Projects of the Design Department

Emilie Winkelmann (1875 – 1951) was the first woman to open her own architectural practice in Germany in 1907. At a time when women could only enrol at German universities in exceptional cases and the professional field of architecture was still entirely in the hands of men, Winkelmann was able to establish herself as a sought-after architect in Berlin. The project focuses on her built work, her…

Today, Germany's refineries are at a turning point, the challenges of the energy transition are becoming increasingly tangible and a rethink is taking place. This is where the project comes in and uses the example of the PCK refinery in Schwedt an der Oder to look for concepts for a forward-looking orientation and reorganisation of the site.

As part of the Erasmus + KA131 Blended Intensive programme, students have the opportunity to engage intensively with the city of Pompeii in both a digital and analogue component and to derive new design ideas through international exchange.

In the spirit of the question formulated in the seminar title about the "biography of a district", Potsdam-Bornstedt was to be researched by means of an interdisciplinary and intergenerational approach in order to work out the urban and socio-spatial development of the district and ultimately make it presentable.

Behind the working title "Peter Behrens in Berlin and Brandenburg" is an ongoing elective course led by Prof. Dr Silvia Malcovati and Prof. Bernd Bess, in cooperation with Prof. em. Hartmut Frank of HafenCity University Hamburg and with the architectural photographer Maximilian Meisse.

The collective consists of a group of students on the Bachelor's degree course in Architecture and Urban Planning at the Department of CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, which organises events by and for students.

In the interdisciplinary project "PeP – Projekt elektronische Prüfung", digital examination formats are to be developed, used and evaluated for 12 digitised lectures in four departments at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.

Transfer, innovative methods and research-based learning in practical projects for the preservation of the cultural heritage of Uzbekistan

Investigation of the potentials and implementation barriers for the realisation of "Infrastrukturen des Gemeinsamen".

Acquisition – model conservation and restoration on selected examples – digital knowledge transfer

Urban space and housing types for the young metropolis 1890-1940