___ Study Trips Study Trip Paris 2007 In Oktober the Studio went to Paris for 6 days to see the Villa Savoye, ESA (Marie Helene Fabre), Fondation Cartier, Galerie la Fayette and took a tour through the Opera Garnier. We met with Francois Roche and Freier Nami. We visited the Louvre (FIAC Paris) , Le Grand Palais (Musee des art decoratif on the way) , the Institute Monde Arab and Centre Pompidou and lots more... Study Trip Moscow June 2007 Study Trip Italy, Germany Autumn 2006 In Italy, we first went to see the Biennale in Venice, where we also visited Il Redentore and San Maggiore by Pallidio as well as the Doges palast. After Venice, we headed on towards Treviso District and visited Villa Barbaro and got a tour through Permasteelisa. Vicenza, Mantua and Torino were our next stops, where we visited Villa Rotunda, Pallazo Ducale and the amazing Lingotto Fiat Factory. Driving from Italy to Germany we stopped in Bregenz and finally arrived in Munich. At the BMW construction site, Prof. Prix gave all three studios a tour through the site. Study Trip Australia Spring 2006 In March 2006, we visited Australia for two weeks. With rental cars, we covered a distance of about 4500 km and visited, among others, Melbourne, the Outback, Sydney and Canberra. We got an impressive overview of the varied landscapes and different cities on the continent.Wealso have been to RMIT in Melbourne and visitied the offices of Arup in Sydney for a discussion about the Aquatic Center in Bejing.Architectural tours in Melbourne by Simon Knott, and tours in Sydney and Canberra topped our study trip Peoples Republic of China Zu Beginn des Wintersemesters haben wir 5 verschiedene Städte in China besucht. Das Hauptziel dieser Reise lag in der Dokumentation der einzigartigen Entwicklung des Landes zur Zeit. Zudem wurden Grossprojekte als vorbereitendes Semester-research analysiert und dokumentiert. Da für alle die Kultur und das Land neu und besonders faszinierend war, sind die Eindrücke nicht nur durch die Architektur sondern durch alle Bereiche des Lebens besonders geprägt. Zudem konnte der Eindruck noch durch geführte Touren und Gespräche mit u.a. Thomas Polster (Herzog & deMeuron, Beijing), Patrick Cranley (Shanghai), Gary Chang (Edge Design, HongKong) und Frank Yu (Gravitypartnership, HongKong) vertieft werden. WS 04/05 started with a study trip to 5 different cities of china. The fpocus of this trip was to witness the pace of the recent develpoment of the country and research on large scale development as an initiating basis of the semester topic. The country and culture was an amazing experience on it's own for everybody, so that lots of the impressive documentation are from all parts of life in china. In addition we could deepen and complete our experience with guided tours and comments by Thomas Polster (Herzog & deMeuron, Beijing), Patrick Cranley (Shanghai), Gary Chang (Edge Design, HongKong) and Frank Yu (Gravitypartnership, HongKong). Istanbul, Turkei During the Spring 2005, we traveled to Istanbul, another densly populated city with an intense and rapidly changing urban culture. Brünn/Brno, Tschechische Republik/Cesk Republik Das SS04 beginnt mit einem Tagesausflugin die Villa Tugendhat von Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Brünn in der Tschechischen Republik. An Hand der Studieeinesrepresentativen Bauwerks der Moderne soll die Sensibilität für Materialien, Details und dasZusammenspiel von Einzelteilen ausgeprägt werden. The SS04 started with a day trip to the Villa Tugendhat by LMvdRin Brno in the Czech Republic. The analysis of thisseminal building of Modernism improved the students sensibility for materials, details and the interplay of various building components. Bratislava, Slovakei/Slovenskej Republik Die Klasse begleitete im WS 03/04 Prof. Greg Lynn zu der Verleihung des Ehrendoktortitels nach Bratislava in die Slovakei. Vielen Dank an die Architekturabteilung der VSVU/ AFAD (Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava)für den Stadtrundgang. The studioaccompanied Prof. Greg Lynn to thepresentation of his honorary doctoratal degreein Bratislava, Slovakiaduring the WS 03/04. Thanks to the department of architecture of the VSVU/ AFADforgivingus a tourof the city. Los Angeles & New York City, USA Im Frühjahr SS03 begab sich das Studio auf eine zwei wvchige Studienreise nach Los Angeles, Californien, Schmelztiegel für die Automobil-, Flug- und Filmindustrie. Neben der Besichtigung zahlreicher Case Study Häuser in Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Pacific PalisadesundPalm Springs von R. Neutra, R. Schindler, P.Kvnig, R. Soriano, R.& C. Eames und D. Wexler, wurden auch Prototypen Werkstätten, wie North Sails in Nevada, Spectrum3D in Tustin, High-Tech Welding in San Diego und Filmtiteldesigner Imaginary Forces in Hollywood besucht. Der Rückflug erlaubte einen Abstecher nach New York City und die Besichtigung der Korean Presbyterian Church von Greg Lynn. Inthe SS03 the studio made a two week study trip to L.A., California - hot spot for the automobile, aeronautic and film industries. In addition tovisiting case study houses in Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Pacific Palisades and Palm Springs by R. Neutra, R. Schindler, P. Kvnig, R. Soriano, R. & C. Eames and D. Wexler,the students wereintroduced to prototyping manufacturers,such asNorth Sails in Nevada, Spectrum 3D in Tustin, Hi-Tech Welding in San Diego and film title sequence designers Imaginary Forcesin Hollywood. On the return flight, the studiostopped in New Yorkfor a visit of the Korean Presbyterian Church by Greg Lynn. DownloadL.A. reader(.pdf) Graz, Österreich Im WS 02/03 besucht die Klasse die Ausstellung Latent Utopias,kuratiert vonZaha Hadid und Patrick Schumacherin Graz, in der unter anderem auch Greg Lynn seine Arbeiten ausstellt. In the WS 02/03 the studio visited Graz for the Latent Utopiasexhibition, which was curated by Z. Hadid and P. Schumacher. Greg Lynnpresented various examples ofhis work for this show.   Home