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.

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The lecture “History of Construction” is held annually and focuses primarily on stone construction – from rubble masonry and ashlar work to large monoliths. The subject is examined mainly from a production-historical and structural perspective, including the use of temporary auxiliary constructions. The aim of the course is to explore the working methods of historical building research through concrete case studies (on-site investigation, reading of tool marks, etc.), to understand and contextualize historical building constructions using the methodology of construction history (archival studies, analysis of historical image sources and specialist literature), and, based on this, to develop strategies for the assessment and preservation of historic structures.

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