Structural Design

Head: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Wolf Mangelsdorf

Structural Design – the next chapter
 
We are faced with fundamental global challenges—climate change, growing inequality, and the need to design for rapid urbanization in a human centric and sustainable way—to which architecture has yet to develop consistent answers. Shaping those will be an exciting journey. The design process is becoming more complex. It requires more transdisciplinary collaboration and at the same time strong design leadership. Questions of material, structure, shape, organization, cultural value, and formal expressions will need to be redefined. Structural Design plays a key role in this.

Using a combination of research, focused studies, and on-project design work, the Structural Design department is exploring and shaping the structural engineering aspects of this next chapter in the development of architecture.