Sustainable Design 

Erstes Foto der Erde aus dem Weltall, Apollo 8 Mission

Apollo 8 Mission, first photograph of the earth from space, 24.12.1968

Sustainable Building - Holistic Perspective

Sustainable building requires a holistic approach for all construction tasks. The five relevant pairs of themes are: Resource and Energy, Space and Mobility, Food and Health, Demography and Integration, Values and Ethics. These aspects are interconnected and influence each other. Within this interconnected system, we expand the field of activity of architectural creation.

To Be – To Build – To Sustain

To achieve a shift in the global gears, we must start locally with ourselves, engage in networks to thereby create regional and global momentum for the demanded changes. → more

Team    Teaching    Research    

HIGHLIGHTS

SOLAR ENERGY SHAPES ARCHITECTURE
Sustainable construction as a design potential 

Solar conference 

2022
R. Mair, D. Schwarz 

CONSTRUCTIVE ALPS 
Architecture prize, Jury 

2022
R. Mair 

SWISS ENERGY PRIZE WATT D'OR 
Award

2018
D. Schwarz, C. Ospelt 

Team 

Porträtbild von David Kloeg

David Kloeg
MSc Arch

Research Assistant

Porträt von Andreas Lehner

Andreas Lehner
MSc Arch

Programme manager, module coordinator 

Porträt von Robert Mair

Dipl. Ing.
Robert Mair

Senior Lecturer

Porträt von Dietrich Schwarz

Prof. Dipl.-Arch. ETH/SIA 
Dietrich Schwarz

Head of Unit 

Porträt von Wolfgang Simma-Wallinger

Dipl. Ing.
Wolfgang Simma-Wallinger

Research Assistant

Teaching

Gemüsekisten

AGRICULTURAL LIECHTENSTEIN 
Excursion

WS 22/23
D. Kloeg, D. Schwarz

Seilbahn

MOBILITY LIECHTENSTEIN
Advanced Studio Landscape (EN)  

SS 23
D. Kloeg , D. Schwarz

Kapelle auf einem Hügel

AVERS - A PLACE OF REGENERATION 
Advanced Studio Landscape (EN) 

WS 22/23
D. Schwarz, D. Kloeg

Häuser in alpiner Landschaft

INTEGRITY.EARTH 
Advanced Studio Landscape (EN) 

SS 22
D. Schwarz, D. Kloeg 

Research

SYSTEMATIC SUSTAINABILITY CATALOGUE

FFF-funded project
2023 - 2025
W. Simma-Wallinger 

Publikation Low Tech

LOW TECH

Interreg-Project
2015 - 2020
R. Mair 

Rodrigo-Alba_Dissertation_neu_web_EN.jpg

THE INFLUENCE OF THE VERNACULAR 
applied principles in contemporary architecture of hot climates

Dissertation
2016 - 2019 
R. Alba-Krasovsky 

Forschungsprojekt Fluidglass

FLUIDGLASS
solar thermal facades with adjustable transparency

EU 7.RP-funded project
2013 - 2017
D. Schwarz