Tokyo Research Project
This teaching research project is founded on a presumed close connection between design and research methods for which the compilation, assessment and application of shared knowledge inform the design concepts for independent projects, their implementation and presentation. The assignment is based on the consideration of research approaches practiced at Japanese universities and architecture schools and current contributions to residential architecture in Japan. The project is organised around several interrelated teaching and research formats and contains a seminar in Weimar, an excursion to Japan, including a workshop in Tokyo, and is followed by a design studio module. The project is initially aimed at students on the M.Sc. Architecture course. Students on the B.Sc. Architecturecourse and other courses are also welcome, provided they meet certain criteria. It is particularly aimed at students who are working on a thesis related to this teaching research project or students who wish to prepare a topic for their dissertations.
Participation in the studio, which addresses forms of shared living on the periphery of Berlin, requires regular preparation and follow-up work in addition to active participation in three joint colloquia. Students wishing to enrol on the design studio must have taken the seminar and attended the respective excursion beforehand.
Allocation: B.Sc. Architecture 5th core module, B.Sc. and M.Sc. Architecture thesis
Time: Winter semester 2017/18
Place: Weimar
Tutors: Verena von Beckerath, Niklas Fanelsa
Guest contributions: Elli Mosayebi, Torben Kiepke
Participants: Simon Bohnet (bachelor thesis), Jonathan Brügmann, Luise Daut, Robert Elert (bachelor thesis), Louisa Hainich, Julia Pfeiffer (bachelor thesis), Nora Prahm, Vera Reimann (master thesis), Lea Marthe Schlenz (bachelor thesis), Louis Thomet, Jakob Tuszynski, Momoko Yasaka (master thesis), Maximilian von Zepelin (master thesis), Samuel Zeyse (bachelor thesis)
Cooperation: Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin on the Berlin-Buch Campus, HOWOGE