Through the method of public drawing, students learn to observe, analyze, and improve a public Further, students propose and build a furniture scale intervention to improve the usability and potential for interaction on the given public space. Research based design, in accordance with architectural behaviorology is a guiding design principle of the course.

The course focuses on public space design by intervention with a 1:1 mockup model. Through analysis, research and public drawing students identify actors, in accordance with architectural behaviorology, which lead to a public space being well used. They then implement the research into a small-scale project to improve an existing public space. Finally, they test their project by observing its use.

We are focusing on the disused cement factory in Brunnen. The centrality of the area and the numerous unused existing buildings offer the opportunity to integrate public uses and contemporary forms of housing into a condensed overall urban vision. Circular materials and hybrid construction principles will be used to extend the lifespan of the robust existing buildings.

What about the historic city centre?Design an urban project with a concrete program in four steps:1. Reading of the place, recognition of potentials2. Translation of the findings into a scenario - social, political3. Through architectural principles: Translation into a spatial structure4. Develop a real project

What will the home of tomorrow look like?Designing a project in four steps:1. Envisioning scenarios about the future of housing.2. Design of a spatial system to the scenario.3. Contextualize the abstract project within a selected site in Basel.4. Developing of the real project.

What will the workplace of tomorrow look like?Designing a project in four steps:1. Envisioning scenarios about the future of the workplace.2. Design of a spatial system to the scenario.3. Translating the system into an architectural structure in wood.4. Developing of the real project.

During this semester we will confront our interpretation of Ideal Architecture with the complexity of planning and designing for the contemporary society. Working with existing buildings and structures in the context of Swiss agglomeration, we will re-discover their latent potential and transforming it through critical and future-oriented design.

In the 4th semester, we design residential buildings in an urban context. Within the quarter analysed in the 3rd semester, you are going to choose your own site and develop a specific housing project for the respective location. The starting point is provided by building elements and spatial situations, which we measure during visits of buildings at the beginning of the semester.

What will the storage space of tomorrow look like?Designing a project in four steps:1. Envisioning scenarios about the future of storage and accumulation.2. Design of a spatial system to the scenario.3. Translating the system into an architectural structure in recycled construction materials.4. Developing of the real project.

In the second semester we will confront our ideas of an Ideal Architecture with the complexity of a real project in Switzerland. Through visionary and speculative scenarios we ask ourselves what spaces are needed for learning and studying. Following a complementary methodology we will design buildings and infrastructures for the expanding University of Basel.

The provocation that ‘shopping is over’ which opened last semester HS20 has turned out be truer than imagined. Department stores are falling around the world. We will consider a future for the legendary Zurich department store Jelmoli. Not because it is failing, but because of its continued success.

Construction II is both an independent and supplementary courseThe lecture teaches the content and methodical basics of construction

Construction BUK III acts as both an independent and complementary course offering, providing advanced technical and methodical foundations of construction through a combined lecture and exercise format.

Lecture "Construction III":The overall topic of the lecture series is “Construction – Elements of Architecture”. The lecture series gives the students an insight into different construction and design methods. The lectures are held by four different professorships in a block of 5 lectures in a row and showcasing their individual approach on design and architecture in general.

In the context of the semester-long design projects, the reciprocity between design, construction and materiality is reinforced.One focus is the coherence of design and construction.In the process of developing a project's constructional aspects, design intentions become formulated in a more precise and binding way.

In the context of the semester-long design projects, the reciprocity between design, construction and materiality is reinforced.One focus is the coherence of design and construction.In the process of developing a project's constructional aspects, design intentions become formulated in a more precise and binding way.