Location, how to find us and orientation

How to find us

The Department of Architecture at TU Darmstadt is located on the Lichtwiese Campus at TU Darmstadt.

Department of Architecture (FB15)
Building L3|01
El-Lissitzky-Straße 1
64287 Darmstadt

Postal address

Technical University of Darmstadt
Department of Architecture
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Postbox 10 06 36
64206 Darmstadt

How to find us

Using public transport:

The TU Lichtwiese campus can be reached by public transport via the tram stop “TU Lichtwiese/Campus” and the railway station of the Odenwaldbahn (VIAS) Darmstadt “TU Lichtwiese Bahnhof”.

From Darmstadt main station
Take tram line 2 in the direction of “TU Lichtwiese/Campus” to the station „Hochschulstadion“. From there it's a 100 meter walk to the department building.
Journey time: approx. 19 minutes.

From Frankfurt main station
From Frankfurt/Main main station there is also a direct connection to Darmstadt TU Lichtwiese station with the Odenwald-Bahn (operator: VIAS). The journey time is approx. 25 minutes. This connection is offered every two hours.
Walking distance from the stop to the department building: approx. 850 metres.

Further information:
Rhine-Main Transport Authority (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund)

Travelling by car

When exiting the motorway at the Darmstadt motorway junction, take the B26 (Rheinstraße) and follow the signs for “Darmstadt/Stadtmitte” until you reach the City Ring Tunnel.
In the City Ring Tunnel, take the exit on the left onto Hügelstraße and at the end of this road turn half right at the lights onto Nieder-Ramstädter Straße. Follow this road for about 1 km, turn left onto Heinrichstraße and follow the signs to “TU-Lichtwiese”.

Parking spaces

There are public and non-public car parks on the Lichtwiese campus. Please refer to the page linked below for their location. From 8:00 to 18:00 the public car parks are subject to charges. The charges are one euro per hour or 2.50 euros for the whole day.
We recommend using the multi-storey car park in Eugen-Cogon-Straße.
Please note: The parking fee of 2.50 euros must be kept ready.

Information on directions and parking facilities

Please note that there will be restrictions until 2025 due to a construction site in the immediate vicinity of the faculty building.

Building plan

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The department building will be renovated during normal business for several years starting in 2019. Temporary changes (e.g. to the location of some subject areas) will be made as part of the building measures. Information on any changes due to the building work will be made available in the building.