5812287: Independent Study: Modern Architecture in Liechtenstein: Ernst Sommerlad (BH&U, 4 ECTS)

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Semester:WS 24/25
Type:Module/Examination
Language:English
ECTS-Credits:4.0
Scheduled in semester:3
Semester Hours per Week / Contact Hours:8.0 L / 6.0 h
Self-directed study time:114.0 h

Module coordination/Lecturers

Curricula

Master's degree programme in Architecture (01.09.2019)
Master's degree programme in Architecture (01.09.2024)

Description

This optional module allows for various kinds of research studies. It is closely connected to the five units of the Liechtenstein School of Architecture and is usually part of ongoing research projects. The supervision consists of directing the students towards clear results within a given field of research. The individual study is reviewed within the respective unit.

Built Heritage & Upcycling Unit:
Modern architecture came to Liechtenstein in 1924: on a bicycle in the form of the young German architect Ernst Sommerlad. Sommerlad reinterpreted international modernism for the Alpine region and created dozens of residential buildings in the Principality as well as in Appenzell, St. Gallen, Graubünden and Vorarlberg. On the occasion of a scientific symposium at the University of Liechtenstein in fall 2025, we are taking a close scientific look at Sommerlad' s broad and exciting oeuvre in cooperation with the state and the OST (Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences). Be part of it!

Qualifications

    • understand the broad issues of sustainability in a defined research area.
    • follow a given research topic and develop it coherently into a clear result.
    • manage their own learning within a research project.
    • identify a research topic and develop it coherently into a clear proposal.
    • analyse data and situations under guidance, using a range of techniques and methods appropriate to the subject.
    • critically evaluate evidence to support research topics, reviewing its reliability, validity and significance.
    • explain competently, discuss and critique their own work through oral presentation, writing or visual communication.
    • understand how to work with confidence in the complex organisational and community settings within which the applied methods and design processes are typically deployed.
    • collaborate in teams and support each other during the learning process.
    • gain confidence in their own role in collaborating with an ongoing research project.

Admission Requirements

Registration via the intranet of the University of Liechtenstein is not binding and is only valid in combination with the written consent of the respective unit. This applies to all Individual Electives in the Master's degree programme in Architecture.

Literature

Relevant reading will be made available at the beginning of the course. A list of recommended literature will be announced in the course and updated on an ongoing basis.

Exam Modalities

4 ECTS, 8 LE ( 114 h private study time)
source research, written work, drawing work

Start, final submission and presentation can be individually
defined with the respective tutors.

Comments

Individual appointments will be set with the tutor.

Group projects are also possible, as well as group work with individual submissions.

Exams

  • Independent Study: Modern Architecture in Liechtenstein: Ernst Sommerlad (4 ECTS) (WS 24/25, bestätigt)