Institutes
From historical foundations through to building technology

Subject group A Historical Foundations comprises the subjects “History of Architecture and Art”, “Classical Archaeology”, “History and Theory of Architecture” and, since 2019, “Architectural Theory and Science”. The tradition of art history at the TU Darmstadt dates back to 1869. In 1971, an additional professorship in Classical Archaeology was established, and in 1998, the former Department of Architectural History became the Department of History and Theory of Architecture.

Classical archaeology
Prof. Dr. Franziska Lang

History of architecture and art history
Prof. Dr. Christiane Salge

Architectural theory and the science
Prof. Dr. Anna-Maria Meister

Mediavistic Image and Cultural Studies
Prof.'in Dr. Lisa Horstmann

History and the theory of architecture
Acting Head of the Group: Prof. Dr. Christiane Salge

Department B Design and Art offers a broad spectrum in teaching and research that combines traditional artistic and computer-based media and methods in design and representation.

Digital design
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oliver Tessmann

Sculptural design
Prof. Ariel Auslender

Artistic design
Prof. Katharina Immekus

Drawing – Painting – Graphics

The subject areas of Division C deal with topics of building construction. Without the development of constructive details, the realisation of designs would not be possible.

Design and building design
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Lorch

Design and building construction
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. M.Arch. Felix Waechter

Design and industrial methods for structural engineering
Prof. i.V.Dipl.-Ing. Florian Latsch

The subject areas of subject group D are also intensively dedicated to design theory. Thematically, these disciplines form bridges to the subject group urban planning, as they are just as dedicated to building and open space typology in research and teaching as the disciplines active at other scale levels in areas of urban and regional planning.

Design and building typology
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Elke Reichel

Design and interior design
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. ETH Johanna Meyer-Grohbrügge

Design and residential construction
Prof. i.V. Dipl.-Ing. Audrey Shimomura

The subject group E has existed since 1971, the beginnings of the Darmstadt Model. Since then, architectural education in Darmstadt has been understood as a unity of structural and urban planning. It is the largest of the six subject groups and includes a broad spectrum of subjects from urban planning, urban development, urban design and open space planning, whereby the unifying task is considered to be the renewal of cities and regions in the careful handling of existing buildings.

Urban design and planning
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Knöll

Design and urban development
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Annette Rudolph-Cleff

Design and urban construction
N.N.

Design and open space planning
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Dettmar

International Cooperation in Urban Development – Mundus Urbano
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Annette Rudolph-Cleff

In research and teaching, the subject areas of Division F deal with the relationship between the natural habitat and the built environment as a result of integrative architectural design. The Department of Design and Sustainable Construction, founded in 2013 as part of a Goldbeck Endowed Professorship, is the successor to the Department of Design and Energy-Efficient Construction (2001-2014).

Design and building technology
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. M. Arch. Anett-Maud Joppien

Design and sustainable construction
Prof. Christoph Kuhn

Structural design and building physics
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karsten Tichelmann