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052-1119-25L 14 Credits BSC D-ARCH

Architectural Design V-IX: Right To Housing (A.Brandlhuber)

Lecturers & Examiners: Prof. Arno Brandlhuber
Please register ( ) only after the internal enrolment for the design classes (see ). Project grading at semester end is based on the list of enrolments on 29.10.2025 (valuation date) only. This is the ultimate deadline to unsubscribe or enroll for the studio.
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Last Updated: 2026-06-01 11:30:28

Abstract

In times where our homes have become the toys ofinternational real estate speculators, where profitis seen as the only value a building can bring andwhere the realisation of virtual potential shapes oureveryday lives - we have to become active to fight theongoing commodification of our own apartments andneighborhoods. If we don‘t act now we are risking a futurewhere housing becomes.

Objective

Students will work individually on their project becoming experts to the national context and one case study they investigate. Beyond traditional architectural production, the studio delves into theoretical considerations as well as the agency of architects. It treats design as a medium of knowledge transfer on architecture beyond the built. Instead of becoming powerless in view of the polycrises we are facing, it claims that architects must become active, challenging and shaping the political framework they are practising in. In addition to the individual building, the studio will require students to think in systems and on the interrelation of legal context to the materialized result.

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General Information

Language
English
Levels
BSC
Frequency
Semesterly recurring

Examination

Type
graded semester performance
Ultimate deadline for changing enrolments for this course is 30.10.2024, 24:00 h.After this date it is strictly forbidden to enrol for the course or to delete the enrolment!

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
exercise Architectural Design V-IX: Right To Housing (A.Brandlhuber)
Permission from lecturers required for all students. Teaching languages are English and German. No course on 21/22.10.2025 (seminar week).
  • Tue 09:45-17:30 (HIL F 65)
  • Wed 08:00-17:30 (HIL F 65)
16 h weekly

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