Programme Scholarship
PUBLIC LECTURES
WORKSHOPS
PRACTICE TALKS
SEMINARS
CAREER COACHING
ALUMNI NETWORK AND ALUMNI MENTORING
WELCOME EXCURSION, SOCIAL EVENTS, PROJECT AND SPORTS GROUPS
Contributions from internationally renowned experts and scientists from the fields of construction, urban planning, ecology, sustainability and climate science
Guest scientists pass on their know-how and serve as mentors
Experts report from practice and answer questions
Topics such as personal development, intercultural work and communication are taught by professional trainers
Advice on questions about goals and career paths
Former scholarship holders give tips for career planning
Living and working in an international community
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Pausing for thought together with musical accompaniment
The forum is doing an excellent job of bringing together researchers of different ages and creating new generations of brilliant and inclusive professional.
CECÍLIA SILVA Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
SUMMER PARTY
Festive conclusion ot the academic year
WELCOME EXCURSION IN THE SUMMER SEMESTER
With Guiding Architects in Munich‘s Schlachthof district
WELCOME EXCURSION IN THE WINTER SEMESTER
Hiking on the Hochfelln in Chiemgau
Oskar von Miller Forum
Shaping the future Stimulating transformation processes Sharing knowledge
Construction plays a central role in addressing societal challenges. With its public programme of events, the Oskar von Miller Forum stimulates discussion and is a meeting place for the construction industry. At the same time, it supports future civil and environmental engineers, architects and construction technicians with a programme scholarship.
Preview
LECTURES 2024/25
17.10.2024
07.11.2024
21.11.2024
28.11.2024
16.01.2025
30.01.2025
Sharing Our Earth: Focus on Climate 2024›
‹2025
LAURENT NEY | NEY & PARTNERS | BRUSSELS
Context and design – an integral approach
URSULA MÜNCH | AKADEMY FOR POLITICAL
EDUCATION | TUTZING
Politics in times of crises
MARKUS STENGER | STENGER 2 ARCHITEKTEN
MUNICH
Architecture for the non-place
MIKE TAYLOR | HOPKINS ARCHITECTS | LONDON
Creative Architecture
CATHERINE DE WOLF | ETH ZURICH
Digital Creativity for Circular Construction
JOYEETA GUPTA | UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM
LECTURES 2023/24
26.10.2023 ›
INGER BIRGITTE KROON Cowi, Copenhagen
18.01.2024 ›
GERD BERGMEISTER AND MICHAELA WOLF
bergmeisterwolf, Brixen
Urban and rural contexts: a dialogue
20.06.2024 ›
ANDREA KLINGE
ZRS Architekten Ingenieure, Berlin
Building turnaround
09.11.2023 ›
TOBIAS HUBER
ZPF Ingenieure, Basel
Aesthetics, construction and sustainability as one
Risk and reliability in major infrastructure projects Videos of the lectures partly on ovmf.de
25.01.2024 ›
MARTIN RAUCH
Lehm Ton Erde, Schlins
Rammed clay – building material oft he future
27.06.2024 › ANDERS LEVERMANN
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Folding the World
16.11.2023 ›
HANAA DAHY
Biomat@copenhagen Aalborg Universität / Biomat.tgu@tti GmbH
Design with resources – discover hidden potentials!
16.05.2024 ›
EVA KAIL
Formerly department city planning, Vienna
Target group-oriented urban planning
04.07.2024 ›
WOLFGANG SATTLER
Bauhaus-University Weimar
Design as a tool for transformation
30.11.2023 ›
ANNE LOES NILLESEN
Defacto Urbanism, Rotterdam
Redesigning cities –adapting to climate change
06.06.2024 ›
ANUPAMA KUNDOO
Anupama Kundoo Architects, Berlin, Indien
Building knowledge –building community
Borders generate diversity, growth and innovation –if they are not seen as micromanagement.
ANDERS LEVERMANN Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
INSIGHTS
Speakers and scholarship holders in dialogue
We have to think about the transition in energy together with the transition in raw materials.
ANDREA KLINGE
ZRS Architekten Ingenieure
Award Winners
AWARDS IN 2023/24
FRANZISKA ALBRECHT
PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING UNIVERSITY DEGREES BY FEMALE ENGINEERING STUDENTS FROM THE BAVARIAN STATE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND THE ARTS
CHRISTINA ARNOLD
AWARD OF THE ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM FOR ONE OF THE TOP 5 BACHELOR THESIS IN THE FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE AT TUM
HANNAH FRANZ
1. PRIZE RENÉ HOUPERT, YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, FRENCH UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING AUGC; 1. PRIZE CILAC 2023, YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD IN INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE, CILAC, THE FRENCH REPRESENTATIVE OF ICOMOS
ANA MENÉNDEZ ORELLANA
STUDENT PRIZE 2023 OF THE GERMAN SOCIETY FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING (DGZFP)
MAX PEETZ
2ND PRIZE IN THE UNIVERSITY PRIZE OF THE BAVARIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 2024
MARLENE STECHL AND THOMAS ROJAS
1ST PLACE GENERATION D AWARD 2023; SUSTAINABILITY PRIZE ” MUNICH IMPACT AWARD “ –BOTH FOR START-UP HOPFON
THE OSKAR VON MILLER FORUM is an independent educational institution of the Bavarian Construction Industry.
Bavarian Construction Industry Association (BBIV) Association of Building Companies in Bavaria Association of Carpenters and Timber Construction Companies in Bavaria (VZHB)
Industrial Trade Union Building – Agriculture – Environment (IG BAU)
Photos © Astrid Eckert, Isabel Mühlhaus
CONTACT
OSKAR VON MILLER FORUM Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 25 80333 Munich
T +49 89 1588338-0
E info @ ovmf.de | W www.ovmf.de
AS AN INTERNATIONALLY AND INTERDISCIPLINARILY
educational institution of the Bavarian construction industry, the Oskar von Miller Forum supports the education of
» students of the Departments of Architecture and Civil & Environmental Engineering at the TUM School of Engineering and Design of the Technical University of Munich
» students of the Faculties of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the Munich University of Applied Sciences
» students of Munich’s vocational institute for construction technologies.
They are supported with a programme scholarship and can apply for a place to live.
With public lectures by internationally renowned civil engineers, architects and scientists, the Oskar von Miller Forum promotes future-oriented topics such as sustainability and transformation in construction. At the same time, it serves as a central meeting place for the construction industry.
»
The
forum
not only fuelled my curiosity for innovative ideas, but also highlighted the immense value of different perspectives when working together towards a common goal.
JUANITA VERA Civil Engineering
years
494 scholarship holders | 65 nationalities
SINCE 02.12.2009
391 guest scientists | 168 lectures |
8 exhibitions
» Constantly broadening my horizons in dialogue with others, experiencing the pluralistic references of our field – that‘s what shaped me and my time at the Oskar von Miller Forum.
CHRISTINA ARNOLD Architecture
ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE
* 7 May 1855 in Munich † 9 April 1934 in Munich THE FORUM is named after the pioneering engineer Oskar von Miller.
PROJECT SPONSORS
Bavarian Construction Industry
Bavarian Construction Industry Association (BBIV) Association of Building Companies in Bavaria Association of Carpenters and Timber Construction Companies in Bavaria (VZHB) Industrial Trade Union Building – Agriculture – Environment (IG BAU)
OWNERS AND OPERATORS
The Oskar von Miller Forum is operated by the Bavarian Construction Industry Foundation (Stiftung Bayerisches Baugewerbe). The building is owned by Gemeinnützige Urlaubskasse des Bayerischen Baugewerbes e. V.. Members are the above-mentioned collective agreement parties of the Bavarian Construction Industry.
The full programme as well as further information about the Oskar von Miller Forum on www.ovmf.de