Type and Duration
Preproposal PhD-Thesis, since September 2023Coordinator
Liechtenstein School of ArchitectureMain Research
Sustainable Planning and ConstructionDescription
Today, there is almost no building without the use of patented construction elements and with the increase in technological progress, the patent is gaining in importance in terms of rationalization, standardization, production of prefabricated parts and automation of the construction site. The patent in architecture is a carrier of technical development and provides information about global contexts of architectural economy and constructive heritage.The project's field of investigation is the circular use of reciprocal load-bearing structures with short demountable elements to bridge large spans. The innovations are divided into individual epochs and placed in relation to the buildings, which are the information carriers of the construction. Overall, this results in a variety of insights into how material-efficient, circular load-bearing structures can be conceived.
