September 14, 2022 at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg
On September 14, 2022, a compact workshop of the subprojects C2 “Measurement models in civil engineering” and C4 “Development of lightweight steel and metal construction in the GDR” took place in the rooms of the Custody of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg, where possibilities were exchanged on how the models investigated in SPP 2255 could be presented to the public in the form of a scientific exhibition.
The discussion was preceded by a tour of the model collection of the VEB Metalleichtbaukombinat (MLK), which comprises around 80 objects and has been housed at TU Bergakademie Freiberg since the 1990s. Custodian Andreas Benz and project team member Annkathrin Heinrich presented the models that have been museologically recorded and examined as part of the SPP project C4 “Lightweight steel and metal construction in the GDR”.
After a joint tour of the model room, which was specially built for the project, the participants had the opportunity to form their own impression of the individual pieces. The almost completely reconstructed replica of an installation of the MLK trade fair stand from the BAU in Munich in 1988, based on archive material, attracted particular attention.
Helmuth Albrecht (TU Bergakademie Freiberg) and Christiane Weber (University of Innsbruck) then led an open discussion on how these and other models from other sub-projects could be used for a scientific exhibition project. The advantages and disadvantages of different variants in terms of form, location and time period were discussed. Werner Lorenz and Roland May (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg) also contributed the perspective of the SPP-2255 coordination.
After a coffee break, the workshop continued with three presentations. First, Annkathrin Heinrich presented the results of the C4 project to date, supplementing the presentations in the model room. Christiane Weber then gave an insight into the measurement models researched in project C2 “Measurement models in civil engineering”. The presentation of the digital twins created using the models attracted particular attention. Finally, Dirk Bühler, long-standing curator at the Deutsches Museum, used bridge structures to discuss possible ways of presenting technical buildings in museums.
The workshop fulfilled its aim of providing an initial impetus for the preparation of a scientific exhibition. The discussion was continued at the next SPP annual conference in Dessau. At the annual conference in Braunschweig in 2023, the exhibition “Impressions and Findings” was realized for the first time.
Further Workshop
Workshop Subprojects C2, C3, C4 and E4 – 3D Digitalisation. Limits of 3D capture and digitalisation of complex models.
Kategorie: Veranstaltung, WorkshopPublished on: 1. November 2023
Munich
Workshop Subprojects B2, C2 und D2 – “Network Theories “
Kategorie: Veranstaltung, WorkshopPublished on: 15. July 2022
Munich
On November 25, 2022, a one-day workshop was held at the Technical University of Munich, which focused on an introduction to actor-network theory and the limits of its applicability in network research in the history of civil engineering. It was open to all SPP members and was jointly organized by the subprojects Plank Trusses (D2), Historic Concrete Repairs (B2) and Physical Models in Civil Engineering (C2).
WORKSHOP OF THE SUBPROJECTS C3, C4, D1, D2 AND E1 – TYPIFIED GDR STRUCTURES AS HISTORICAL SOURCES OF ENGINEERING DESIGN
Kategorie: Veranstaltung, WorkshopPublished on: 10. October 2022
Weimar
The GDR produced highly typified load-bearing structures based on standardised building elements, which were in turn combined in type buildings. The workshop will focus on the phenomenon of state-led building typification in East Germany, with a consideration of West German type building for contextualisation. In addition to an insight into materials, constructions and development mechanisms, the constructive side of building in the GDR will be addressed and its worthiness of preservation discussed, away from the classical history of architecture and urban development.
The workshop will take place from 29.-31 3. 2023 at the Bauhaus University Weimar. A one-day excursion on 31. 3. will explore selected type buildings.
WORKSHOP OF THE SUBPROJECTS C3, C4, D1, D2 AND E1 – TYPIFIED GDR STRUCTURES AS HISTORICAL SOURCES OF ENGINEERING DESIGN
Kategorie: Veranstaltung, WorkshopPublished on: 23. May 2023
Weimar
The GDR produced highly typified load-bearing structures based on standardised building elements, which were in turn combined in type buildings. The workshop will focus on the phenomenon of state-led building typification in East Germany, with a consideration of West German type building for contextualisation. In addition to an insight into materials, constructions and development mechanisms, the constructive side of building in the GDR will be addressed and its worthiness of preservation discussed, away from the classical history of architecture and urban development.
The workshop will take place from 29.-31 3. 2023 at the Bauhaus University Weimar. A one-day excursion on 31. 3. will explore selected type buildings.
Workshop of the sub-projects A1, C1 and C2 – Integrity of the cultural heritage of construction – Balancing of monuments of high modern construction heritage
Kategorie: WorkshopPublished on: 10. July 2024
Munich
The sub-projects A1 (Christina Krafczyk), C1 (Torsten Meyer) and C2 (Andreas Putz) jointly conceived and realized the workshop “Integrity of the cultural heritage of construction—Balancing of monuments of high modern construction heritage”, which took place on 21 and 22 November 2023 at the TU Munich. Starting point were two specific aspects of cultural heritage construction: its network structures (infrastructures, wide-ranging functional and personal networks) and its inevitable changeability (necessity of adaptation as continuously “functioning” parts of networks).
Workshop Cluster D – „Lightweight Roof Support Structures of the High Modern Age“
Kategorie: Veranstaltung, WorkshopPublished on: 5. August 2021
Weimar – Bad Blankenburg – Erfurt
In Weimar, the members of the subprojects DENKRAUM (D1) and Brett- und Bohlenbinder (D2), which are connected in the cluster D, met for a two-day workshop at the Bauhaus University. In lectures and discussions common questions and topics of the two subprojects were worked out, especially with regard to the current SPP annual topic Building at the Limit. In addition, excursions to interesting roof structures of high modernism in Weimar and the surrounding area were undertaken.
WORKSHOP CLUSTER C – “BUILDING AT THE LIMIT”
Kategorie: Veranstaltung, WorkshopPublished on: 7. January 2022
Braunschweig
On September 09, 2021, the Institute of Building Preservation and Structure and the Institute of Steel Construction at TU Braunschweig invited Cluster C to a one-day workshop. All subprojects, Innovation system of the steel industry (C1), Physical models in civil engineering (C2), Mass Monument Industrial Hall (C3) and lightweight steel and metal structures in the GDR (C4), were represented. In additionAntonia Zöllner M.Sc. participated with her associated project Above-Ground Structures of the Rammelsberg.
Workshop Cluster A – „Railway bridges“
Kategorie: Veranstaltung, WorkshopPublished on: 26. November 2021
Dresden
On October 22, 2021, the Institute of Solid Structures of TU Dresden hosted a hybrid workshop on the topic of dealing with historic railroad bridges. The workshop, which was held with the participation of invited guests on site in Dresden and in the form of a parallel online conference, was aimed at the participants of the thematic cluster A (railroad bridges) of SPP 2255, which is composed of the two subprojects „Monuments in the Network “ (A1) and „Holistic Evaluation of Steel Railway Bridges“ (A2).
Workshop “History of construction technology and history of technology – cognitive interest, topics and methods in dialog”
Kategorie: Veranstaltung, WorkshopPublished on: 5. July 2024
Stuttgart
The history of building technology and the history of technology are sister disciplines. However, there is hardly any exchange. Scientific contacts, joint conferences or even projects are rare exceptions. There is an unmistakable difference in their research interests, topics and methods. But this is precisely where the potential of the encounter lies: the different emphases can also be seen as mutually enriching. There is much to learn from each other!
SUMUPLAB 2022: AIRCRAFT HANGARS IN COTTBUS
Kategorie: Veranstaltung, WorkshopPublished on: 29. August 2022
Cottbus
The “strategy and method laboratories” (SuMupLABs) are one of the central event formats to promote interdisciplinary exchange in the SPP 2255. They are explicitly aimed at the processors in the individual sub-projects of the SPP.
The SuMupLAB 2022 takes the participants to the former airfield Cottbus-Nord. The site, which was used by the military from 1933 to 2003, is currently undergoing forced expansion into a commercial location in the context of structural change in Lausitz. This raises crucial questions about the future authenticity of an ensemble of five aircraft hangars that are unique in Germany.
