals holding a common interest in the metaphysics and physics of our existential envelopment amidst the vast realm of nature. Professor Ferdinand Ludwig was invited to give an introduction about Baubotanik.
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28|09|18 Presentation Isabel Zintl
Isabel Zintl will give a presentation on Research by Design at the international conference CA2RE in Berlin. In the process she will present her dissertation project "Vertical open spaces". The CA2RE [CONFERENCE FOR ARTISTIC AND ARCHITECTURAL (DOCTORAL) RESEARCH] will take place in Berlin on 28 September - 1 October.
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TEACHING WINTER 18/19
Check out our new courses for Winter 18/19! You can find them on this website, on tumonline and at the institute in Freising.
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27|06|18 INTERVIEW Campus news
In a recent interview, Professor Ferdinand Ludwig explains, how his field of research Baubotanik plans and builds with living material and how breathing architecture can make our lives better.
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26|04|18 UMCC exhibited at the Entrepreneur Day
Our "Urban Micro Climate Canopy" is being exhibited at the Entrepreneur Day of the Bavarian Building Industry. Many thanks to the installation and de-installation team that made this exhibition possible: Lorenz Boij, Moritz Dörstelmann, Daniele Santucci, Johannes Schmitt Carlo Guernier, Marco Zanchetta, Francesco Martini, Benjamin Slosharek, Samuel Meile, Martin Gabriel, Frederic Engasser
More info: www.umcc.eu
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26|04|18 BAUBOTANIK RESEARCH PAVILLON at the Botanical Garden of Freiburg
After being installed this winter all plants (Platanus acerifolia) are sprouting out now and we are fixing the joints to initiate inosculations. In the summer we will install the membrane roof. And when the plant structure will be strong enough we will remove the temporary steel strcuture.
Schaustelle, Pinakothek der Moderne von Jürgen Mayer H.
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NEW COURSES Summer 2018
Our new courses for summer 2018 are online! Check them out on our website, on facebook and in tumonline.
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28|04|18 FREIRAUM VERTIKAL DENKEN Vernissage zur Ausstellung
The exhibition Agora Artes (April 28 - May 13) at the Akademie der Künste Berlin will start off on April 28 with a vernissage. "Freiraum vertikal denken" is Isabel Zintl's contribution to this exhibition, presenting the results of the seminar "Vertikale Freiräume".
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11|04|18 PRESENTATION ISW-FACHTAGUNG by Isabel Zintl
Isabel Zintl, who is a member of our team, is going to give a presentation at the symposium of SW - Institut für Städtebau und Wohnungswesen München. There she is going to speak about „Vertikale Freiräume als grüne Möglichkeitsräume im Kontext hoher baulicher Dichte“.
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18|03|18 LUMINALE 2018 Exhibition Urban Microclimate Canopy prototype
The Urban Microclimate Canopy prototype is displayed at the luminale in Frankfurt from March 18 to 23, 2018. The subject of lighting design plays an important role in the project, as the material efficiency of the underlying lightweight structure goes hand in hand with a lightness and transparency that offers distinct possibilities for lighting. The choice of glass fibers for the support structure was influenced not only by their load-bearing capacity, but also because of their excellent light-conducting properties, which produce extraordinary lighting effects in direct sunlight as well as under artificial lighting.
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26|02|18 SUBMISSION URBAN MICROCLIMATE CANOPY Presentation of the prototype
The final presentation of the research lab: Urban Microclimate Canopy ist going to take place on Monday February 26 at the Klimalabor (TUM Stammgelände).
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22|02|18 LECTURE GREEN, BLUE, SMART by Prof. Ferdinand Ludwig
The event ZUKUNFT STADT@GRÜNBAU BERLIN, which will take place on February 22 in Berlin in the context of bautec Messe, will present projects contributing to the aim of making cities smarter, more resilient and sustainable. Antje Backhaus, Ferdinand Ludwig and Ina Homeier show new ideas and concepts in the scope of this year's topic „Green – Blue – Smart: Concepts for the city of tomorrow“.
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14|02|18 SUBMISSION EKSOTECTURE - EKSOSCAPE
The submission of the projects Eksotecture and Eksoscape is on Wednesday, February 14 at 9.30 am in room 2350 (Alte Architekturbibliothek).
Guest critic:
Stefano Panunzi, UNIMOL Campobasso Italy
Deputy Prof. Daniel Schönle, University of Stuttgart
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05|02|18 GUEST LECTURE by raderschallpartner ag landschaftsarchitekten
With "mfo park" raderschallpartner ag landscape architects have created the icon of a vertical space in collaboration with Burkhard+Partner architects. The symbiosis between architecture and landscape architecture serves daily use as well as special events, such as concerts and open-air cinema. The project is the topic of the guest lecture, which will take place at Vorhoelzer Forum.
Start: 8 pm
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19|01|18 PRESENTATION BDLA by Prof. Ferdinand Ludwig
Professor Ferdinand Ludwig is going to give a presentation about Green Technologies on January 19 at 5 pm for bdla Bayern in Munich.
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28|11|17 BUNDESPREIS ECODESIGN for Prof. Ferdinand Ludwig
We are delighted to receive this year's Bundespreis ecodesign in the category <concept>. The prize is awarded for future-oriented design studies as well as model projects. We sent in the approach of Baubotanik, which was developed by Prof. Ferdinand Ludwig and Daniel Schönle. The awards ceremony took place on November 27 at the Bundesimweltministerium Berlin.
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15|11|17 HORTITECTURE 03 Guest lecture by Wilfrid Middleton, gtla*
Wilfrid Middleton, member of our gtla* team, was invited to hold a lecture about <The Living Root Bridges in Meghalaya> at this year's HORTITECTURE 03 symposium at the TU Braunschweig. The international symposium focuses on sustainable building strategies that explore the synergies combining architecture and plant material.
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13|11|17 MARK PRIMACK Guest lecture
We are really looking forward to welcoming the architect Mark Primack from Santa Cruz on November 11 in Munich! He is going to hold a guest lecture at the Vorhoelzer Forum about his work and his efforts on saving the <Scotts Valley Tree Circus>.
Start: 6 pm
6|11|17 UC BERKELEY LAEP LECTURE Lecture by Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig
On November 7 Ferdinand Ludwig will give a LAEP lecture at the Berkeley college of environmental design, University of California. As a pioneering architect in the field of “Living Plant Constructions” (Baubotanik) he will talk about the projects he realized over the last few years that combine growth processes of living plants with an engineering approach.
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24|10|17 GRÜNE ARCHITEKTUR Lecture Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig
Lecture <Grüne Architektur> by Ferdinand Ludwig within the project EKSOTECTURE / EKSOSCAPE on Oktober 24 in room 2350 (Alte Architekturbibliothek). Part 2: Techniken, Systeme, Synergien
Start: 9.45 am
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20|10|17 WEIHENSTEPHANER FORUM Guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig
On Friday the 20.10.2017 the 10th Weihenstephaner Forum for Landscape Architecture and Landscape Planning will take place at the Internationales Getränkewissenschaftliches Zentrum (TUM). This year the use of plants in Landscape Architecture, Environmental Planning and Restoration Ecology as well as their ecosystem functions are at the centre of attention. Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig is going to inform about plant species and varieties used in Baubotanik. The Forum will be concluded with a discussion among experts and audience about current challenges.
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17|10|17 GRÜNE ARCHITEKTUR Lecture Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig
Lecture <Grüne Architektur> by Ferdinand Ludwig within the project EKSOTECTURE / EKSOSCAPE on Oktober 17 in room 2350 (Alte Architekturbibliothek). Part 1: Konzepte und Haltungen
Start: 9.45 am
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16|10|17 PROJECTS @GTLA* Lectures Winter 17/18
On Oktober 16 we want to introduce ourselves in room E42 to all first year students and everyone interested in our teaching. Would you like to join our exciting seminars, projects and studios this winter? We offer lectures for Bachelor and Master students in Architecture and Landscape Architecture. See you there!
Start: 4 pm
12|10|17 NEW FACEBOOKPAGE gtla*
Visit us on our new facebookpage! Take a look at our recent projects and lectures that we have on display there.