Oskar von Miller Forum – Year Book 2012/13

A BOOK ABOUT THE OSKAR VON MILLER FORUM

Year Book 2012/13

102 GUESTS 2012/13

72 HOME COUNTRIES OF OUR GUESTS

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EVENTS 2012/13

02 01 THE FORUM An international meeting centre and guesthouse for students, trainee master builders and scientists in the field of construction.

WELCOME ADDRESS 4 THE BUILDING 7

03 RESIDENTS The Oskar von Miller Forum offers 54 students and seven guest scientists excellently equipped living space in a central location.

PROGRAMME The Oskar von Miller Forum offers forward-looking academic events in the field of construction.

RESIDENTS‘ IMPRESSIONS 142

OVERVIEW 25

AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK 150

INTERDISCIPLINARY, INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE 37

ALUMNI 164 GUEST SCIENTISTS 166

GUEST SCIENTISTS 59 LECTURES AND EXHIBITIONS 69 PLATFORM FOR EXCHANGE 135

04 PROJECT SPONSORS The Oskar von Miller Forum is sponsored by the Bavarian construction industry.

PROJECT SPONSORS 175 TEAM 177

OSKAR VON MILLER FORUM The Oskar von Miller Forum, in the heart of Munich, located close to the Technische Universität München, is an international meeting centre and guesthouse.

As an independent educational initiative of the Bavarian construction industry, the Oskar von Miller Forum gives new stimulus to the training of civil engineers, architects and students from higher-level trade schools in the construction industry and supports them: in their pursuit of an above-average professional qualification in preparing them for an international career in developing social skills

OVERVIEW

Event rooms Lecture hall on the ground floor Seminar room on the 7th floor

Apartments 54 apartments for students in the southern part of the building (2nd to 6th floor), of which: 1 apartment suitable for the disabled 3 mother & child apartments 1 project/work room for students on the 2nd floor

7 apartments for guest scientists in the eastern part of the building (1st to 4th floor)

Common rooms Rooms for students and guest scientists Bistro on the ground floor Library on the ground floor

11°34‘30,71“ E

LATITUDE MUNICH

GERMANY

48°8‘45,32“ N

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102 GUESTS 2012/13

72 HOME COUNTRIES OF OUR GUESTS

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Useful information about the Oskar von Miller Forum

EVENTS 2012/13

02 01 THE FORUM An international meeting centre and guesthouse for students, trainee master builders and scientists in the field of construction.

WELCOME ADDRESS 4 THE BUILDING 7

03 RESIDENTS The Oskar von Miller Forum offers 54 students and seven guest scientists excellently equipped living space in a central location.

PROGRAMME The Oskar von Miller Forum offers forward-looking academic events in the field of construction.

RESIDENTS‘ IMPRESSIONS 142

OVERVIEW 25

AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK 150

INTERDISCIPLINARY, INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE 37

ALUMNI 164 GUEST SCIENTISTS 166

GUEST SCIENTISTS 59 LECTURES AND EXHIBITIONS 69 PLATFORM FOR EXCHANGE 135

04 PROJECT SPONSORS The Oskar von Miller Forum is sponsored by the Bavarian construction industry.

PROJECT SPONSORS 175 TEAM 177

The Oskar von Miller Forum has a programme mandate. Scientists from all over the world are invited to the Forum, offered temporary accommodation and realise the programme.

Undergraduate and graduate students as well as trainee master builders are given the opportunity of living at the Forum, participating in the Forum’s programme and organising their own events. The interplay of these components generates ideas and potential new directions for education at the Technische Universität Mßnchen.

The Oskar von Miller Forum has an interdisciplinary and international orientation. It is committed to the pursuit of excellence in its objectives, in nurturing the talent of its students and in all its other activities.

WELCOME ADDRESS 4 THE BUILDING 7

01 THE FORUM

An international meeting centre and guesthouse for students, trainee master builders and scientists in the ďŹ eld of construction.

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WELCOME ADDRESS

AS WELL AS BROADENING THEIR PROFESSIONAL HORIZONS, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD ALSO BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES IN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR ACTIONS AS MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY AND TOÂ GROW AND DEVELOP ACCORDINGLY. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Lang director | oskar von miller forum

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Dear Friends of the Oskar von Miller Forum Since its inauguration on 2 December 2009, the Oskar von Miller Forum has been supporting the education of engineers in construction-related fields at the Technische Universität München (TUM) as an independent educational initiative of the Bavarian construction industry. In addition to students of the Faculty of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering and the Faculty of Architecture , this also includes students at Munich’s Municipal Technical College of Construction Engineering and School for Master Builders (Städtische Fachschule für Bautechnik und Meisterschule für das Bauhandwerk, München).

As an international centre where people from diverse construction-related disciplines can meet and exchange ideas, the Oskar von Miller Forum contributes exciting ideas and inspiration to the education of a new generation of engineers, architects and master builders through its excellent programme, while at the same time offering temporary accommodation to around 60 international guest students and scientists.

The Forum’s most important job is to promote excellence and the exchange of ideas and knowledge relating to the major current topics in construction-related disciplines, thereby boosting the prospects of future engineers, architects and master builders and preparing them to thrive in an international and interdisciplinary professional environment. As well as broadening their professional horizons, our young people should also be given the opportunity to understand themselves in the context of their actions as members of our society and to grow and develop accordingly.

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The Oskar von Miller Forum’s programme consists of the following three areas: |> Interdisciplinary, intercultural exchange between all guest students and scientists for the purpose of fostering the development of professional and social skills. This exchange is ensured by means of communal living in the Forum and supportive in-house events and seminars. |> Thought-provoking input from selected guest scientists from Germany and further afield for the purpose of promoting an intensive professional and personal dialogue with the students and trainee master builders of the Oskar von Miller Forum. Outstanding scientists from construction-related fields are invited to the Oskar von Miller Forum for short- and mediumterm stays up to a maximum of one semester. |> New ideas and inspiration from an independent event programme, which includes lectures given by top international scientists, engineers and architects. This makes an important contribution to the education, personal development and future conduct of Oskar von Miller Forum residents and students of construction-related disciplines at the Technische Universität München.

Through this Yearbook 2012/13, we wish to give you an overview of our programme last year.

We hope you like it.

Werner Lang

The building The Oskar von Miller Forum is situated in a prominent location in Munich, where the old city centre and the university and museum district meet. The architecture and the innovative design of the building integrate state-of-the-art building technology.

Inner courtyard The Oskar von Miller Forum complex consists of three buildings U-shaped around a central inner courtyard. The large lecture hall, library and bistro are on the ground floor. Apartments for students and guest scientists with adjoining common rooms are spread over five floors.

Library Particularly publications of our guest scientists and the professors of the construction-related faculties of the Technische Universität Mßnchen can be found in the library. There are also daily newspapers, magazines, a TV and a grand piano available to the Forum’s residents. Inhouse events such as presentations, lectures and international evenings or concerts are also held here.

Bistro Catering is provided in the Bistro on the ground oor where good quality food is offered to residents at attractive prices.

Apartments In addition to furnished apartments, there are also well equipped kitchens and large common rooms available to students on all the oors. Living, working, cooking and eating together fosters the interdisciplinary and multicultural exchange of ideas and knowledge of all the residents.

Project room The project room is located on the 2nd oor of the main building and adjoins the common area. This is where the residents work on their models and joint projects and can exchange views and ideas based on their expertise.

Seminar room In addition to the lecture hall on the ground oor, which seats up to 199 people, the seminar room on the 7th oor of the Oskar von Miller Forum offers seats for up to 50 people.

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THE FORUM

HERE, ANYONE CAN DO AS I WISH … Oskar von Miller source: w. l. kristl, hier darf jeder tun was ich will. oskar von miller in anekdoten und momentaufnahmen, w. ludwig, pfaffenhofen, 1978

OVERVIEW 25 INTERDISCIPLINARY, INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE 37 GUEST SCIENTISTS 59 EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS 69 PL ATFORM FOR EXCHANGE 135

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The Oskar von Miller Forum offers forwardlooking academic events in the ямБeld of construction.

Programme The programme of the Oskar von Miller Forum is dedicated to the education of engineers in the field of construction at the Technische Universität München. With an interdisciplinary and international orientation, it supports students in their pursuit of excellence in both their own field of specialisation and in related disciplines.

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The programme consists of three main components. First and foremost is the exchange that takes place between students from different countries and disciplines and which is nurtured by the shared living and working arrangements at the Forum. In tandem presentations, students report on their studies, their scientiďŹ c or practical projects or their doctoral research. An abundance of further activities are organised by the residents on their own initiative. Residents also enhance their social skills by taking part in personal development seminars.

The second component is the guest scientists who work and live at the Oskar von Miller Forum. In direct dialogue with the students, and through lectures, workshops and discussion sessions, they contribute to and enrich the programme as well as day-to-day life at the Oskar von Miller Forum, both from a professional and a cultural point of view.

The independent and outstanding programme of events is the third component that ensures valuable impetus for the professional development of students. Internationally recognised experts hold keynote and evening lectures on issues of topical interest in structural engineering and other relevant areas.

OVERVIEW

34 % 25 % PLATFORM FOR EXCHANGE Participation in Symposia Workshops

15 % GUEST SCIENTIST PROGRAMME Symposia Workshops Lectures Discussions

26 % OVMF’S OWN EVENTS Keynote lectures Evening lectures Exhibitions

INTERDISCIPLINARY, INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE Tandem presentations Welcome Weekend International evening Summer party Christmas party Concerts

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INTERDISCIPLINARY, INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE The Oskar von Miller Forum organises special personal development seminars for visiting students at the Forum as future leaders in business, teaching and research in the field of construction.

In addition to the excellent official programme of the Oskar von Miller Forum, in-house events offer residents the opportunity for an intensive and interdisciplinary sharing of knowledge and experience at international level. All of the students present essential aspects of their work or projects at tandem presentations. In this way, they can define their own priorities beyond the scope of their particular specialist knowledge, developing and testing their personal strengths in the process.

Welcome Weekend, International Evening, Summer Party, Christmas Party and Concerts At the beginning of the winter semester, a “Welcome Weekend” is held on a regular basis to encourage the integration of new students and create a basis for a positive community spirit.

The summer party provides an opportunity to cultivate the contact with former residents and in this way forge a relationship with the Forum above and beyond the mere fact of once having lived there.

The International Evening and the Christmas party are further in-house events that foster a sense of community between residents.

Through in-house concerts, which take place once or twice a year, the Oskar von Miller Forum furthers the cultural awareness of its residents.

These events all help to create an effective social and professional network for visiting students.

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GUEST SCIENTISTS Under the ‘Scientists in Residence’ programme, top-class scientists are invited to the Oskar von Miller Forum for anything from several weeks to a whole semester. Besides their professional qualifications, these guest scientists are sociable, keen to work together with students and actively participate in the programme of the Oskar von Miller Forum and life in the building.

In addition, the Oskar von Miller Forum invites selected scientists for a short stay of several days to provide effective stimulus on issues of current interest.

To this end qualified scientists from abroad are selected and invited to hold lectures, workshops, discussion evenings or symposia at the Oskar von Miller Forum.

Outstanding expertise combined with a high degree of interest in working together with qualified and motivated students round off the profile of a guest scientist at the Oskar von Miller Forum.

LECTURES AND EXHIBITIONS

Keynote lectures A series of excellent keynote lectures form a significant part of the event programme. In addition to their particular keynote lecture, the speakers also make a contribution to increasing the students’ knowledge, for instance through workshops or group discussions. The keynote lectures deal not only with aspects such as securing the future and improving quality in construction-related fields, but are also as regards content interdisciplinary, intercultural, and innovative.

They focus on topics of current interest in engineering, architecture and other technical, construction-related areas, not neglecting social issues.

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Evening lectures The forum seeks a dialogue with experts through thematically-oriented evening lectures on current topics. Similar to the keynote lectures, the evening lectures are interdisciplinary, intercultural and innovative. Through flexible scheduling the Oskar von Miller Forum can respond quickly to new developments and adopt a standpoint on topics of current interest.

Exhibitions Exhibitions relating to civil engineering complement the lectures or deal with separate issues. In December 2012 the “Wuhan Engineering Design” exhibition documented 100 years of construction engineering in Wuhan/China. Another inherent part of the exhibition programme is the Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW) held in February. As an external organiser, MCBW offers guests at the Oskar von Miller Forum as well as the public insight into the latest design technologies, in this way ensuring an interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge and information.

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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: 2 Prof. Dr. Richard Corsi, University of Texas 3 Students at a workshop

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Participation in externally organised symposia and workshops External organisers have the opportunity to arrange events in the ďŹ eld of construction at the Oskar von Miller Forum, to which residents of the Forum are invited to attend. In this way, additional stimulus is provided for the university education of construction engineers. Subject matter of a high academic standard that complements the professional training is thus the guiding principle for all the events held at the Oskar von Miller Forum.

4 Antje Ireland, trainer and coach at seminars

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EVENT CALENDAR OVMF’S OWN AND JOINTLY ORGANISED EVENTS

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EVENTS

KEYNOTE LECTURES

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14 EVENING LECTURES

8 TANDEM PRESENTATIONS

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GUEST SCIENTISTS’ LECTURES

2012

25.10.2012

08.11.2012

13.12.2012

ERNST RAUCH

WERNER NACHTIGALL

MEINHARD MIEGEL

Electricity from the Desert: The Dii/Fraunhofer Study and the Munich Re Perspective

Bionics in Building and Climate Control in Nature

Change in Awareness – From a Consumer Culture to a Culture of Wellbeing

16.10.12

Prof. Armen der Kiureghian – Discussion evening

16.10. – 18.10.12

9th Symposium on location-based Services

22.10.12

VDI – “Energy storage for the energy transition – Storage requirements and effects on the grid for scenarios until 2050” Niklas Rotering, research assistant, RWTH Aachen

23.10.12

Helena Doudova – Visiting scientist lecture – Adolf Loos Interior Design

24.10.12

Freunde junger Musiker e. V. – Concert

25.10.12

Ernst Rauch – Keynote lecture – Electricity from the Desert

31.10.12

Deutscher Werkbund Bayern – Lecture – Shaping the energy transition. House.

06.11.12

Dr. Andres Lepik – Visiting scientist lecture – Moderators of Change – The Social Responsibility of Architects

08.11.12

Werner Nachtigall – Keynote lecture – Bionics in Building

12.11.12

VDI/TUM “Energy transition (more than) a business transaction?“ Detlef Fischer, managing director Verband der Bayerischen Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e. V. – VBEW

19.11.12

Deutscher Werkbund Bayern – Lecture – Shaping the energy transition. City.

20.11.12

Andrew J. Whittle – Evening lecture – Coastal Flood Protection

22.11.12

Karl Morgen – Evening lecture – Fehmarnbelt Tunnel

29.11.12

Bernhard Gill – Evening lecture – Matching

04.12.12

Francesca Rupini/Marianna Grigoropoulou – Tandem presentation – Alpine natural hazards/Sustainable lighting design

06.12.12

Wuhan Engineering Design – Opening of exhibition

07.12. – 20.12.12

Wuhan Engineering Design Exhibition

10.12.12

VDI/TUM – “Acceptance gives wings – Do large-scale projects fail due to citizen’s nonacceptance?” Mr Stefan Eckart, Eckart & Partner GmbH

11.12.12

OVMF Christmas party

12.12.12

Shelley Lissel – Visiting scientist lecture – Reinforced Masonry, why and how?

2013

10.01.2013

07.02.2013

KEES CHRISTIAANSE

ROB NIJSSE

City as loft – Adaptive reuse as a resource for sustainable urban development

Structural Glass

13.12.12

Meinhard Miegel – Keynote lecture – Change in Awareness

20.12.12

Exhibition Wuhan Engineering Design – Closing ceremony

10.01.13

Prof. Kees Christiaanse – Workshop – Urbanism/Architecture

10.01.13

Prof. Kees Christiaanse – Keynote lecture – City as Loft

14.01.13

VDI/TUM – Challenges for Grid Expansion

15.01.13

Roland Dieling/Annette Schmitz – Tandem presentation– Exploration of old deposits using remote sensing/Use of glass in solar power generation

17.01.13

Michael Reder – Evening lecture – Climate Change and Justice

29.01.13

UnternehmerTUM – Entrepreneur‘s Night

29.01.13

Agatha Linck/Stefanie Schneider – Tandem presentation– Richard Burle Marx/European project Preservation of Kirchenburg Mardisch in Romania

31.01.13

TUM/LBI – Seminar on property development

01.02. – 02.02.

Internal seminar – Leadership: Leading myself in the working world

05.02.13

Sophia von Salisch/Alejandro Grisales – Tandem presentation– Modern dance/space/ robotics in construction – New tendencies

07.02.13

Rob Nijsse – Keynote lecture – Structural Glass

08.02.13

Rob Nijsse – Workshop – Designing and detailing an all glass column, arch and truss

11.02.13

VDI/TUM – Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Stations – Costs and experience with existing plants, Prof. Sascha Gentes (KIT)

16.02. – 24.02.13

universal design GmbH – Munich Creative Business Week 2013

26.02.13

Mr Stepan/Sailer und Partner – Book presentation

18.03.13

Hans-Sauer-Stiftung – Prize presentation

20.03.13

LBB – Presentation of the prize: Hochschulpreis 2013

18.04.2013

16.05.2013

MICHEL VIRLOGEUX

RICHARD CORSI

The Millau Viaduct

Reactivity of Buildings – Development of Buildings as Chemical Reactors

16.04.13

UnternehmerTUM – Entrepreneurs’ Night

18.04.13

Michel Virlogeux – Workshop – The Balcan Bastide Bridge

18.04.13

Michel Virlogeux – Keynote lecture – The Millau Viaduct

23.04.13

Conference – Young researchers’ session

23.04.13

Cristian Lazea/Valentin Koslowski – Tandem presentation – Function of the market and collateral value when extending loans/Design and construction of the Kamajango Bridge, Rwanda

25.04.13

Klaus Daniels – Evening lecture – Architecture in a Time of Changing Energy Patterns

30.04.13

Belinda Bock und Marko Tomsic – Tandem presentation – The intelligent house

07.05.13

Katharina Hundertmark/Maria Alonso Gonzalez – Tandem presentation – Building redevelopment/Transport planning models

13.05.13

International Evening

14.05.13

Richard Corsi – Tandem presentation– Reactivity of Buildings

14.05.13

Joao Sanches/Darya Pryma – Tandem presentation – The urban climate studies as tools for planning/Crime <versus> Architecture

16.05.13

Richard Corsi – Keynote lecture – Reactivity of Buildings

21.05.13

Wenqing Wu – Guest scientist lecture – Prestressed Concrete Box Girder Bridges

23.05.13

bonding-studenteninitiative e. V. – Design competition

04.06.13

Angeliki Kresteniti/Lukas Stimmelmayr – Tandem presentation – CinemArch/Rehabilitation of reinforced concrete

06.06.13

Marcia Phillips – Evening lecture – Building in Permafrost

07.06.13

Marcia Phillips – Workshop for TUM/OVMF – “Alpine Hut” Design

07.06. – 08.06.13

Internal seminar – Working with others in a team, managing diff erent interests, conflicts and cultures

11.06.13

Alessandra Speziali/Sonja Surrer – Tandem presentation – Shape and structure in architecture/Fracture mechanics and fatigue of wind power plants

13.06.2013

11.07.2013

JAN KNIPPERS

MANFRED THUMANN

Nature as Inspiration

Hydropower: Energy of the Future

13.06.13

Jan Knippers – Keynote lecture – Nature as Inspiration

17.06.13

TUM/LBI and Bauverlag – Conference with prize-giving – BAU Unternehmen des Jahres

18.06.13

Simone Nhiemetz Born/Franziska Conrad – Tandem presentation – The problem of ‘favelas’ in Brazil and what we can do about it/Bionics in building – What we can learn from nature

21.06.13

Summer party

25.06.13

Tom Gregory/Manuel Margesin – Tandem presentation – Beyond the tower/Floating concrete bridges, from the competition to the building contract

26.06.13

Werner Sobeck – Lecture – From lightweight to ultra-lightweight construction

02.07.13

Philipp Bolik/Ulrich Gerstlauer – Tandem presentation – “Village construction” concept and construction method in former Jesuit settlements in the lowland of Bolivia/insight into the building site investigation institute

04.07.13

Mario Cucinella – Evening lecture – Creative Empathy

11.07.13

Manfred Thumann – Keynote lecture – Hydropower: Energy of the Future

15.07.13

Thomas F. Edgar – Evening lecture – How plentiful natural gas will change the U.S. Energy Picture

16.07.13

UnternehmerTUM – Entrepreneurs’ Night

16.07.13

Ed Carryer und Sherri Sheppard – Workshop – Prototyping as a Way of Life

17.07.13

LIVING ROOM MUSIC GROUP – Concert – Space, Time & Music

23.07.13

Lauri Linkosalmi – Workshop – Buildings and building products environmental assessment

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INTERDISCIPLINARY, INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE

Tandem presentations Seminars Welcome Weekend Christmas party International evening Concerts Summer party

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DECEMBER 2012

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JANUARY 2013 ANNETTE SCHMITZ

FRANCESCA RUPINI

Application of glass in solar power generation

Alpine natural hazards

ROLAND DIELING

MARIANNA GRIGOROPOULOU

Exploration of old deposits using remote sensing

Sustainable lighting design

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JANUARY 2013

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FEBRUARY 2013

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APRIL 2013

AGATHA LINCK

ALEJANDRO GRISALES

CRISTIAN LAZEA

Roberto Burle Marx

Robotics in construction â&#x20AC;&#x201C; new tendencies

Function of the market and collateral value when extending loans

STEFANIE SCHNEIDER European project: Preservation of Kirchenburg Mardisch in Romania

SOPHIA VON SALISCH Modern dance/space

VALENTIN KOSLOWSKI Design and construction of the Kamajanga Bridge, Rwanda

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APRIL 2013

BELINDA BOCK | MARKO TOMSIC The intelligent house

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MAY 2013

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MAY 2013

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JUNE 2013

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JUNE 2013

MARÍA ALONSO GONZALES

JOÃO SANCHEZ

ANGELIKI KRESTENITI

SONJA SURRER

Transport planning m ­ odels

Urban climate s­ tudies as tools for planning

Cinemarch

Fracture mechanics and fatigue of wind power plants

DARYA PRYMA

Rehabilitation of reinforced concrete

KATHARINA HUNDERTMARK Building redevelopment

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JUNE 2013

Crime <versus> Architecture

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JUNE 2013

LUKAS STIMMELMAYR

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JULY 2013

ALESSANDRA SPEZIALI Shape and structure in ­architecture

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JULY 2013

FRANZISKA CONRAD

TOM GREGORY

ULRICH GERSTLAUER

ELISE LERCH

Bionics in building – What can we learn from nature?

Beyond the tower

Insight into a building site investigation institute

Dams in Switzerland

SIMONE BORN

Floating concrete bridge – from the idea to realisation

PHILIPP BOLIK

Hydropower – a clean ­solution?

The problem of „favelas“ in brazil and what we can do about it

MANUEL MARGESIN

In the depths of the Bolivian Jungle

KAI KRUG

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Seminars LEADERSHIP I: LEADING MYSELF IN THE WORKING WORLD LEADERSHIP II: WORKING WITH OTHERS IN A TEAM, MANAGING DIFFERENT INTERESTS, CONFLICTS AND CULTURES Two-day seminars for the personal development of the Forum’s students were also held this year. In cooperation with experienced trainers these seminars are specially tailored to the needs of students in construction-related fields and trainee master students as well as their role as future managers in industry, teaching and research.

The “Leadership I: Leading myself in the working world” seminar was held in January 2013. Participants of the seminar were prepared for interviews, practised situations at work and learnt techniques for solving conflicts.

At the “Leadership II” seminar held in June 2013, the focus was placed on training perceptive and integrative skills, which covered subjects such as etiquette in an international context, working in multicultural teams or employee management.

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Welcome Weekend AIMING HIGH – HERZOGSTAND/BRAUNECK The Welcome Weekend is one of the key events at the Oskar von Miller Forum.

It is organised for all students to help them get to know each other better.

This international and interdisciplinary exchange is an essential component of the Oskar von Miller Forum’s programme.

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LAKE KOCHEL

LAKE WALCHEN

600 m above sea level

800.8 m above sea level

WALCHENSEE POWER PLANT 1918 UNTIL 1924 Oskar von Miller was the project manager during the construction of what was then the world’s largest storage power station.

1 PANORAMA VIEW FROM HERZOGSTAND | 1 Lake Kochel and Lake Walchen

On 12 October 2012 the bus set off with all the students and the office team on-board towards the Bavarian Alps. Once arriving at their destination, the Herzogstand to the north-west of Lake Walchen, everyone took the cable car up the mountain and went for a short hike at the top. A snack was taken on the terrace of the mountain restaurant at a height of 1575 m. The bus then took the participants to the power station at Lake Walchen, where Oskar von Miller was the project manager of the world’s then largest storage power station from 1918 until 1924. Afterwards, the participants took a cable car up to Brauneckgipfelhaus, located at a height of 1,540 m, to have an evening meal and stay overnight. The next morning, the participants split into two groups for a hike: One group with experienced mountain hikers set off to the summit while the rest decided to walk along the panorama path. The trip was concluded by eating lunch at the monastery brewery in Benediktbeuern.

The focus was on “old” and “new” guests getting to know each other in an informal, relaxed atmosphere.

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THE GREAT TWO DAYS GAVE AN EXCELLENT FORETASTE OF TWO JOINT, PRODUCTIVE AND EXCITING YEARS AT THE OSKAR VON MILLER FORUM. Marko Tomsic | Croatia civil engineering

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HIKE AT BRAUNECK 2 Chapel 3 Hike up to the cross at the summit

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Christmas party JOINTLY REVIEWING THE PASSED YEAR To review the past year together, the residents of the Oskar von Miller Forum organised an in-house Christmas party by themselves which involved putting up Christmas decorations through to preparing a Christmas buffet. To get the right atmosphere, there was a music programme in the library with a choir, piano, guitar and xylophone.

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International evening A WELCOME TO CULTURAL DIVERSITY The purpose of the International Evening held on 13 May 2013 was to encourage cultural and technical exchange between visiting students at the Oskar von Miller Forum. In a relaxed atmosphere, students presented various aspects of their native countries in very individual ways, thus giving and receiving interesting insights into the architecture, lifestyle and customs of some 25 countries.

The presentations on Italy, Greece, Mexico, Belarus and Spain mainly took the form of information about each country and its inhabitants. In contrast, some regions of Germany were presented through anecdotes and stories. The contribution from the U.S.A. was memorable for the surprising statistics on the economy, science and education, whereas mythology was an important feature of the Romanian input. China’s presentation took the form of a quiz. Construction was of course not neglected, and there were fascinating contributions about architecture from both São Paulo and London.

From a culinary point of view, the evening was rounded off with typical regional dishes prepared by the students.

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Concerts PIANO CONCERT 24. OCTOBER 2012 SPACE, TIME & MUSIC 17. JULY 2013 On 24 October 2012 a concert was held with the young pianist Alexej Gorlatch in cooperation with Freunde junger Musiker München e.V. The prize winner of the 2011 ARD music competition played works by Ludwig van Beethoven.

The Living Room Music Group performed with an unusual combination of instruments – violin, oboe, horn, cello and piano. On 17 July 2013 the ensemble interpreted works by J. S. Bach, Philip Glass and Henry Purcell under the motto “Space, Time & Music“. Beforehand, Dr. Andres Lepik, Director of the Museum of Architecture of the Technische Universität München, gave an introduction on the interplay between space, art and music.

ALEXEJ GORLATCH Prize winner of numerous music competitions

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Summer party EVENING WITH A SWING AND LAS VEGAS FEELING The summer party held on 21 June 2013 was mainly the work of students at the Oskar von Miller Forum. The highly motivated residents put their heads together well in advance and planned an attractive programme, coordinated by Alexander Mendler and Francesca Rupini. The result was a very successful event that was attended by all the residents, many alumni, the office team and representatives of the Programme Advisory Council. As fitting leave was also to be taken from many departing students on this occasion, efforts were made to ensure that participants would retain lasting memories of the event that would provide fresh impetus for the alumni network.

The decoration using playing cards and playing chips alone created the right mood for the motto of the evening – “Las Vegas”. Enlisting help from many quarters, Annette Schmitz and Stefanie Schneider, the creative members of the decoration team, had made artistically shaped balls and garlands out of more than 2000 playing cards, creating a casino atmosphere in the large hall on the ground floor.

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To begin with, Franziska Conrad welcomed the guests with a brief but interesting introduction on life at the Forum. Then, Raphael Zuber and Ulrich Gerstlauer presented the annual exhibition of the Oskar von Miller Forum’s students which was planned and prepared by Alessandra Speziali and Ulrich Gerstlauer. The exhibition vividly documents the projects of the students of the architectural and engineering Faculty of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering at the Technische Universität München.

In his address, Alejandro Restrepo Montoya discussed “Emotions and mind in relation to architecture”. He also spoke about those staying at the Oskar von Miller Forum in the sense of a community and their future as architects, civil and environmental engineers.

The director of the Oskar von Miller Forum thanked all the residents for the wonderful evening and briefly summarised the past academic year.

Later, all the guests tested their knowledge in a quiz prepared and presented

by Kai Krug and Daniel Talke by answering technical and humorous questions about the job profile of architects and engineers.

During a break, a flash mob dance initiated by Sonja Surrer got the Forum’s students onto the dance floor – to the amazement of the guests!

The young international Big Band Cantaloupe with rhythms inspired by Las Vegas provided a musical setting. Last but not least, summer drinks and culinary delights made no small contribution to the carefree celebrations which went on until late.

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EXPECTATIONS BECOME GREAT MEMORIES AND WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. Marko Tomsic | Croatia civil engineering

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HELENA DOUDOVA ACADEMY OF ART, PRAG, TSCHECHISCHE REPUBLIK

ANDRES LEPIK MUSEUM OF ARCHITECTURE, MUNICH

Adolf Loos interior design

Moderators of change – The social responsibility of architecture

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SHELLEY LISSEL CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSIT Y OF CALGARY, K ANADA Reinforced masonry, why and how?

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WENQING WU SOUTHEAST UNIVERSIT Y, NANJING, CHINA Prestressed concrete box girder bridges

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ARMEN DER KIUREGHIAN CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA Discussion evening

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KEES CHRISTIAANSE SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ZURICH/KCAP, SWITZERL AND Discussion

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RICHARD CORSI UNIVERSIT Y OF TEX AS, AUSTIN, USA Reactivity of buildings

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MARCIA PHILLIPS WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF DAVOS, SWITZERL AND Designing an “Alpine Hut“

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MICHEL VIRLOGEUX ENGINEER, BONNELLES, FRANCE

Designing and detailing an all glass column, an all glass arch and an all glass truss

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ED J. CARRYER UND SHERI D. SHEPPARD STANFORD, USA Prototyping as a way of life

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LAURI LINKOSALMI A ALTO UNIVERSIT Y, DEPARTMENT OF FOREST PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY, FINL AND Buildings and building products environmental assessment

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Reactivity of Buildings RICHARD CORSI UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, USA This workshop involved a general discussion of indoor air quality, important sources of indoor air pollution, fate mechanisms for different types of indoor pollutants, how humans are exposed to indoor pollutants, and exposure reduction strategies. Specific (and perhaps surprising) sources of indoor air pollution were discussed, as well as the importance of specific microenvironments (e. g., sleep environments). During the workshop students were divided into workgroups to explore issues related to indoor air quality and reported their results/ideas to workshop attendees for further discussion.

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Designing an “Alpine Hut” MARCIA PHILLIPS WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF DAVOS, SWITZERLAND This workshop focused on examining the effects of permafrost on the basis of three designs by the Design Studio “Alpine Hut” at the Institute of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Design and Building at the Technische Universität München.

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As a geographer, Marcia Phillips conducts research in an interdisciplinary team in this ďŹ eld and was thus able to give the participants useful ideas and tips.

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Choice of location, preliminary investigations Foundation concept Interplay between buildings and foundation soil Technical solutions, building methods, building materials Monitoring concept and monitoring methods

Many of the workshop participants had already gained an insight into the problems with permafrost relating to climate change when building in the Alps at the evening lecture given by Marcia Phillips a day earlier.

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ERNST RAUCH MUNICH RE, MUNICH Electricity from the Desert

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Bionics in Building

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JAN KNIPPERS ITKE UNIVERSIT Y OF STUT TGART

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MANFRED THUMANN A XPO HOLDING AG, SWITZERL AND Hydropower: Energy of the Future

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Electricity from the Desert ERNST RAUCH MUNICH RE, MUNICH The dream of exploiting the high level of solar radiation in the desert regions of the earth as “solar electricity generators” is at least 100 years old. In 2009 twelve industrial enterprises and the non-profit “Desertec” Foundation founded the Munich-based Dii GmbH with the aim of developing this electricity generation concept with partners from science, private investors and industry so that in the next few decades the generation of electricity from renewable sources (sun, wind) is significantly extended in the regions of North Africa and the Middle East (MENA). Besides providing electricity for regional needs, the desert concept envisages exporting some of the energy to the consumer centres of industrialised countries.

ERNST RAUCH Head of the Corporate Climate Centre, Climate and Renewables and Coordinator of Munich Re’s desert electricity activities

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In June 2012 Dii GmbH presented a study entitled “Desert Power 2050” drawn up in collaboration with the Fraunhofer ISI Institute and other partners. The main thrust of the study concerns the objective of providing affordable electricity in the Europe-MENA region in the light of the political goals of reducing CO2 emissions and expanding renewable energies. Also the choice of the most efficient electricity generating locations and technologies as well as the effect of an overriding network and electricity transmission infrastructure are addressed in the study. An essential finding of the study is that a European electricity grid linked up to producer countries in the MENA region will lead to a reduction of electricity system costs (generation, networks). At the same time such an electricity grid will open up new areas of economic and ecological cooperation between Europe and the countries on the southern edge of the Mediterranean.

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WE WISH TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS THAT COVER THE NEEDS OF A GROWING WORLD POPULATION ON A SUSTAINABLE BASIS WITHOUT COMING INTO CONFLICT WITH SCARCE RESOURCES AND CLIMATE OBJECTIVES. Ernst Rauch | Munich Re as an initiator of the dii industrial initiative, munich re is involved in one of the ambitious projects in the area of renewable energies worldwide. www.dii-eumena.com

Ernst Rauch, a geophysicist, has been working in the geo risks research of Munich Re since 1988. Since 2008 he has headed Munich Re’s Corporate Climate Centre (Climate & Renewables). His department focuses on risk management, business development and asset management in the context of climate change, renewable energies and new technologies. In 2009 Ernst Rauch headed the project bureau for the establishment of Dii GmbH (www.dii-eumena.com) and today represents Munich Re as shareholder in Dii.

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Bionics in Building WERNER NACHTIGALL UNIVERSITY OF SAARLAND, SAA RBRÜCKEN Mankind has always taken inspiration from nature. Bionics – the conscious observation of nature in order to gain new insights for developing and improving technical installations and systems – goes beyond this.

As a pioneer of bionic research in Germany, Werner Nachtigall explained how living organisms build and acclimate and linked these phenomena to relevant technologies in the construction sector. It is not possible to simply copy nature; it is rather a matter of studying the extremely varied thematic structures, methods and development strategies and how they are reflected in the present-day physical-technical pool of knowledge (“technical biology”). Taking classical examples it was shown that it is possible to abstract a principle of nature and then examine whether it can provide inspiration for contemporary building technology (“bionics”). Bionics in building neither means “back to nature” nor does it mean biomorphic building design.

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MASTER THESIS BY STEFAN BADER, UT AUSTIN 1 Shading system for hot climate regions

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LEARNING FROM NATURE Besides known examples, such as the development of solar energy from polar bear furs and termite-inspired air conditioning, additional approaches that further advance the fundamental concept of “learning from nature” were discussed. Radiolaria and dragonflies, honeycombs and bones, spiders’ webs and biocompatible tyres show that lightweight construction is an intrinsic principle of nature.

Werner Nachtigall was for many years professor of zoology and director of the Zoological Institute of the University of Saarland. He headed many working groups dedicated to basic science relating to the physiology of movement. He has always emphasised the importance of bringing together different sciences from the fields of engineering and biological research. As a pioneer of bionic research in Germany, he initiated the field of research dedicated to “Technical Biology and Bionics” and established a course of study as well as an association bearing the same name. He also played a decisive role in the establishment of the bionic competence network BIOKON.

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BIONICS MEANS LEARNING FROM NATURE IN ORDER TO CREATE INDEPENDENT TECHNICAL DESIGNS. Prof. em. Dr. rer. nat. Werner Nachtigall pioneer of bionics research in germany

STABILITY THROUGH HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE 2 Detail on Stefan Baderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sun protection system

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Change in Awareness MEINHARD MIEGEL DENKWERK ZUKUNFT (FOUNDATION FOR CULTURAL RENEWAL), BONN Does prosperity need growth? Meinhard Miegel, one of Germany‘s most influential social scientists, answered this question and made suggestions in this context.

The consumption of goods and services is a cornerstone of all economic activity. This is why for a long time the great majority of the population understood prosperity to be the ability to consume. But it is gradually becoming apparent that mass consumption creates problems because no economically developed country is still living within the Earth’s ecological limits. That means, however, that the prosperity of all of these countries is based primarily on an overexploitation of the environment, our shared world and future generations.

Therefore, a further increase in the volume of goods should not still be our aim but instead a conscious lifestyle, a love of nature, pleasure in beautiful things and not least solidarity with and service to the community.

Architecture will need to make an important contribution to this major transformation.

PROF. DR. MEINHARD MIEGEL Co-founder and Board member of Denkwerk Zukunft.

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For instance, towns and municipalities will have to face greater challenges in future than to date: increasingly aging and often declining populations, the integration of large numbers of immigrants, climate change, rising energy prices, accelerated economic change and much more. At the same time they will have less and less financial leeway due to the decline in economic growth. Greater citizen’s participation and consciously aesthetic buildings could prevent less material prosperity also creating a loss in the quality of life.

The legal expert and social scientist Meinhard Miegel published several works on the subject of “demographic change” such as the bestseller in 2002: “Die deformierte Gesellschaft” (The Deformed Society) or eight years later: “Exit – Wohlstand ohne Wachstum” (Exit – Prosperity without Growth) as a contribution to the problems entailed in growth. Only recently, a memorandum was published by Denkwerk Zukunft: “Lebenswerte Städte unter Bedingungen sinkenden materiellen Wohlstands – Herausforderungen und Maßnahmen” (Liveable Cities in Conditions of Declining Material Prosperity – Challenges and Measures”).

Meinhard Miegel is the chairman of the Board of the foundation Denkwerk Zukunft and since 2011 has been a member of the Study Commission “Growth, Wellbeing and Quality of Life” of the German Bundestag.

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City as Loft KEES CHRISTIAANSE SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ZURICH/KCAP, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND A desire for urbanity, identity and identification has been a major factor during the last thirty years in stimulating the preservation and conservation of derelict structures dating from the industrial era. Buildings like this have their own specific features and a relationship to history and context, while at the same time being open to current and future needs. The buildings attract involvement by local people and stand out with their qualities of stability and openness.

The world ‘loft’ is used to describe these urban qualities: adaptable, flexible and at the same time powerful and authentic spaces in which people can live and work.

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In their book “City as Loft – Adaptive Reuse as a Resource for Sustainable Urban Development“ Martina Baum and Kees Christiaanse portray 30 converted industrial sites and have experts in theory and practice report on their experience and knowledge.

Kees Christiaanse is one of the most important city planners in Europe. As a professor of Architecture and Urban Design at ETH Zurich, he teaches sustainable urban planning and investigates urbanisation processes worldwide.

KCAP Architects&Planners is an office for architecture, urban design and urban planning, and was founded in Rotterdam in 1989. Over the last 20 years, KCAP has established itself as one of the leading international practices in the fields of architecture and urban planning. KCAP has partner offices in Zurich and Shanghai. Among other things, KCAP has implemented large-scale housing projects in the Netherlands, HafenCity in Hamburg and is currently working on a strategic vision for transforming the Heysel Plateau in Brussels and for Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam.

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Structural Glass ROB NIJSSE UNIVERSITY OF DELFT, NETHERLANDS Glass is one of the most exciting and versatile building materials available to us today, so much so that it is hard to imagine façades, for example, that do not contain any glass. Moreover, for some time now there has been an increasing move towards using this material also as a load-bearing element, as a result of which entirely novel transparent supporting structures can be realised.

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BUILDINGS BY ROB NIJSSE 1 MAS – Museum Aan de Stroom, Antwerp, Belgium 2 Glas Kubus Raaks, Haarlem, Netherlands

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Today the glass industry is able to make corrugated glass panels – out of laminated (safety) glass and double or insulated glass – in any shape or form designers wish them to be. The structural analysis of such unusual glass designs is one of the special fields of Prof. Rob Nijsse who has been working in this area in a leading position at ABT, a Dutch engineering office, for many years.

The company has already realised a number of important buildings using corrugated glass panels in the façade: the Casa da Musica in Porto, Portugal (OMA architects) and the Museum at the Stream (MAS) in Antwerp, Belgium (Neutelings Riedijk architects). More buildings are currently under construction: the University library of Doha in Qatar and the Performing Arts Centre in Taipei, Taiwan, (both by OMA architects) and will be finished by the end of 2013. During the lecture Rob Nijsse showed how it is possible to make safe and reliable structures consisting of structural elements such as floors, beams, walls, columns, roofs and facades made entirely out of glass.

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Rob Nijsse is a structural engineer at ABT – one of the largest engineering firms in the Netherlands. After working in various positions within the firm since he joined after completing his studies, he now works there as a senior consultant alongside his research and teaching work at the TU Delft. Since 1985, he has harboured a keen interest in glass as a structural material. One of his first projects was his work for the glass “Sonsbeek Pavillon” in Arnheim, the Netherlands, which was planned and realised by Bethem Crouwel Architects in 1985.

His various projects with glass are presented in a book which appeared in 2004: “Glass in Structures: Elements, Concepts, Designs”. Rob Nijsse is soughtafter as a speaker at international conferences and as a consultant for international design firms.

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The Millau Viaduct MICHEL VIRLOGEUX CIVIL ENGINEER AND CONSULTANT, BONNELLES, FRANCE Bridges have always held a fascination for mankind and have inspired planners and designers to create some of their finest work. One of the greatest achievements in bridge building in the last ten years is the Millau Viaduct in southern France. This suspension bridge with a height of 270 metres spans the Tarn valley near the town of Millau. French engineer Michel Virlogeux and British architect Sir Norman Foster have created a masterpiece. The Millau Viaduct presents a striking image, beautifully silhouetted against the landscape. The viaduct is composed of seven reinforced concrete piers supporting a steel deck topped by pylons with span lengths of 342 metres. At a height of 343 metres, the bridge is not only one of the tallest suspension bridges in the world, but also exactly matches the height of the Eifel Tower in Paris. Since it opened in 2004 more than 37 million vehicles have traversed its 2.5 km length.

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THE MILLAU VIADUCT IS THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF A NUMBER OF STEPS, EACH OF WHICH REQUIRED A MAXIMUM OF ACCURACY, PRECISION AND PROFESSIONALISM. Michel Virlogeux | France bridge construction engineer

In his lecture, Michel Virlogeux described the development of the project from conception to completion and related interesting technical details. He also discussed other projects such as the Térénez Bridge in Brittany.

Dr. Michel Virlogeux is one of the best known bridge construction engineers in Europe. He has been working as a freelance consultant for twenty years. As an engineer in the French civil service between 1970 and 1994 he designed hundreds of bridges, most of them in France. He was also much in demand as an expert for various large-scale projects, notably the Evripos Bridge in Greece (designed by Jörg Schlaich).

Michel Virlogeux is responsible for ground-breaking technical developments in the field of pre-stressed concrete with external tendons, suspension bridges and composite materials. Many of his bridges, including the Millau Viaduct, have received numerous awards. As a member or president of various professional and industry associations, Michel Virlogeux continues to make a valuable contribution to the development of the bridge construction profession.

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Reactivity of Buildings RICHARD CORSI UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, USA All buildings are dynamic, spatially heterogeneous, and far from inert. Recent trends in building construction, operation and maintenance, and the behaviour and choices of human occupants, have magniďŹ ed the importance of physical, chemical and biological reactions in buildings. These reactions result in a wide range of contaminants that were rarely found in buildings just two decades ago. Such contaminants may persist for days to decades, act as respiratory irritants or triggers for asthma, and can even be toxic.

DR. RICHARD CORSI EHC Bantel Professor for Professional Practice in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas in Austin.

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Richard Corsi: “The indoor environment is not the safe, clean sanctuary we thought it was. In fact, humans spend approximately 72 years of their lives indoors, so most of the exposure to toxic substances is dominated by what they breathe and touch while they are indoors. Ironically, the focus has been on protecting the public from toxins that exist outdoors.” Corsi argues that more engineers, scientists, and social scientists are needed who are dedicated to improving knowledge on indoor environmental quality, solving related problems and educating the public on the dos and don’ts in their own homes.

Richard Corsi’s presentation explored the ingredients that magnify the reactivity of buildings and discussed passive engineering solutions to adverse reactions that should foster greater human health within the sustainable building movement.

Dr. Richard L. Corsi is the ECH Bantel Professor for Professional Practice in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas in Austin. His research focuses on the sources, physics and chemistry of indoor air pollution, human exposure to and passive control of indoor air pollutants, and the nexus between energy consumption in buildings and indoor air quality. He has acted as principal investigator on over 70 research projects, and he and his students have authored or co-authored over 300 journal/conference papers, reports, and book chapters.

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INDOOR AIR POLLUTION Americans are indoor creatures, spending on average 18 hours indoors for every hour spent outdoors. (Source: Ott, 1995).

INCREASE IN INDOOR AIR POLLUTION Klepeis et al., 2001

Dr. Corsiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work has been featured in National Geographic, The Economist, Business Week, National Wildlife and many others. Dr. Corsi was named a distinguished alumnus of Humboldt State University in 2006, a member of the prestigious ISIAQ Academy of Fellows in 2008, and served as President of Indoor Air 2011.

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Nature as Inspiration JAN KNIPPERS ITKE UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART/KNIPPERS HELBIG GMBH, STUTTGART Until a few years ago the paradigm for all building structures was to use as many identical components as possible and assemble them in the simplest way. Thanks to the introduction of computer-aided production processes this has fundamentally changed. These have created new possibilities for transferring structures from nature to building technology. Natural structures are based on the principle of self-organisation and self-repair and thus use principles that are largely unknown in building technology. A closer examination of these can result in structures that far exceed the limits of conventional typologies. In his lecture, Jan Knippers illustrated this with various examples, such as ďŹ&#x201A;exible structures inspired by the motion of plants.

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Computer-aided calculation of filigree structures made of new materials or partially movable building components is where building technology is headed.

This calls for a close collaboration between information technology, materials research, architecture and structural planning. Jan Knippers’ engineering firm Knippers Helbig GmbH is representative of an innovative approach to structural planning that defines anew the conventional boundaries between architecture and structural planning. Flagship projects are the Terrence Donelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research in Toronto (architects: Behnisch Architects), Peek und Cloppenburg in Cologne (architect: Renzo Piano), the roof of Expo Shanghai (architects: SBA GmbH) or the PalaisQuartier Frankfurt (architect: M. Fuksas).

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KEYNOTE LECTURE “NATURE AS INSPIRATION” 1 Movable sun protection system (with permission from Ruslou Koorts, Pretoria, South Africa) 2 Flexible mechanism of a bird-of-paradise flower

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Knippers is founder and partner of Knippers Helbig GmbH, an international engineering firm with offices in Stuttgart and New York. His main focus is on complexly formed and parametrically generated structures, on design and optimization processes as well as on structures from membranes and synthetics. As professor he also heads the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning of the University of Stuttgart and is a member of several national and international associations and standardisation committees.

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Hydropower: Energy of the Future MANFRED THUMANN AXPO HOLDING AG, BADEN, SWITZERLAND A big infrastructural project in the Alps poses many challenges for business organisations, inhabitants and environmental associations. For instance, the engineering challenges facing an alpine plant like the pumped-storage power plant Linthal with its approximately 1,000 metre long concrete dam, two caverns inside the mountain more than 100 metres long and approx. 60 metres in height relate primarily to the transport logistics and safety of the workers employed there.

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The lecture discussed the future of hydropower taking the Linthal Project 2015 as an example. The largest pumped-storage power plant in Switzerland uses four pumped-storage turbines, each with a capacity of 250 MW and synchronous motors for variable speeds. This project represents an investment of approximately CHF 2.1 billion and is expected to take about five years. The plant, which will go into operation in 2015/16, will play a pivotal role in Switzerland’s future energy supply.

Dr.-Ing. Manfred Thumann has been business division manager for production & networks at Axpo Power AG since 2007 and a member of the Executive Management of Axpo Holding AG since 2004. The Axpo Group, which is a Swiss energy provider, is wholly owned by the cantons of north-eastern Switzerland.

Manfred Thumann previously held various positions in the ABB Group and was also a researcher at the German Aerospace Centre before taking over as director at Alstom in 1997 where he headed the gas turbine division until 2003. He is also on the administrative boards of several companies, e.g. the nuclear power plants Leibstadt AG (President) and Gösgen-Däniken AG (Vice President), swisselectric (Board member), Association of Swiss Electricity Companies (VSE) (Board member) as well as being a member of various specialised bodies.

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LINTHAL 2015 In the “Linthal 2015” project, water is guided from Lake Mutt located just under 2,500 m above sea level via upper water headrace tunnels and two pressure shafts down to an underground machine cavern located about 700 m below. The four machine groups turbine the water, thus generating power of 250 megawatt each. The water runs through underground tunnels to the reservoir, Lake Limmern, located 1,800 above sea level . In pump mode, the water runs in the opposite direction, i. e. the water is guided from Lake Limmern through the underground shafts to the four machine groups and pumped back up to Lake Mutt through the pressure shafts and the upper water headrace tunnels.

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ANDREW J. WHITTLE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MASSACHUSET TS, USA Coastal Flood Protection Systems

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KARL MORGEN W TM ENGINEERS GMBH, HAMBURG Fehmarnbelt Tunnel

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BERNHARD GILL LMU MÃ&#x153;NCHEN Matching

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MICHAEL REDER MUNICH SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY Climate Change and Justice

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KLAUS DANIELS HL-TECHNIK ENGINEERING PARTNER GMBH, MUNICH Architecture in a Time of Changing Energy Patterns

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MARCIA PHILLIPS WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF DAVOS, SWITZERL AND Building in Permafrost

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MARIO CUCINELLA MCA, BOLOGNA, ITALY Creative Empathy

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THOMAS F. EDGAR UNIVERSIT Y OF TEX AS, AUSTIN, USA U.S. Natural Gas Issues

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Coastal Flood Protection Systems ANDREW J. WHITTLE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, USA

Large populations worldwide are at high risk from coastal flooding either from storm surge events, associated with major weather systems such as hurricanes, and from the pervasive long-term rise in sea level associated with global warming. Flood-prone nations such as the Netherlands have well-developed comprehensive coastal defence systems. Others such as Japan deal with catastrophic events such as tsunamis. In many more locations, rampant coastal development and erosion have exacerbated flood risk; while recent storm events, such as hurricane Irene (2011) highlighted the vulnerability of New York City to storm surge.

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Andrew J. Whittle described the challenges of coastal flood protection using examples from New Orleans and Venice. In Venice, the challenge is to design flood protection to prevent damage from the high tides, while ensuring the environmental health of the Venice Lagoon on which the city depends. The novel MOSE mobile barrier system is intended to protect the three inlets to the lagoon against flood levels. This system is expected to be fully operational in 2014.

Andrew Whittle is the Edmund K. Turner Professor and Head of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at MIT. His research deals principally with the formulation of models for representing the complex mechanical properties of soils and their application in predicting the performance foundations and underground construction projects. Most recently he has led research efforts in the application of wireless sensor networks for monitoring underground water distribution systems and construction projects.

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Fehmarnbelt Tunnel KARL MORGEN WTM ENGINEERS GMBH, HAMBURG

Since the middle of the 20th century, a fixed link across the Baltic Sea between the German offshore island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland has been under consideration. On 3 September 2008 Germany and Denmark signed a state treaty on the construction of the fixed link across the Fehmarn Belt.

As one of the first steps towards realising the first Fehmarnbelt crossing, a bridge and a tunnel were designed by two separate planning groups. In February 2011 the tunnel was chosen to be developed further.

Designed as an immersed tunnel that floats into position with a length of 18.1 km under the seabed, the tunnel is a unique construction.

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The lecture discussed the planning, the geological features, the legal planning aspects and the technical details of the project.

Dr.-Ing. Karl Morgen has been a managing shareholder of WTM Engineers GmbH since 1986. At the same time, he is a member of various expert panels and standards committees and has been the deputy chairman of Hafenbautechnische Gesellschaft HTG since 2012 and the deputy chairman of the Studiengesellschaft für unterirdische Verkehrsanlagen STUVA e. V. since 2006. WTM Engineers GmbH with its registered office in Hamburg and locations in Berlin and Munich stands for forward-looking engineering services in the construction industry. Over 10,000 implemented projects serve as proof for the extensive experience.

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FEHMARNBELT TUNNEL 1 Model of the field factory for the construction of the tunnel elements

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Matching BERNHARD GILL LMU MÜNCHEN

What energy and resources are consumed by what types of household, living situations and settlement? That is a fundamental question which Bernhard Gill and his group of architects are endeavouring to clarify based on census data and household surveys. A whole range of interesting effects can be observed relating to the connection between income, size of household, life cycle, ownership structures and contrasts between the city and the country. But at the same time, the question also arises about how energy can be saved. It is our belief that the saving strategies to be selected – distance heating or solar plant, polystyrene insulation or woolly hat – must match the way in which the inhabitants live. That is why the term “matching” is used.

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MUNICH CO2 EMISSION IN KG PER CAPITA A YEAR

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CO 2 IMPACT IN BAVARIA

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Bernhard Gill, who studied political science and sociology in Berlin and Erlangen, teaches sociology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich. He heads the research groups “Social Structure and Consumption of Resources” and “Political Economy of Knowledge Societies“.

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Climate Change and Justice MICHAEL REDER MUNICH SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY

Both from a political as well as an economic viewpoint, climate change is currently one of the most pressing global challenges facing humanity. From an ethical perspective, for many peoples in the southern hemisphere climate change stands for injustice. For although they are hardly responsible for climate change, they have fewer possibilities to adapt to these changes: This is why climate change is today increasingly being construed as an infringement of human rights.

In his lecture Prof. Dr. Phil. Michael Reder addressed ethical, political and economic aspects of climate change and sought to identify elements of a political solution geared towards the principle of justice.

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After studying philosophy, theology and political economy Prof. Dr. Phil. Michael Reder became a lecturer for social and religious philosophy at the Munich School of Philosophy. Since 2011 he has held the chair of practical philosophy with the focus on international understanding at the Munich School of Philosophy, international understanding being a practical-philosophical challenge at the heart of his research activities. Michael Reder also heads the Rottendorf Project entitled “Global Solidarity” and is a member of various working groups such as the CAS working group on “Public Ethics”.

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Architecture in a Time of Changing Energy Patterns KLAUS DANIELS HL-TECHNIK ENGINEERING PARTNER GMBH, MÜNCHEN Dwindling natural resources and climate change are forcing a rethink and more decisive action in the field of architecture and the building technology it serves.

Responsible exploitation of natural resources as well as active measures relating to buildings and other architectural structures could be a meaningful way to break the dependency on fossil fuels and non-renewal resources. Mere lip service and flowery phrases are not enough: decisive and determined action is what is urgently called for.

For ecological and sustainable building to become a reality, it is essential that civil and environmental engineers, landscape and structural designers, architects and users work closely together to create structures that take due account of changing energy patterns.

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In designing buildings and façade structures it is absolutely vital that technologies that generate energy and use such energy are consistently utilised.

Klaus Daniels summarises his work as researcher, lecturer and consulting engineer as follows: “For many years I have been endeavouring to bring together those most directly involved in building planning and development activities and to find innovative solutions which ensure that the houses of the future are increasingly run on renewable energies.”

Prof. Dr. Klaus Daniels is a leading engineer and consultant in the field of ecologically sound building. For over four decades he has been involved in developing advanced engineering solutions in the field of environmentally friendly and energy-saving buildings characterised by a sustainable approach to natural resources. Between 1991 and 2005 he was professor for building technology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. In 2006 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Technische Universität München. Klaus Daniels is managing director of HL Technik Engineering Partner GmbH in Munich.

PHARE TOWER, LA DÉFENSE, PARIS 1 Wind energy power plant on the roof of the Phare Tower 2 Detail of the building with a garden indoors

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Building in Permafrost Ralph Ralp h Feiner Fe iner

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MARCIA PHILLIPS WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF, DAVOS, SWITZERLAND

Implementing a building project in permafrost presents technical as well as logistical challenges. Permafrost can be defined as frozen soil that has negative temperatures all year round. This frozen soil can make building conditions extremely difficult, since the structure of soil and its geotechnical properties can change.

In high altitudes every project has its own unique problems that call for special practical solutions, e. g. installation of anchoring systems to reduce heat conduction to the ground below or the use of special building materials. Besides the direct influences that building activities and the structure itself exert on the underlying soil, also the effects of climate change have to be considered at the planning stage, since the ground conditions can change during the lifetime of a building.

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Marcia Phillips, head of the project “Building in Permafrost” at the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, outlined in her lecture the problems associated with permafrost in connection with climate change. Illustrated with practical examples, she presented possible technical solutions for building, maintenance and monitoring of structures at high altitudes. Typical structures built on permafrost in the Alps are e.g. train stations, masts, restaurants, mountain shelters, water pipelines, avalanche barriers, telecommunications plants, tunnels or railway tracks.

Dr. Marcia Phillips has headed the research group “Permafrost and Snow Climatology” at the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF in Davos since 2006. The results of her research are contained in the reference work in German “Bauen im Permafrost: ein Leitfaden für die Praxis”, a practical aid for project planning, realization, use and maintenance as well as for the demolition of buildings in mountain permafrost areas (www.slf.ch). As a geographer, Marcia Phillips works on research topics such as long-term permafrost monitoring in the Swiss Alps, building in permafrost, snow in permafrost rock faces and permafrost dynamics.

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BUILDING IN PERMAFROST 1 Building and viewing platform on permafrost rocks – Sphinx, Jungfraujoch, Switzerland 2 Building site in permafrost – aerial cableway Punta Helbronner, Courmayeur, Italy

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Creative Empathy MARIO CUCINELLA MCA, BOLOGNA, ITALY

Architecture has an important role to play in sustainable development. Mario Cucinella explained his approach to “sustainable architecture” which considers the environmental impact of a building, and introduces the concept of “creative empathy”. According to this, each building has the potential to redesign not only its internal spaces, but also its immediate environment and even cultural and socio-economic systems. Buildings have the potential to establish an intimate relationship (“creative empathy”) that links people, places and local technologies, thus creating environments that are enriching as both living and working spaces.

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In January 2012, Mario Cucinella founded Building Green Futures, a non-profit organization that promotes sustainable development through green architecture and urban regeneration. Its goal is to create built environments which incorporate clean technologies and local knowledge for better living conditions and provide sustainable access to natural resources in developing and least developed countries.

Dr. Mario Cucinella is the founder and head of MCA (Mario Cucinella Architects), an architectural firm based in Bologna, where he heads an international team of architects and engineers. MCA focuses on energy issues and the environmental impact of buildings.

Mario Cucinella’s most significant projects include the Sino-Italian Ecological Building (SIEEB) in Beijing, the Municipal Building in Bologna (Italy), the Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies in Ningbo (China) and the headquarters of 3M Italy in Milan.

Since 2004 Mario Cucinella has been a visiting professor at the University of Nottingham and since 2013 at the Technische Universität München.

SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE 1 Algerian desert landscape 2 Design sketch

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U.S. Natural Gas Issues THOMAS F. EDGAR UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, USA

The renaissance taking place in the U.S. due to increased production of natural gas from shale is changing the energy marketplace. The use of natural gas in combined heat and power is receiving increased attention as a way to reduce the overall use of fossil fuels and greenhouse gas production.

However, the natural gas bubble should not cause policy makers to slow the move toward renewable energy and introduction of automation technology such as smart grids.

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Time of day pricing of power, use of demand response techniques, and smart grids are important ingredients that favor intermittent power sources. Increased usage of thermal storage systems will enable industrial and building energy users to deal with the dynamic power conditions and more.

Thomas F. Edgar, a chemical engineer who has been at The University of Texas at Austin faculty for more than 40 years, now serves as the interim director of the Energy Institute.

Edgar’s current energy research covers renewable energy, combined heat and power, energy storage, and improved oil recovery (www.che.utexas.edu/ edgar_group). His research group develops modeling, control and optimization tools to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon footprint.

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Wuhan Engineering Design Exhibition ENGINEERING ART: PICTURES OF BUILDINGS IN WUHAN FOREWORD BY PROF. THOMAS HERZOG IN THE EXHIBITION CATALOGUE In autumn 2011 the 1st Design Biennale was held in Wuhan, a Chinese metropolis which currently has about 10 million inhabitants. On the occasion of this event, the city put on an exhibition featuring buildings that had been developed there. As a viewer, I was pleasantly surprised: for over fifty years I have been visiting exhibitions on art and technology, both reasonably standard fields of interest for an architect. However, neither at home nor abroad have I ever seen drawings of buildings in which exquisite craftsmanship is expressed with such meticulousness, precision and fine differentiation while simultaneously showing such a high standard of graphic quality. First there were the depictions of representative buildings. These examples of progressive 19th and 20th century architecture showed the definite stylistic influence of historical Chinese and imported European edifices. * Source: Engineering Design Made in Wuhan, China, Hirmer, Munich, 2012

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But then I came across something new: engineering constructions represented in the same style. Large objects that do not serve as habitats, in other words, are not houses, structures that fulfil other tasks within the context of human life, such as watercourse regulation, flood protection, dams, weirs, energy transportation, power plants, production sites, tunnels leading through mountains and rivers, and towers and bridges.

All of these constructions are situated in places that have been altered by these interventions. Prominent forms define them, and their various functions are reflected in their identity and power.

The fascination of these large projects from the early days of industrialisation manifests itself in aesthetically enthralling exhibits. These graphic documentations provide impressive evidence that the distinction between so-called “functional buildings” and apparently “beautiful buildings” – a legacy of retrogressive 19th century Historicism in Europe – did not occur in this way in other parts of the world. There was no opposition to the aesthetics of the new age. At least in Wuhan, the engineers working in the building industry clearly did not perceive architecture as competition, let alone as an antagonistic force, but rather as a further asset that could provide great options.

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EXHIBITION 1 The exhibition room on the ground floor of the Oskar von Miller Forum

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The examples in the exhibition are so remarkable because they result from the endeavours of engineers and companies working in this city on the river where China’s industrialisation began, where the first factories were built and technology was seen to have its own potential with regard to design – as an artistic handling of matter – in the true sense of the word. Furthermore, this approach comes across in the confident and vivid representations that are on a par with the aforementioned depictions of building constructions by architects – at least as far as the applied graphic means are concerned. The semantic dimensions of the engineering structures are more powerful, straightforward and concrete with regard to autonomy, authenticity and openness. However, at the same time, their designs and also their graphic representations are defined by sensitivity and a masterly handling of detail – an aspect that makes these works particularly impressive.

What a contrast to the world of today! Nowadays, the greatest deficits of constructional culture arise from the fact that these standards are usually discarded for the sake of economic short-term effects, without having the time for planning, conception and execution (in other words, using the potential of design and engineering) that is necessary to develop projects to their full maturity and perfection with calm concentration.

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By establishing an exhibition on engineering design and thereby consciously representing their own history, the authorities of Wuhan’s municipal government have been able to show that they perceive building as a challenging and all-encompassing culture.

Furthermore, the city has committed itself to continuing its development in accordance with the aims of the Green Agenda. Needless to say, for a city with a population of 10 million, this is an ambitious endeavour which must initially be carried out one step at a time in an exemplary way. A project like this is probably most likely to succeed in a region that is prepared to be inspired by the evolvement of its own constructional culture, and to pursue the physical development of its own city on the basis of outstanding technical prowess, scientific know-how, and a high regard to top-rate functional design.

Wuhan, which sees itself as the Engineering City of China, has this chance. It is the cradle of a large number of internationally outstanding engineering structures which were not only devised and planned there, but which were also produced there, as part of an ongoing process. This includes the lengths and spans of bridges and halls; railway lines with hundreds of tunnels; the Three Gorges Dam that was developed there; and also about 70% of all the crossings over the

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We sincerely hope that the applied technology will continue to serve the “good of humanity” in accordance with the ideas of Oskar von Miller, the namesake of the forum in Munich in which a large part of the exhibition is on display.

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3 Representatives from the world of politics and culture open the exhibition together with the Chinese delegation

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Munich Creative Business Week EXHIBITION The Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW) presents multi-faceted, innovative design activities in Munich, provides inspiration for an interdisciplinary design discourse, and gathers together creative types and businesspeople from all round the world in the Bavarian capital. The MCBW is a commercial platform that promotes international exchange and showcases the economic potential of both Bavaria and the individual participants.

An important impetus behind the Munich Creative Business Week is the decision of iF International Forum Design GmbH to amalgamate its various design prize awards into a single event in Munich, which brings the award winners and design-interested visitors to Munich. bayern design GmbH, the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology, and the City of Munich have devised an event format that accommodates great diversity and is aimed at both design insiders and the public at large.

The MCBW inspires and facilitates highly-informed discourse on design issues and concepts and is planned as an annual design event.

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Lectures Seminars Symposia Conferences Book presentations Competitions Presentation of prizes

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Platform for Exchange The Oskar von Miller Forum is a meeting point for participants of innovative scientific events relating to construction.

The Oskar von Miller Forum’s premises may be used by the architecture, construction and engineering faculties of the Technische Universität München as well as by associations and organisations in the field of construction. These events must all bear reference to, and round off, the mission of the Oskar von Miller Forum.

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Book presentation Sailer Stepan and Partner PROJECTS Sailer Stepan and Partner, located in Munich, is a leading structural engineering company. The carefully prepared and elaborately produced volume shows 60 selected buildings and projects of engineers which were built in collaboration with leading architectural firms. Characteristic of the buildings is not only a special understanding of the architectural design but also the successful realisation of the challenging buildings through the engineers’ own creative work.

The Sailer Stepan and Partner engineering office was commissioned to carry out the structural engineering of the Oskar von Miller Forum.

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IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A SHIP, DON’T DRUM UP THE MEN TO GATHER WOOD, DIVIDE THE WORK AND GIVE ORDERS. INSTEAD, TEACH THEM TO YEARN FOR THE VAST AND ENDLESS SEA. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry french author

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RESIDENTS The Oskar von Miller Forum offers 54 students and seven guest scientists excellently equipped living space in a central location.

Visiting students and guest scientists The Oskar von Miller Forum accommodates undergraduate and graduate students of the construction-related faculties of the Technische Universität München. Guests also include students from Munich’s Städtische Fachschule für Bautechnik. Many students come from abroad, thus creating the prerequisites for an intensive interdisciplinary and international dialogue and exchange.

The Oskar von Miller Forum’s guests include scientists from around the world. These people further enrich communal life.

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Cristian Lazea STUDENT CIVIL ENGINEER, ROMANIA

LIVING AT THE OSKAR VON MILLER FORUM IS MORE THAN JUST RESIDING THERE Like in the days after I moved into the Oskar von Miller Forum, the intercultural and knowledgefostering environment of the Forum that supported me through my master studies inspires me still today.

For me, the Forum ideally combined living and working. By living together with students with similar interests and goals, I had the unique opportunity to improve essential soft skills such as communication, team spirit and social skills. But above all, I managed to forge valuable friendships and at the same time identify and understand cultural differences.

The excellent location also helped me to integrate better into cultural life of Munich in all its diversity. At the same time, my life was greatly simplified by the extremely good equipment and extra services available to me which meant that I was able to concentrate on what was important. I was particularly pleased that there was a bistro and the food there was always tasty and inexpensive.

During the broad array of events, everyone had the opportunity to not only exchange ideas, knowledge and opinions across construction-related disciplines but also to extend their network. In addition, one was inspired and encouraged to think and act proactively by performing various tasks in the building and by attending professional seminars and workshops.

In a nutshell, living at Oskar von Miller Forum during my master studies has been the ultimate kick for my career.

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Sean Kerwin STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER, CANADA My stay in the Oskar von Miller Forum was incredible in many ways and is certainly not easily summarized in a few sentences. Living abroad far away from your family can be difficult but my fellow residents were very welcoming and quickly became a second family to me. The experience of living here is unique in that residents have the opportunity to forge strong friendships with motivated students and visiting scientists with similar research interests and build up a truly international network of like-minded scholars.

I personally benefited significantly by participating in soft skills workshops, weekend excursions and cultural evenings or simply by cooking and exercising with the other residents. To top it off, the building’s location in the centre of Munich could not be more ideal. You are a five minute walk away from the main university campus and the English Gardens. Reader beware though, once you move in, you will not want to move out!

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Robert Marino GUEST SCIENTIST ARCHITECTURE, USA Within the most remarkable of European cities, situated in the most remarkable location, exists the most remarkable of European institutions: the Oskar von Miller Forum. It has been the great good fortune for my family and me to partake of this innovative community for a full winter semester while I was a visiting Chair of Emerging Technology at the Technische Universität München.

As a physical entity alone the Forum is worth a visit. It is a most remarkable architectural project, housing the most varied uses I think I have ever encountered within one structure: one bedroom apartments, two bedroom apartments, student dormitory rooms, lounges, communal kitchens, conference rooms, a lecture hall, a library, a café, administrative offices, a roof terrace, and laundry facilities, all within the most elegant and refined of structures. I have had the great pleasure of meeting the Forum’s architect, Thomas Herzog, and he told me of the gradual development of the Forum’s program and purpose. As a resident, I can only add that the Forum, its staff, its programs, my fellow residents, professors and students alike, together, create the most stimulating of environments in which to live and work. I truly believe it is the most unique living arrangement that one could hope for, and my family and I are most appreciative of the great opportunity we had in living there.

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An international network FORUM RESIDENTS YEARS 2012/13 The Oskar von Miller Forum is an international meeting centre and guesthouse. Guests come from every continent. The evaluation shows their geographical origin, the proportion of men and women, the degree sought and the branches of study. Living together at the Oskar von Miller Forum is a basis for creating and expanding an international network.

DISCIPLINES Architecture

Construction Technology

Civil Engineering

Environmental Engineering

206 RESIDENTS IN TOTAL

163 STUDENTS

43 GUEST SCIENTISTS

RESIDENTS OF THE FORUM since December 2009

78 % GUESTS from Europe

POLAND SWITZERLAND

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•68 %• Men

CROATIA

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ROMANIA

CHINA

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•55 %• Master

•12 %• Construction Technician

•3 %• Doctor

IRAN

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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DISCIPLINES OF THE GUESTS 2012/13

•30 %• Architecture

•48 %• Civil Engineering

•12 %• Construction Technology

•10 %• Environmental Engineering

SHAMMA AL RIYAMI MARIA ALONSO GONZALEZ

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

CIVIL ENGINEERING SPAIN

THERESA BICHLER BIAGIO AMODIO

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY GERMANY

ARCHITECTURE ITALY

BELINDA BOCK

PHILIPP BOLIK

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

FRANZISKA CONRAD

FLORIAN BREITENBÃ&#x153;CHER

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT GERMANY

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

ROLAND DIELING MOHAMED ELHADDAD

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING GERMANY

CIVIL ENGINEERING EGYPT

ULRICH GERSTLAUER

JAN GOEBEL

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

THOMAS GREGORY

MARIANNA GRIGOROPOULOU

ARCHITECTURE BRITAIN

ARCHITECTURE GREECE

ALEJANDRO GRISALES

MAURICIO GUADARRAMA

CIVIL ENGINEERING COLOMBIA

CIVIL ENGINEERING MEXICO

KATHARINA HUNDERTMARK

TOBIAS IHLER

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

SEAN KERWIN ALEXANDRE KIENER

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CANADA

CIVIL ENGINEERING FRANCE

JOHANNES KIRCHBERGER VALENTIN KOSLOWSKI

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY GERMANY

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

ANGELIKI KRESTENITI

KAI KRUG

ARCHITECTURE GREECE

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

ARNE LAUGESEN

CRISTIAN LAZEA

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

CIVIL ENGINEERING ROMANIA

LUKAS LECHNER ELISE LERCH

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY GERMANY

CIVIL ENGINEERING SWITZERLAND

AGATHA LINCK

MANUEL MARGESIN

ARCHITECTURE BRAZIL

ARCHITECTURE ITALY

FLORIAN MEIER

ALEXANDER MENDLER

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

SIMONE NHIEMETZ BORN

PATRICK OLE OHLBROCK

ARCHITECTURE BRAZIL

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

DARYA PRYMA

ALI RAFIEETARI

ARCHITECTURE BELARUS

ARCHITECTURE IRAN

MICHAEL HUGO REICH KRASIMIR RAYNOVSKI

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY GERMANY

ARCHITECTURE BULGARIA

HELENA REICHERT

MARTIN RESCH

CIVIL ENGINEERING ITALY

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

ALEJANDRO RESTREPO MONTOYA

DIEGO ROMERO ESPINOSA

ARCHITECTURE COLOMBIA

ARCHITECTURE MEXICO

FRANCESCA RUPINI BETTINA ROSE WOLFRAM

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING ITALY/ GERMANY

ARCHITECTURE BRAZIL

SOPHIA VON SALISCH

JOAO SANCHES

ARCHITECTURE GERMANY

ARCHITECTURE BRAZIL

DOMINIK SCHIPPER FABIAN SCHIEBEL CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY GERMANY

TOBIAS SCHITTENHELM ANNETTE SCHMITZ

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING GERMANY

STEFANIE SCHNEIDER

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

ALESSANDRA SPEZIALI

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY GERMANY

ARCHITECTURE ITALY

FLORIAN STURMA LUKAS STIMMELMAYR CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY GERMANY

SONJA SURRER

DANIEL TALKE

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

JAKUB TOMASZCZYK

MARKO TOMSIC

ARCHITECTURE POLAND

CIVIL ENGINEERING CROATIA

DANIEL YANG

RAPHAEL ZUBER

ARCHITECTURE CHINA

CIVIL ENGINEERING GERMANY

Alumni SINCE DECEMBER 2009

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SCHILLINGER | GERALD SCHMIDT-THRÖ | MATHIAS SCHMITT | ANDREAS SCHNEIDER | WOLFGANG B. S C H N E L L | H A N N A H S C H O C K | N I C H O L A S S C H R A M M | S T E FA N I E S C H U S T E R | N AV I D SIDIQI | EMANUELE SOMMARIVA | MARTIN STOCKER | ANDREAS T. STRASSER | REMUS TECUSAN CALIN | LINE THARALDSEN | PETER TRAN BACH | GAUTIER TRIBET | ALVARO VELAR ROJO | SIMON VILGERTSHOFER | OBADA WAKKAF | XINXING WANG | FLORIAN WINKLER | RICHARD WINTER | ZENG YULANG | DAVID ZÜHLSDORF

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Scientific dialogue GUEST SCIENTISTS EDUCATIOIN AND RESEARCH

HILDE AAS NØST

CIVIL ENGINEERING | NORWAY | 2013 Hilde Aas Nøst, Norway, worked at the Geotechnical Centre within the framework of a research and scientific exchange with Norway. Her scientific work covered fields of computational geotechnics and applied technology. Residents gained an insight of these subjects through Ms Nøst.

DR. EDWARD CARRYER AND DR. SHERI D. SHEPPARD

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING | USA | 2013 Dr. Edward Carryer and Dr. Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford, USA. During their stay, they offered a workshop concerned with developing skills so that one could plan better, devise strategies and communicate better in the working world.

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DR. GABRIELLA CIANCIOLO COSENTINO

ARCHITECTURE | ITALY | 2013 The postdoc scholarship holder investigated the rediscovery of naturalism and orientalism in southern Italy’s 19th century architecture and gave a report of her research results to residents.

MARIO CUCINELLA

ARCHITECTURE | ITALY | 2013 Mario Cucinella, Bologna, Italy, founder and head of MCA (Mario Cucinella Architects), Guest professor at the Chair of Emerging Technologies (TUM). During a lecture he reported on the notion of sustainable green architecture and urban regeneration.

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HELENA DOUDOVA ARCHITECTURE | CZECH REPUBLIC | 2012 Helena Doudova, scholarship holder of the Robert Bosch Foundation, worked in the Museum of Architecture of the TU München from October 2011 until October 2012. In this period, she was concerned with the work of Adolf Loos, his buildings, his theoretical writings and his impact on contemporary architecture and gave a report on this in an in-house lecture.

PROF. DR.-ING. KAZUYOSHI ENDO

CIVIL ENGINEERING | JAPAN | 2012/13 Prof. Dr.Ing.Kazuyoshi Endo, Tokyo, Japan, drew a comparison between industrial buildings on the European and Japanese market. In addition, he endeavoured to further cooperation between the Technische Universität München and Kogakuin University.

ARMEN DER KIUREGHIAN

CIVIL ENGINEERING | USA | 2012 Armen Der Kiureghian, Berkeley, California is specialised in the area of earthquakes. The Forum’s residents were invited to a discussion evening at which Armen Der Kiureghian answered both technical and professional questions.

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DR. ANDRES LEPIK ARCHITECTURE | GERMANY | 2012 Dr. Andres Lepik von der Graduate School of Design at Harvard University was appointed to the Chair of Architectural History and Curatorial Studies by the TU München. At the same time, Dr. Lepik was appointed the director of the Museum of Architecture and researched the history and theory of social involvement in 20th century architecture. Along this vein, he held a lecture entitled “Moderators of Change – The Social Responsibility of Architecture” at the Oskar von Miller Forum.

SHELLEY LISSEL CIVIL ENGINEERING | CANADA | 2012 Shelley Lissel, Calgary, Canada, expert in the field of masonry structures. In her in-house lecture “Reinforced Masonry, why and how?” she gave the residents of the Oskar von Miller Forum an insight into the type of masonry construction work in Canada and gave a detailed explanation of its advantages and disadvantages.

LAURI LINKOSALMI CIVIL ENGINEERING | FINLAND | 2013 Lauri Linkosalmi, Helsinki, Finland, conducts research on the environmental compatibility of various materials and structural components and is concerned with energy-efficient construction. He was guest professor at the Chair of Timber Construction and Structural Design of TU München. During the time he resided at the Oskar von Miller Forum, he held a lecture on “Buildings and Building Products Environmental Assessment” with a discussion on his field of specialisation.

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ROBERT MARINO ARCHITECTURE | USA | 2012 Robert Marino, architect from New York, assumed the internationally oriented guest professorship for “Emerging Technologies” at the TU München from October 2012. This subject is concerned with the use of highly developed materials and the observation of production methods and logistic systems in structural engineering. He held a lecture entitled “We are petroleum people” in this context at the Oskar von Miller Forum.

PROF. WENQING WU

CIVIL ENGINEERING | CHINA | 2012/13 Prof. Wenqing Wu, Nanjing, China. In his research work, he was concerned with different bridge construction methods and held a lecture entitled “Prestressed Concrete Box Girder Bridges” at the Oskar von Miller Forum.

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43 GUEST SCIENTISTS since December 2009

43 %

43 % GUEST SCIENTISTS from Europe

GUEST SCIENTISTS from America

14 % GUEST SCIENTISTS from Asia

ORIGIN Where do our guest scientists come from?

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YOU HAVE TO LEARN WHAT THERE IS TO LEARN AND THEN GO YOUR OWN WAY. Georg Friedrich Händel german-british composer in the baroque period

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PROJECT SPONSORS The Oskar von Miller Forum is sponsored by the Bavarian construction industry.

Owners and operators The Oskar von Miller Forum is run by the foundation Stiftung Bayerisches Baugewerbe.

The building is owned by Gemeinnßtzige Urlaubskasse des Bayerischen Baugewerbes e. V., which is a registered association. The industrial partners of the Bavarian construction industry are members of this association.

The Oskar von Miller Forum can therefore build on the support of the Bavarian building trade associations, the Bavarian construction industry association, the Bauen-AgrarUmwelt industrial trade union (IG BAU) and the Verband der Zimmerer und Holzbauunternehmer Bayern (VZHB).

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Project sponsors BAVARIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Bayerischer Bauindustrieverband (BBIV) The BBIV represents the interests of the Bavarian construction industry vis-à-vis the trade unions, legislators, government and public administration in Bavaria.

Industriegewerkschaft Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (IG BAU) The Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt industrial trade union (IG BAU) represents the interests of around 400,000 workers employed in the German construction and building materials industries, in agriculture and forestry, building management, environmental protection and conservation as well as waste disposal and recycling.

Landesverband Bayerischer Bauinnungen (LBB) The LBB (State Association of Bavarian Construction Guilds) is the employers’ and trade association of the Bavarian construction guilds.

Verband der Zimmerer und Holzbauunternehmer Bayern (VZHB) The VZHB (Bavarian association of carpenters and timber construction contractors) is the professional organisation of the Bavarian carpenters and timber construction industry which campaigns on behalf of business owners and the carpentry trades.

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GEMEINNĂ&#x153;TZIGE URLAUBSKASSE DES BAYERISCHEN BAUGEWERBES E. V. For over 60 years, the procedure applied in the construction industry to fund leave pay has ensured that claims to leave and remuneration can be saved for manual workers so that they can take continuous leave. The Urlaubskasse (leave pay funds) maintains an employee account for each manual worker in the construction industry in Bavaria and reimburses to the employer the leave pay it has paid.

Executive Board

Management

Hans Beer | IG Bau Robert Feiger | IG Bau Dipl.-Ing. Otto Frischeisen | LBB/VBB Senator E.h. RA Gerhard Hess | BBiV

Ernst Treitz | Managing Director Claudia Glas | Deputy Managing Director

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Team CONTACTS AT THE OSKAR VON MILLER FORUM

The Team Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Lang | Director Sabina Karkos Isabelle Krier Michaeli Klaus Mayer Rosemarie Nöhbauer Daniela Schäfer

SUCCESS IS TEAMWORK. Otto Happel german entrepreneur (gea group ag)

KEYNOTE LECTURES 2013/14

Programme advisory council | Publisher Information

07.11.2013

JÜRG CONZETT, CONZETT BRONZINI GARTMANN AG, SWITZERLAND Landscape and Structures (Opening of Exhibition)

05.12.2013

MARK SARKISIAN, SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP, USA Structure | City

16.01.2014

PETER HEAD, THE ECOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION TRUST, BRITAIN Tackling Poverty and Climate Change Within Planetary Limits

06.02.2014

PROF. MAT SANTAMOURIS, UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, GREECE Urban Mitigation Techniques

10.04.2014

PROF. RICHARD BURDETT, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, BRITAIN The Endless City

08.05.2014

ANNE LACATON, JEAN PHILIPPE VASSAL, LACATON & VASSAL ARCHITECTS, FRANCE Re Invent

05.06.2014

PROF. DR.-ING. VITTORIO MAGNAGO LAMPUGNANI, ETH ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND Discussion About The City

03.07.2014

PROF. DR. DR. E. H. WERNER SOBEK, ILEK UNIVERSITÄT STUTTGART, GERMANY Interdisciplinary Design

In addition to our keynote lectures, we will again hold evening lectures on current topics relating to construction on a regular basis in the 2013/2014 academic year.

PROGRAMME ADVISORY COUNCIL OF THE OSKAR VON MILLER FORUM

Programme advisory council | Publisher Information

The Programme Advisory Council advises the Director of the Oskar von Miller Forum on organising the programme. Its members make a significant contribution to continuing the development of the independent programme.

Hans Beer Regional manager of the Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt industrial trade union in Franconia since 2007. Trained concrete constructor, since 1986 full-time trade unionist in various capacities in Bavaria, 16 years of which as director. Deputy executive member of the board of directors of the Gemeinnützige Urlaubskasse des Bayerischen Baugewerbes e. V. and the Stiftung des Bayerischen Baugewerbes. Alternating supervisory board chairman of Zusatzversorgungskasse der Steine- und Erden-Industrie Bayern (additional benefit fund). Responsible for collective bargaining policies in the Bavarian construction industry and stone and earth industry.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Herzog Architect of the Oskar von Miller Forum and full professor at several universities. He established his own architecture firm in 1971, developing structural systems and pioneering buildings based on the use of environmental energy. He has won a number of prestigious prizes and awards. Member of national and international academies. Author and publisher of architectural and technological monographs. Emeritus of Excellence at the Technische Universität München and Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University Beijing.

Prof. Dr. Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani Architect and architectural historian with his own architecture firm since 1980. Full chair of the History of Urban Design at the ETH University of Zurich. Editor of Casabella magazine, then publisher of Domus magazine in Milan and Director of the German Museum of Architecture in Frankfurt am Main. Professorial posts at Harvard and other international universities, numerous architectural and urban development projects as well as academic publications, particularly on urban architecture in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Müller Civil engineer and full professor; on completing his doctor’s degree and habilitation he became a consulting engineer and chief executive at a large, medium-sized engineering company; since 2004 he has held the position of Chair of Structural Mechanics at the Technische Universität (TU) München and of dean of the Faculty of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering; he is active in an honorary capacity, amongst others, at the Faculty Association and 4ING, Chairman of the Education Committee of the Bavarian Chamber of Civil Engineers, and guidance counsellor at the Cusanuswerk scholarship body of the Catholic Church in Germany.

Dr.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Wolff Structural engineer at the Technical University of Hanover, initially spending five years at the Institute for Concrete Construction, then 32 years at the DYWIDAG construction company, where Dr.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Wolff was construction manager, branch manager, including 12 years on the board – ten of which as chairman. He spent a good ten years as Vice President of the Bavarian Construction Industry Association. Worked in retirement in various curatorships (including the Deutsches Museum). Since 2004 he has held the honorary post of Chairman of the Board of the DGUV (German Social Accident Insurance Association).

PUBLISHER INFORMATION Published by Oskar von Miller Forum Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 25 D - 80333 Munich T + 49 89 1588338 - 0 F + 49 89 1588338 - 29 E info@ovmf.de Concept and design ediundsepp Gestaltungsgesellschaft, Munich

Photography Uwe Mühlhäußer, Oskar von Miller Forum Print OMB2 GmbH, Munich

The Yearbook is also available in German.

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HERE, ANYONE CAN DO AS I WISH â&#x20AC;¦ Oskar von Miller source: w. l. kristl, hier darf jeder tun was ich will. oskar von miller in anekdoten und momentaufnahmen, w. ludwig, pfaffenhofen, 1978

KEYNOTE LECTURES 2013/14

Programme advisory council | Publisher Information

07.11.2013

JÜRG CONZETT, CONZETT BRONZINI GARTMANN AG, SWITZERLAND Landscape and Structures (Opening of Exhibition)

05.12.2013

MARK SARKISIAN, SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP, USA Structure | City

16.01.2014

PETER HEAD, THE ECOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION TRUST, BRITAIN Tackling Poverty and Climate Change Within Planetary Limits

06.02.2014

PROF. MAT SANTAMOURIS, UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, GREECE Urban Mitigation Techniques

10.04.2014

PROF. RICHARD BURDETT, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, BRITAIN The Endless City

08.05.2014

ANNE LACATON, JEAN PHILIPPE VASSAL, LACATON & VASSAL ARCHITECTS, FRANCE Re Invent

05.06.2014

PROF. DR.-ING. VITTORIO MAGNAGO LAMPUGNANI, ETH ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND Discussion About The City

03.07.2014

PROF. DR. DR. E. H. WERNER SOBEK, ILEK UNIVERSITÄT STUTTGART, GERMANY Interdisciplinary Design

In addition to our keynote lectures, we will again hold evening lectures on current topics relating to construction on a regular basis in the 2013/2014 academic year.

The Oskar von Miller Forum, in the heart of Munich located close to the Technische Universität München, is an international meeting centre and guesthouse.

The Forum is an independent educational initiative of the Bavarian construction industry and gives new stimulus particularly to the training of civil engineers, architects and students of higher-level trade schools in the construction industry.

The Yearbook 2012/2013 offers insight into the international life and work at the Oskar von Miller Forum.

Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 25 D - 80333 Munich T + 49 89 1588338 - 0 www.ovmf.de