- Assistant Professor
- Institute of Architecture and Planning
- Current Activity
- Daniel Stockhammer is Assistant Professor for Heritage & Cycle-Oriented Architecture at the University of Liechtenstein and, together with Cornelia Faisst, heads the upcycling design studio. As an architect and academic, he works towards the systematic analysis and redesign of the built environment as a repository of material and cultural resources. Convinced that buildings must be constructed for an endless cycle of use and reconfiguration - a concept of borrowing (instead of disposing) resources for a certain time and form - places principles of circularity at the forefront of architectural design. He teaches and conducts symposia and research in the fields of building survey and inventory (e.g. with Leica Geosystems), circular design and construction (e.g. Studio Notre-Dame), and buildings as material banks (API research fund). He has published various articles and books, including Building Additions in Steel / Weiterbauen in Stahl / Continuer en Acier (Park Books, 2018) and Upcycling: Reuse and Repurposing as a Design Principle in Architecture (Triest, 2020), and is responsible for establishing this field of research at the Institute.
Stockhammer graduated from ETH Zurich, the Technical University of Vienna, and Zurich University of Applied Sciences and earned his PhD (Dr.sc.) for his thesis Swiss timber building tradition at the Institute of Historic Building Research and Conservation at ETH Zurich. His working method has been strongly influenced by his studies and work experience with Uta Hassler, Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron, Wolf Prix, and Zaha Hadid.
- Education
- 2012 — 2015
Dissertation (Dr. sc. ETH) at the Institute of Historic Building Research and Conservation, ETH Zurich, with Prof. Dr. Uta Hassler and Prof. Dr. Manfred Schuller (co-examiner, Technische Universität München); funding provided by SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation) doctoral grant
- 2008 — 2010
Architectural studies and master's thesis (MSc ETH Arch) with Prof. Jacques Herzog and Prof. Pierre de Meuron at the ETH Studio Basel on the reactivation of abandoned urban areas by the river Barada in Damascus. On-site support provided by Prof. Sinan Hassan (architect) and Hani Munif (architect and conservationist), Syria
- 2005 — 2007
Architectural studies with Prof. Zaha Hadid and Prof. Dr. h.c. Wolf D. Prix, University of Applied Arts Vienna; parallel degree course (BSc Arch) at the Technische Universität Wien
- 2003 — 2005
Architectural studies at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences; 2007/08 gap year with degree (Dipl. Arch. FH)
- Career
- 2017 — 2018
Lecturer in "space and assembly" with a focus on structural design, School of Architecture, University of Applied Sciences St.Gallen
- 2016 — 2017
Head of research project entitled "Weiterbauen in Stahl. Architektur der Aufstockung" with Astrid Staufer and Daniel Meyer, Institute for Constructive Design, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
- 2012 — 2015
Research assistant, Institute of Historic Building Research and Conservation, ETH Zurich, teaching duties included a focus on wood construction, design and construction in existing fabric and building surveys; participation in research and publication projects
- 2011 — 2015
Design architect with Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, work on study contracts and competition tasks (2011), after that, freelance work in Zurich with a focus on renovation work and building research;
since 2011 Member of the SIA (Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects) - 2010 — 2015
Key projects (selected): addition of extra storeys to former restaurant "Zur Linde", Brunnadern; with Paul Rutz: Renovation of an inner-city building (16th cent.), Lichtensteig; 3D digitisation and restoration of a tower stove (17th cent.); partial renovation of a farm house, Ottoberg; renovation strategy for the Bräggerhaus building (16th cent.), Bütschwil; repurposing project involving the former transformer tower (19th cent.), Dietfurt; study contracts and competitions with honors
- 2008 — 2010
Assistance at the BUK / Building Technology and Construction, Institute of Technology in Architecture, ETH Zurich
- 2008
Project architect for infrastructure, commercial and industrial construction
- 2005 — 2006
Editor, "Prinz Eisenbeton", Studio Prix, University of Applied Arts Vienna
- Schedule for WS 20/21
- B_Studios Handw., Lands.+ Upcyc.: Digitale Gestaltung (Project) Jüngling, Mayer, Stockhammer, Brandl, Faisst, Schwarzmann, Mackowitz
- B_Studios Handw., Lands.+ Upcyc.: Präsentationstechnik (Project) Jüngling, Mayer, Stockhammer, Brandl, Faisst, Schwarzmann, Mackowitz
- B_Upcyc.: Seminarwoche - Der erstarrte Raum (Project) Jüngling
- Basic Studio Upcycling: Obere Burg Schellenberg (Project) Jüngling, Stockhammer, Faisst, Banzer, Rädler, Hilti
- Master’s Thesis (Thesis) Michels, Schwarz, Mair, Brandl, Mackowitz, Jüngling, Stockhammer, Faisst, Kaps, Egg, Rist-Stadelmann, Meister, Staub, Rhomberg
- Preliminary Study (Miscellaneous) Michels, Martinez-Cañavate, Herburger
- Renewable Architecture - the Circular Building as a Material Bank and Repository of Knowledge
- internes Projekt, November 2019 until October 2022
The construction industry is the main cause of global pollution, resource depletion, and consumption of energy from nonrenewable sources. The complete reincorporation of building materials into ... more ...
- Reusing & Upcycling Architecture: Rethinking the way we build things
- FFF-Förderprojekt, November 2018 until October 2019 (finished)
The exploitation and destruction of the environment makes a paradigm change in the consumption of resources imperative: in the future, building 'new' must be separated from the dogma of constructing ... more ...
Articles in Scientific Journals (4)
Stockhammer, D. (2020). Spoliation und Assemblage. Upcycling Notre-Dame. der architekt, 4/20, 30-33.
moreGuntern, U., & Stockhammer, D. (2018). Die vertikale Erweiterung von Häusern. Architektur Technik, 41, 28-31.
moreTomaczak-Plekawa, A., & Stockhammer, D. (2016). Der Mythos vom Chalet bröckelt. Horizonte. Das Schweizer Forschungsmagazin(110), S. 35.
moreStockhammer, D., & Wittmann, F. (2009). Ein Hochregallager für Peter Sloterdijk. Modulor(02), S. 16.
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Monograph (1)
Stockhammer, D. (2016). Schweizer Holzbautradition. Ernst Gladbachs Konstruktion eines ländlichen Nationalstils. Zürich: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH.
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Edited Books (4)
D. Stockhammer (Ed.). (2020). Upcycling. Reuse and Repurposing as a Design Principle in Architecture / Upcycling. Wieder- und Weiterverwendung als Gestaltungsprinzip in der Architektur. Zurich: Triest Verlag.
moreD. Stockhammer & A. Staufer (Eds.). (2019). Building Additions in Steel: The Architecture of Vertical Extensions. Zürich: Park Books.
moreD. Stockhammer, A. Staufer & D. Meyer (Eds.). (2018). Weiterbauen in Stahl. Architektur der Aufstockung. Zürich: Park Books.
moreD. Stockhammer, A. Staufer & D. Meyer (Eds.). (2018). Continuer en accier. L'architecture de la surélévation. Zürich: Park Books.
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Chapters in Edited Books (16)
Stockhammer, D. (2020). The Building as Process / Das Bauwerk als Prozess. In Upcycling. Reuse and Repurposing as a Design Principle in Architecture / Upcycling. Wieder- und Weiterverwendung als Gestaltungsprinzip in der Architektur (pp. 14-31).
moreStockhammer, D. (2020). Reuse as a Design Principle in Historicism: On the Reinventiion of the "Original" Swiss House on the Rütli / Wiederverwendung als Gestaltungsprinzip im Historismus: Zur Neuerfindung des Schweizer "Urhauses" auf dem Rütli. In Upcycling. Reuse and Repurposing as a Design Principle in Architecture / Upcycling. Wieder- und Weiterverwendung als Gestaltungsprinzip in der Architektur (pp. 70-89).
moreEntner, P., & Stockhammer, D. (2020). From Linear to Circular Construction: Liechtenstein's Building Stock as the Material Bank of the Future? / Vom linearen zum zirkularen Bauen: Liechtensteins Baubestand als Materialbank der Zukunft. In Upcycling. Reuse and Repurposing as a Design Principle in Architecture / Upcycling. Wieder- und Weiterverwendung als Gestaltungsprinzip in der Architektur (pp. 132-147).
moreStockhammer, D. (2018). Die Aufstockung als Konzept und Konstrukt. Vom Ideal der Komplettierung zur Reformierung des Bestandes. In D. Stockhammer, A. Staufer & D. Meyer (Eds.), Weiterbauen in Stahl. Architektur der Aufstockung (pp. 11-19). Zürich: Park Books.
moreStockhammer, D. (2018). La surélévation comme concept et comme construction. De l'idéal du complément à la réorganisation du bâti. In D. Stockhammer, A. Staufer & D. Meyer (Eds.), Continuer en acier. L'architecture de la surélévation (pp. 11-19). Zürich: Park Books.
moreStockhammer, D. (2018). Neue Konstruktion in altem Kleid. Zur "Blitzarchitektur" der Salamander-Schuhfabrik in Kornwestheim von Philipp Jakob Manz im Jahr 1927. In D. Stockhammer, A. Staufer & D. Meyer (Eds.), Weiterbauen in Stahl. Architektur der Aufstockung. (pp. 38-49). Zürich: Park Books.
moreStockhammer, D. (2018). Une nouvelle construction dans de vieux habits. À propos de l'"architecture-éclair" de l'usine de chaussures Salamander à Kornwestheim par Philipp Jakob Manz en 1927. In D. Stockhammer, A. Staufer & D. Meyer (Eds.), Continuer en acier. L'architecture de la surélévation. (pp. 38-49). Zürich: Park Books.
moreStockhammer, D. (2018). Gestaltung durch konstruktives Denken. Die Erweiterung der Architekturfakultät Hannover von Friedrich Spengelin und Horst Wunderlich von 1961 bis 1966. In D. Stockhammer, A. Staufer & D. Meyer (Eds.), Weiterbauen in Stahl. Architektur der Aufstockung. (pp. 64-79). Zürich: Park Books.
moreStockhammer, D. (2018). Concevoir par la pensée constructive. Extension de la faculté d'architecture de Hanovre par Friedrich Spengelin et Horst Wunderlich de 1961 à 1966. In D. Stockhammer, A. Staufer & D. Meyer (Eds.), Continuer en acier. L'architecture de la surélévation (pp. 64-79). Zürich: Park Books.
moreStockhammer, D. (2018). Transparency and Renewal. St. Catherine's church by Rudolf Schwarz, Krickerhau (1942) & Liebfrauenkirche by Dominikus and Gottfried Böhm, Püttlingen (1954). In U. Meister & V. Kaps (Eds.), Transparency (pp. 130-137). Vaduz: University of Liechtenstein.
moreStockhammer, D. (2016). Technisierung einer Tradition: Zur Übersetzung tradierter Bauformen in industrielle Muster im sogenannten Laubsägestil. In Stiftung Schloss Hünegg & Roth-Stiftung Burgdorf (Ed.), Chalet Suisse. Bern: Roth-Stiftung.
moreStockhammer, D. (2016). Der erfundene Nationalstil. Zur ausländischen Konstruktion des "Schweizerhauses" am Übergang von der Vedutenmalerei zur Bauforschung des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts. In Stiftung Schloss Hünegg & Roth-Stiftung Burgdorf (Ed.), Chalet Suisse (pp. 33 - 40). Bern: Roth-Stiftung.
moreStockhammer, D. (2016). Zur Konstruktion heimatlicher Idealbilder. "Dörfli"-Ansichten als Vorläufer der Reformarchitektur. In U. Hassler (Ed.), Heimat, Handwerk und die Utopie des Alltäglichen (pp. 384-400). München: Hirmer.
moreHassler, U., & Stockhammer, D. (2013). Wissenstransfer, Demonstration einer Bauidee oder Anleitung zum Bauen? In A. Spiro & D. Ganzoni (Eds.), Der Bauplan. Werkzeug des Architekten. (pp. 284-287). Zürich: Park Books.
moreStockhammer, D., & Hassler, U. (2013). Automatisierung der Zeichentechnik und Kopierverfahren der Planherstellung um 1900. In A. Spiro & D. Ganzoni (Eds.), Der Bauplan. Werkzeug des Architekten (pp. S. 287-293). Zürich: Park Books.
moreHassler, U., & Stockhammer, D. (2013). On the development of the building plan. In A. Spiro & D. Ganzoni (Eds.), The Working Drawing. The architect's tool. (pp. 284-293). Zürich: Park Books.
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