Institute Institutes - Fakultät für Architektur - TUM

Technologie und Design von
Hüll kon struk tionen
Technology and Design of Building
Envelopes
The Chair W2 of Technology and Design of Building Envelopes was established
in 2008 as part of the innovaTUM innovation initiative. Research and teaching
focus on enhancing the technical performance and design of building envelopes
as a key element for controlling building energy gain and loss. The building envelope,
as the façade of a building, simultaneously defines the external appearance
of buildings and subsequently their aesthetic impact in public space.
In order to convey the complex aspects of building envelopes to students, the Chair
W2 of Technology and Design of Building Envelopes conducts courses ranging
from design studios to seminars. Tuition covers both communicating basic knowledge
of building envelope design and construction as well as special topics currently
being researched at the Chair. Students work on themes ranging from the
refurbishment of post-war high-rise buildings, experimental façade concepts using
new materials and biomimetic principles to concepts for developing building envelopes
which are able to respond to changing external conditions, allowing them
to practice and deepen knowledge and skills acquired. Results obtained in collaboration
with other specialists at the TUM have found broad recognition in
awards and exhibitions.
The Chair W2 of Technology and Design of Building Envelopes follows an integrated
approach to tuition and research by dealing with similar problems and
topics both in research and teaching, with the aim of finding adequate solutions.
Research focuses on the development of innovative components for building envelopes.
These may range from solution strategies or concepts to market-ready systems
and components such as a façade-integrated solar thermal collectors, which
have been developed over several years from concept to market launch. We are
driven by a vision of buildings that produce more energy than they consume and
a key to this is activating the building envelope.
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Leitung Professor
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tina Wolf
Sekretariat Office management
Rebekka Schlenker
Wiss. Mitarbeiter Research associates
Philipp Molter, Hans-Christian Wilhelm, Moritz
Mungenast