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061-0108-00L 2 Credits MSC D-ARCH
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Materials & Construction II

Lecturers & Examiners: Ralf Voss
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Last Updated: 2026-06-01 11:33:43

Abstract

The course discusses current constructive problems in landscape architecture as part of the complex and multi-faceted urban space that is cultivated and animated by humans.

Objective

The students learn comprehensive skills in dealing with questions of construction and landscape materials. The goal is to promote a value-based critical and research-based thinking that is the prerequisite for discovering new questions and developing independent solutions.

Content

In the spring semester, the course Materials and Construction II deals with constructive questions on the topics of "Mineral and Fluid Surface", "Water and Soil", "Transfer", “Operating With Time”, “Measures and References”, “Use of Vegetation on the House and the City” (tree in the city, the green house). The lecture uses concrete examples to illustrate how thinking about constructive possibilities and conditions determine and permeate the design process. The lectures are accompanied by on-site visits. The relevant data will be communicated at the beginning of the semester. The weekly schedule is published on the degree program's website (or is included in the reader).

Resources

Lecture Notes

The reader will be distributed in the first lecture of the semester.

Literature

The reader contains all relevant literature (also relevant for the exam).

Learning Materials (Links)

General Information

Language
English
Levels
MSC
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
session examination
Mode
written 120 minutes
Aids
None

Registration & Places

Priority: Registration for the course unit is only possible for the primary target group

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture with exercise Materials & Construction II
No class on 21.3.2025 (Seminar week) and in the last two weeks of the semester. The lecture will take place on Fridays from 08:00 - 10:00 (design room).
  • Fri 08:00-09:35 (HIL G 64)
2 h weekly

Offered In

    • Kernfächer (Die Kernfächer bauen auf den Grundlagenfächern auf und vermitteln grundlegendes, breites Wissen in den Kernbereichen der Landschaftsarchitektur in Relation zum Entwurfsunterricht. Die Kernfächer sind teils obligatorisch zu absolvieren, teils frei wählbar. Weitere Einzelheiten, namentlich über das Belegen dieser Fächer, für die Leistungskontrollen und zur Kompensation nicht bestandener Fächer, sind in Art. 27 und Art. 31 Abs. 4 geregelt.)