Lectures

Building history I covers developments from ancient Greece to the Romanesque period. Special focus is given to the structural solutions used in construction projects. The lecture includes everything from ancient Greek megalithic constructions to opus caementicium and Roman vaulted constructions, up to the revival of ashlar masonry and vaulting during the Romanesque period.

Course catalogue

Each year, the lecture series "History of Construction" focuses on a different topic from the broad spectrum of historical architecture. The topic is examined from an architectural, structural, and manufacturing perspective. The course aims to use specific case studies to familiarise students with the working methods of historical building research (working directly on the object), to understand and classify historical building constructions using the methodology of construction history (archive studies, analysis of historical image sources and specialist literature), and, based on this, to develop strategies for building assessment and preservation.

Course Catalogue