Profile of the Faculty 06

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Interdisciplinary Connected

We teach and research spatial design in architecture, urban planning and landscape planning in a reciprocal context.

The goal of developing space and society sustainably connects all three disciplines. In doing so, it is always necessary to question established practices.

Regionally Active

Through projects, workshops, empirical analyses, field trips, and internships, we open our eyes to the changing demands of social and professional realities.

Cross-Linked Internationally

We offer opportunities for intercultural exchange through international programs for students, institutional cooperation and cooperations between individual departments.

33 Departments in 3 Institutes

At our faculty, 33 departments in the field of architecture, urban planning and landscape planning and several institutions work together. Three institutes, both within and across departments, represent research focuses and teaching contexts.

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150 Employees and 1000 Students

Around 150 employees – professors, scientific and technical staff, and secretaries – supervise 1,000 students in Bachelor's and Master's degree programs. Flat hierarchies and working in small groups ensure proximity and immediacy between all participants. This creates a cooperative and motivating learning and working atmosphere, which is also highly valued by students (CHE ranking, ZEIT, SPIEGEL).

Sustainability

The Faculty of Architecture - Urban Planning - Landscape Planning is committed to actively contributing to a sustainable development of cities, landscapes and buildings in teaching and research. With its own actions, it assumes a special role model function regarding sustainability, and considers social justice and the protection of nature and the environment to be important tasks in all decisions and activities.

In view of the dramatic nature of climate change and the scarcity of resources, the guidelines focus on the principles of ecological sustainability. Awareness of climate and environmental protection should be promoted among members of the faculty and students and ecological aspects should be given high priority.

Contact persons:
Prof. Dr. Jens Knissel (knissel@uni-kassel.de) and Stephan Amtsberg (samtsberg@asl.uni-kassel.de)

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Research in the Spectrum of Design, Construction and Preservation

The faculty conducts research across the spectrum of planning, building, and preserving architecture, cities, and landscapes. The research topics range from conservation to construction robotics, from suburbanization to the construction history of classical modernism, from gentrification to the development of new building materials, from animal aided design to digital design methods, from the history of the documenta fair to open space planning in climate change.

Learning in Direct Exchange

For us, project-oriented work in small groups, direct exchange between teachers and students as well as networked, critical thinking and research-based learning are essential.