Study trips
Exkursionen

Study trips are organized to carry out field work and work- shops in connection with teaching and research projects
of the Habitat Unit.
They are arranged in
collaboration with
counterpart institutions
abroad and involve
academics, local
architects, planners
and NGOs.

May 02-12, 2008: Student Competition and Workshop in Damascus, Syria
Damascus is this year’s cultural capital of the Arabic world. For this reason Damascus University has invited the Habitat Unit to a workshop and design competition which is partly funded by DAAD. The workshop will focus on urban visions, scenarios and concepts for Damascus in the year 2025. The study trip is part of a semester project. There are few places still available for participation. New application deadline is the 9th of April 2008.
Contact: Astrid Ley
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April 01- 15, 2008: Workshop in Leh, Ladakh, India
This workshop is organized in cooperation with the L.O.T.I. (Leh Old Town Intiative). The work will focus on the analysis of traditional building construction and settlement patterns. This study trip is part of a 2-semester project.Organization and supervision: André Alexander (THF) and Prof. Herrle.

March 01- 31, 2008: Workshop on Experimental Building Construction: "A Baked-insitu Mud House in Pondicherry, India". This prototyp house follows a technology poineered by Ray Meeker to bake life-sized mud houses insitu. Houses are stabilized by converting them to ceramic, thereby making them water restistant and lasting.
Organization and supervision: Anumapa Kundoo
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October 2007: DAAD-funded field trip to Santiago, Chile. 10-day workshop at the PUC, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile as the first part of a 2-semester project on building with wood.
Contact: Paola Alfaro d'Alencon.
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March 03 - April 14, 2007: Summer School at the UNAM in Mexico City. Contact: Alexander Jachnow.

August 2006: Study trip to South Africa in connection with the seminar on housing and urban development in summer 2006.  Organized by Dipl.-Ing. Astrid Ley in cooperation with Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg.

March 2006: Study trip to Mumbai, India, research abolut pavement dwellers and relocation projects of SPARC as part of a two semester project on "Housing Solutions for Mumbai", in cooperation with SPARC, Organized by Prof. Peter Herrle and Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Jachnow.

March 2006: Study trip to Jhabua, India as part of a two semester project on a school building with hostel for 750 children, led by Dipl.-Ing. Francis Kéré.

February 2006: Study trip to Istanbul. Research and workshop on the redevelopment of the Galata Port together with students from Istanbul and from Budapest. The trip is part of a two semester project on "Traffic Space" and has been co-organized by the Halic University and Dipl.-Ing. Paola Alfaro d'Alencon from the Habitat Unit.

July/August 2005: Study trip to Fortaleza, Brazil. Research on informal settlements and housing delivery, in cooperation with the DED and local NGOs, led by MA Alexander Jachnow.

March 2005: Study trip to Algeria. Research on urban conservation and heritage management in Cherchell in cooperation with EPAU (Ecole Polytechnique d’Architecture et Urbanisme) Algiers. Organized by Dr.Sonja Nebel and Dr. Mariam Chabou, Algiers.

March 2005: Study trip to Tashkent, Buchara and Samarkand. Field studies on urban conservation in co-operation with the Tashkent Architectural Building Institute (TACI) and UNESCO. Organized by MA Astrid Ley.

March 2005: Study strip to Burkina Faso.
Research on Urban Development in general and specially on Informal Housings problems in Ouagadougou. The Study also focuses on finding solutions to create sustainable Architecture. In otherwise how to create Urbanisation and Architecture based on the Climate, the local Economy and Culture in this third world Country? The Study trip is organized by Diébédo Francis Kéré.

October 2004: Study trip to Istanbul/Turkey. Research on urban transformation in a selected area of Istanbul. Student’s Workshop in cooperation with the Istanbul Technical University. Organized by Dr. Sonja Nebel, Stephanus Schmitz, Sinan Ozgen.

October 2004: Study trip to Syria/Libanon. Research on tendencies of urban conservation and urban development. Workshop on “building in existing fabric” in Damascus or/and Aleppo/Syria. Organized by Prof. Dr.Ghassan El Badwan (DAAD visiting scholar).

March 2004: Study trip to Cape Town, South Africa. Studies and proposals for the public spaces in Nyanga, in cooperation with the City of Cape Town and the University of Cape Town (UCT). The project and study trip
are organized by MA Astrid Ley.

November 2003: Study trip to Kathmandu and Bharatpur, Nepal. Studies and proposals for the Masterplan of Bharatpur, in cooperation with the DED, and the Nagar Palika Bharatpur, students of landscape architecture are also invited to participate. The project and study trip are organized by Prof. Dr. Peter Herrle

September 2003: Study trip to Mexico City (Spanish required). Research on the roles and functions of NGOs in the housing delivery system, joint workshop with representatives of NGOs, networks and CBOs in cooperation with the UNAM Postgraduate “Housing Studies”, led by MA Alexander Jachnow.

September 2003: Study trip to Shanghai, workshop on housing and urban conservation in Yangzhou, in cooperation with the China Eco City Development Program (GTZ) and the Tongji University Shanghai. Organized by Prof. Dr. Herrle, GTZ and Tongji University.

September 2003: Study trip to Damascus/Syria, workshop and field studies on „Informal Housing” in Damascus in cooperation with the Faculty of Architecture, University of Damascus. Organized by Dr. S. Nebel.

September 2003: (projected): Study trip to Bali, Indonesia, in connection with a studio project on a cultural heritage museum, organized by Ulli Fuhrke.

July/August 2002: Study trip to Taschkent, Samarkand and Buchara, Uzbekistan, led by Alexander Jachnow

March 2002: Study trip to Johannesburg, South Africa, led by Barbara Kaiser

March 2002: Study trip to Cairo, Egypt, led by Dr. Sonja Nebel

September 2000: Damascus, Syria: Presentation of seminar results to the Department of Architecture at the University of Damascus, study trip to Aleppo, in cooperation with the University of Damascus

February 2000: Fuzhou and Shanghai, China: Housing and urban development in Shanghai and Fuzhou, lectures and discussions at the Tongji University

October 1999: Mexico City, Research on Neighborhood Development, in cooperation with the UAM

January 1999: Hongkong: Exhibition of student projects at the Goethe Institute

September 1998: Bogota, Lima and Santiago de Chile: Anlaysis of new trends in contemporary Latin American Architecture