Current Research Projects

ASCEND

Accelerate positive Clean Energy Districts

SHIFT

Southern Heritage and Insights for Transformation

Werkshöfe Werk 20

Daylight and thermal simulations are carried out for the residential building and these are optimised with the help of a variant study

TUMorrow Factory

The planned workshop for students in Garching will provide space for creative student projects in the future

Einfach Sanieren
Development of different refurbishment strategies to achieve CO2 neutrality of the GGH buildings at Pfaffengrund, Heidelberg

2-Zonen Komfort Zug
Thermal comfort to promote passenger satisfaction on Deutsche Bahn regional trains

DENSITIM
Development of a timber construction system for adding stories (up to building class 5) to provide additional living space quickly and sustainably.

Einfach Um-Bauen
Concepts for the robust refurbishment of residential buildings - CO2 reduction without increasing the total rent

HyHoLe Wall
Industrially manufactured hybrid timber-clay wall system for the optimization of hygrothermal indoor comfort

Architectural Symbiosis (symBioLAB)
Emergence of new operating patterns as effect of a human-plant-building association

Life-Science-Campus
Development of a resource-saving and energy-efficient district concept and a sustainable strategy for the buildings of the Max-Plank-Gesellschaft using the example of the new construction of the Life Science Campus in Martinsried

User-centric, decentralized and simple MCR and HVAC.
Actual energy efficiency in operation through a new approach to MCR/HVAC and robust optimization to reduce the performance gap

Functional Integration in 3D Print
Integration of Passive and Active Functions in Additively Manufactured Construction Elements