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  • FHNW inaugurates Trimble Technology Lab

    FHNW inaugurates Trimble Technology Lab

    The University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland(FHNW) has opened the world’s 25th Trimble Technology Lab at the Muttenz campus. According to a media release, the focus is on planning and geomatics. The technology centre thus offers a complete solution consisting of hardware and software components for teaching, research and training at a central location.

    The research area of architecture, construction and geomatics benefits from a “unique infrastructure”, FHNW professor and project manager Stephan Nebiker is quoted as saying. It brings advantages for geomatics and civil engineering, virtual design and construction (VDC), sustainable construction, planning and architecture.

    The equipment includes augmented reality solutions, GPS systems, innovative robotic total stations and the latest generation of 3D laser scanners, as well as software applications for data management, digital planning and collaboration. Students can use the platform for exchange among themselves, it says.

    Like the Trimble Technology Lab at the FHNW campus inSursee LU, which opened in March 2022 with a focus on construction, the new technology centre was financially supported by the technology company Trimble.

  • FHNW inaugurates pavilion made from recycled components

    FHNW inaugurates pavilion made from recycled components

    As part of the annual theme Constructive Futures – beyond Concrete, the University of Applied Sciences for Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geomatics held a competition among the students of the third year of their bachelor's degree in architecture. The task was to reuse the components of a storey-high wooden ramp that was temporarily attached to the Swiss Architecture Museum. A place to stay protected from wind and sun was to be created in the park of the FHNW campus in Muttenz.

    The Silvestris project, which won the competition, was deepened and implemented in an interdisciplinary elective course last spring semester, explains the FHNW in a statement . "Various structural and static challenges" had to be mastered. The project also showed the limits of the recyclability of the components. Specifically, the waste wood of the ramp did not have the necessary strength for the structurally relevant components of the planned pavilion. Here, construction wood not originating from the ramp had to be used.

    The now completed "Arena Circular" is intended to serve as a place for teaching, performances and as a place for use and participation by members of the university and residents of the quarter. On September 27th, the FHNW invites all interested parties to the inauguration in the park of the FHNW campus in Muttenz. Registration is not required.

  • New reuse pavilion at the FHNW Campus Muttenz

    New reuse pavilion at the FHNW Campus Muttenz

    In the spirit of the annual theme "Constructive Futures – Beyond Concrete", the students of the third year course of the bachelor's degree in architecture, under the direction of Professors Ursula Hürzeler and Shadi Rahbaran, dealt with the reuse of components. The starting point for this was the floor-to-ceiling wooden ramp, which was attached to the front facade of the Swiss Architecture Museum S AM as an urban intervention as part of the exhibition "Access for All – Architectural Infrastructure Buildings São Paulo" 2021. This ramp was dismantled again after the end of the exhibition and the components should now be used for a new purpose.

    Architectural competition for students
     For this purpose, an architecture competition was held among the students in the 2021 autumn semester. The task was to design a place to stay in the park that was protected from the wind and sun, for use and free use by the university and the district. The winning project "Silvestris" that emerged from the competition was selected for further development and implementation. The students then developed the design idea together and in the spring semester of 2022 went into more detail in an interdisciplinary elective course. At the same time, the structural design, the static dimensioning, the development of the node connections and the execution planning were carried out by the Institute of Civil Engineering under the direction of Prof. Dr. Simon Zweidler, head of the construction laboratory. From the design to the manufacture of all steel nodes, digital fabrication was used in a pioneering way: After the complete 3D modeling, the surfaces required for the fold were calculated by software and the developed surface was cut from the solid sheet by laser; the subsequent three-dimensional bending was also carried out fully automatically.

    Static Challenges
     In the course of this detailed planning, various structural and static challenges had to be mastered. The limits of the reusability of components also became apparent; In this specific case, the old wood did not have the strength required for the new arena and the planned intensive use and duration. This led to the decision to build the statically relevant components with construction wood intended for this purpose with the appropriate strength and to use some of the old wood for secondary components. This resulted in a valuable learning process regarding the complexities and challenges of reusing components. However, the original structure of the ramp is still reflected in the dimensions of the elements and the shape of the new arena.
    The arena created in this way should offer various possible uses. The roof made of light fabric creates a shady place to stay, which can not only be used for teaching and teaching at the university, but also provides space for performances and also invites residents in the neighborhood to use and help shape it. The winning project and all other project proposals developed by the students are also on public display in an exhibition in the porch of the campus building.

  • The bachelor's degree in geomatics focuses on the future of the industry

    The bachelor's degree in geomatics focuses on the future of the industry

    Since the origins of surveying training at today’s FHNW almost 60 years ago, the geoinformation world has changed radically. While the professional field used to focus on surveying and then also on geographic information systems, graduates are now increasingly taking on tasks in other application areas, e.g. in the future-oriented areas of GeoBIM, infrastructure management, environmental analysis or in data-supported planning.

    In order to meet the increasing demand for specialists in all areas of geomatics, the bachelor’s degree in geomatics is being revised, starting in autumn 2022. Four new holistic and interdisciplinary specialization profiles have been created, in which specialist and methodological skills are taught in the context of current areas of application . Always with a view to future job descriptions and the needs of a changing and diversifying industry. With a focus on project-based learning, interdisciplinary project modules with complex practical issues and a field course are offered in each profile. The combination of main and secondary profile guarantees that graduates not only have a specialization but also the desired breadth of specialist knowledge.

    With the appointment of Christian Gamma as Professor of Land Management and Cadastral Systems, the new GeoDesign and Land Management profile is strongly positioned with an expert from the field right from the start.

    The trained surveyor and studied geomatics engineer Christian Gamma is a certified engineer surveyor and has managed the surveying office of the canton of Aargau as cantonal surveyor for the last few years. Since 2016 he has been working as an external lecturer for cadastral surveying at the institute. He sees the sustainable development and use of the space as a major challenge, to which geomatics makes important contributions: “Thanks to interdisciplinary cooperation under the leadership of geomatics, the rooms are being designed and rearranged. The results must then be recorded geometrically and descriptively in an up-to-date, reliable, binding, public and official information system, the so-called cadastre. I look forward to accompanying this development and preparing future specialists and managers for these interesting and demanding tasks.»

    The redesign of the bachelor’s program in geomatics focuses not only on new content but also on the promotion of self-directed learning and critical self-reflection. The creation of freedom, for example to take elective modules, contributes to the independence of the students and enables them to put lifelong learning into practice as part of their portfolio even after they have completed their studies. The future graduates are more ready than ever for the challenges and developments of the future and an enrichment for the companies and organizations that will be able to benefit from their specialist knowledge in the future.

  • New professor for analysis, design and construction brings future-oriented impulses

    New professor for analysis, design and construction brings future-oriented impulses

    From March, Friederike Kluge will be moving from the University of Applied Sciences in Konstanz to the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW and is looking forward to this new challenge: “I’m interested in the question of what building will look like in the future. The status quo cannot work in the long term. My hope and my goal are therefore to find solutions in research and together with the students as to how we can design construction in the future. Climate-neutral and climate-positive construction must be approached in a focused manner, always taking biological diversity into account. In the first year, for example, the aim is to introduce young people to the field of architecture, to convey the basic topics to them and still leave room for development and creativity. I am interested in this tension between fixed, e.g. physical quantities, which are irrefutable, and change, which is essential for a sustainable future, and I look forward to researching and developing this further at the FHNW together with my colleagues. Always with the goal of creating architecturally high-quality buildings»

    Friederike Kluge studied architecture at the University of Karlsruhe and gained initial teaching experience at the Professorship for Building Theory and Design, Prof. Daniele Marques, and at the Institute for Fine Arts, Prof. Stephen Craig. In addition to studying architecture, she completed the interdisciplinary accompanying course “Applied Cultural Studies” with the aim of designing buildings that bring together the knowledge of many subjects and at the same time have their own unmistakable character.

    During her five years at Buchner Bründler Architects in Basel, she was able to work, among other things, on the Swiss Pavilion for the Expo in Shanghai 2010 and as project and site manager on the «Bläsiring» residential building in Basel.

    Self-employed since 2012, she founded the «Alma Maki» office in Basel together with Meik Rehrmann at the beginning of 2014. Together they share the view that architecture gains if it represents a holistic process from the first sketch to the completion of construction and the basic architectural idea is still recognizable in the details. In order to be able to control this as best as possible, the office also implements the planned projects manually whenever possible and was awarded first prize in the “Swiss Foundation Award” for this approach in 2018.

    Since 2013, Frederike Kluge has been conveying her belief in conceptual, design, performance and built stringency, among other things as part of a teaching assignment at the Professorship for Architecture and Construction, Annette Spiro, ETH Zurich and since 2019 at the HTWG Konstanz, where she teaches the subjects of building construction and design consistently focused on the topic of sustainable building. For example, she organized a workshop entitled “The architectural detail in times of climate crisis”. As a result, the group “Countdown 2030” was founded. The founding idea was to develop a guide and to install a countdown clock above the architecture museum, which would sensitize the architecture industry to take bold measures in architectural practice and to develop a sustainable building culture. The group now has over 50 active members, organizes workshops, panel discussions and exhibitions, is active on juries and municipal committees, publishes articles on various topics in specialist journals and has been awarded the “Factor 5 Audience Prize” for its work and has been nominated for awarded the Swiss Art Award.

    The Institute of Architecture is extremely pleased that such a committed and future-oriented personality could be won.

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    University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
    University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geomatics www.fhnw.ch/habg

  • FHNW gets professor for circular building

    FHNW gets professor for circular building

    For the Institute of Sustainability and Energy in the building of the University of Architecture, Building and Geomatics of the FHNW , circular economy is an important part of environmentally and resource-saving construction. In order to further develop research and education in the areas of energy-efficient and climate-neutral building, integral building technology, sustainable building and operation, resource-efficient and circular building as well as health aspects in buildings, the institute is establishing the professorship of circular building. The architect Andrea Klinge is to take over the corresponding chair.

    Klinge studied architecture at the Technical University of Berlin, the FHNW informs in a message about the new professorship. After further training in sustainable building at the London Metropolitan University, the designated professor worked in various architecture offices in London, Rome and Berlin. Klinge is currently active at ZRS Architekten Ingenieure Berlin. The architect and trained carpenter have established a research department here, according to the announcement.

    In her new position, Klinge wants to tackle “the current challenges in the construction sector”. "This is one of the most resource-intensive economic sectors in the world and contributes significantly to climate change," the professor-designate is quoted in the press release. “In order to meet the Paris climate goals, we urgently need consistent approaches that implement the necessary building turnaround in the construction sector.” According to Barbara Sintzel, Head of the Institute for Sustainability and Energy in Construction, Klinge “has specialist expertise in the use of ReUse components and renewable building materials to help achieve a breakthrough in practice with applied research and thus make the building turnaround possible ”.