Architecture and Climate

Wednesday, 7 December 2022, 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

All events take place in presence.

Location: L3 | 01 Kleiner Zeichensaal/Lernzentrum (Room 111) – unless otherwise stated.

9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

• Prof.'in Dr. Christiane Salge (Dean of the Faculty)
• Prof. Dr. Jens Schneider (Vice-President for Transfer and Internationalisation)
• Prof.'in Anett-Maud Joppien (Chair of Design and Building Technology, Head of the Research Commission)

10:30 to 12:00

Fish Bowl Discussion

Architecture and climate are connected in multiple, intimate ways: How we build cities has a major impact on our carbon footprint; Architecture can help or hinder us to adapt to climate change; and vice versa: The global need to reduce CO2 emissions begins to influence policies and urban development in attempts to shift towards green mobility, stop wasting unbuilt land and integrate circularity. Even though many of these connections have shown in research, there has been an implementation problem for decades. With an increasing speed of extreme heat waves and flooding, paired with the energy crisis and wars, we have to ask: Are we all doomed and have we condemned ourselves to this? What and how can we change as a community that shapes, researches, thinks and cares about architecture and cities? In this open panel we want to discuss these questions with a focus on implications for research and teaching.

Discussing:

• Prof. Daniel Barber
  University of Sydney
• Prof.'in Dr. Anna-Maria Meister
  Chair of Architectural Science and Theory
• Prof.'in Anett-Maud Joppien
  Chair of Design and Building Technology
• Iris Behr
  Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
• Dr. Simon Germann
  Chair of Design and Urban Development
• Daniel Müller
  Student of the department

The audience will have the opportunity to actively participate in the discussion. The discussion will be held in English.

Moderation: Dipl.-Ing. Marianne Halblaub-Miranda and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Knöll

13:00 – 14:00

Since 2017, the Heinz Stillger Foundation has been awarding prizes to the best student research projects at the department. At the Science Slam, the students nominated for the Heinz Stillger Prize present their research projects in five-minute talks to the audience and the jury. The award ceremony will take place at 6:00 pm before the Wednesday evening lecture.

Moderation: Dipl.-Ing. Bruno Johannbroer

14:00 to 15:00

Professors and distinguished post-docs report on selected projects in short presentations and discuss them with the audience.

Moderation: Andreas Pilot

From 3 pm

The poster exhibition presents current research projects and ongoing doctorates and gives the opportunity for exchange.

Gallery on the 1st floor.

The exhibition is open until 15.12.

With the various contributions, we would like to arouse interest in research in architecture among students and staff of the department, inform them about the various possibilities of support during the doctoral period on the part of the department and present special projects.

Prior registration is not necessary.

16:00 – 16:45: Workshop 1

Doing a doctorate at FB 15. First hints
Prof. Dr. Christiane Salge / Dr. Nadja Gaudillière-Jami
Target group: Master's students and research assistants who have not yet applied for a doctorate.
Workshop in German

The workshop is aimed at all those interested in doing a doctorate at the Department of Architecture. We will introduce you to the most important steps on the way to a doctorate, show you where you can find information about doing a doctorate at the Faculty of Architecture and what support services are available for doing a doctorate at the TU Darmstadt. We will also be happy to answer any questions you may have about doctoral studies, such as how to submit a doctoral application, find a supervisor, etc.

Room 437

16:00 – 16:45: Workshop 2

How do I generate and formulate topics for research in architecture?
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anna-Maria Meister
Workshop in German

In this workshop for Master's students, PhD students and postdocs, we will try to work out what a “topic” can be, and how the methods of architectural science can help to address research questions.

Seminar room 315 / ATW

16:45 – 17:30: Workshop 3

Research data management
Dr.-Ing. Andreas Noback
Workshop in German

Further information about this workshop will follow

16:45 – 17:30: Workshop 4

3 Days of Blackout – Development of a Serious Game for Population Preparedness
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Annette-Rudolph-Cleff, Dr.-Ing. Joachim Schulze
Target group: Profs, Postdocs, WIMIs, students (10 – 15 participants in total)
Workshop in English

What to do when the power goes out? As part of the LOEWE Centre emergenCITY, the Department of Design and Urban Development is investigating how cities can prepare for these and other crisis scenarios. An important component of disaster risk management (DRM) is the preparation of the population for self-help, which is described with the buzzword “prepardeness”. Under the title “eHUBgaming”, the EST department is developing a serious game that aims to convey knowledge about the context of a blackout. The game is set in the former Solar Decathlon House 2009, where the player is confronted with a 3-day blackout. Now the player has to use energy wisely and decide for one or the other option when events occur. In the workshop it is planned to present the format “serious game” and to discuss the implementation in the game “eHUBgaming” during a live demos.

Room: eHUB (SD-Haus 2009) or seminar room Department of Design and Urban Development (to be announced)

18:00 hrs s.t.

The Heinz Stillger Prize of the HEINZ STILLGER FOUNDATION is awarded for outstanding student research work in the Department of Architecture.

The aim of the prize is to strengthen the importance of research in teaching and to promote the continuity from the Bachelor's degree via the Master's degree to research and doctoral studies.

Speakers: Prof. Dr. Christiane Salge, Dean of the Department of Architecture, Elke Stillger, Heinz Stillger Prize and Prof. Kerstin Molter, Chairwoman of the Heinz Stillger Prize Jury.

Organisation:
Prof. Anett-Maud Joppien
Dipl.-Des. Frank Metzger