Oskar von Miller Forum Year Book

A book About the oskAr von Miller ForuM

Year Book 2010/11

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* 7 May 1855 in Munich † 9 April 1934 in Munich

1884 Construction of the first electric power station in Germany.

1903 Founder of Deutsches Museum Munich.

1918 – 1924 Project manager in the construction of the then-largest hydro power station in the world – the Walchensee power station.

04 PrOject leAders Oskar von Miller Forum is

supported by the association Bayerische Bauwirtschaft.

Proprietor and operator > from page 144

Project Leaders > from page 145

The Team > from page 147

Outlook > from page 148

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excellently equipped accom-modation at a central location for 54 students and 6 guest scientists.

Impressions of the guests > from page 105

An International Network > from page 130

Educational Mission > from page 138

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poses future-oriented, scien-tific events in the field of civil engineering.

Event Concept > from page 34

Event Schedule > from page 42

Welcoming Speech > from page 49

Impulse Lectures 2010/11 > from page 58

Outstanding Events

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01 the FOruM A meeting point and inter-

national guest house for scientists and students of the master school for the building trade.

Greeting > from page 6

History of the Building > from page 10

The Building > from page 12

•the Forum•

The Oskar von Miller Forum in the heart of Munich in direct vicinity to Technische Uni-versität Munich is an international guest house and meeting point. As independent educational initiative supported by Bayerische Bauwirtschaft (associa-tion of construction workers‘ union and of the Bavarian construction industry) the Forum provides primarily incentives for the education of civil engineers, architects and aspiring master builders and supports them in their aspiration to excellent performances in the sense of a traditional and future-

oriented qualification, in their preparation for an international and interdisciplinary field of work to rein-

force their chances in the future, in the promotion of social and leadership competences to prepare them for interdis-

ciplinary projects with a variety of social, political, economic, ecological and ethical interconnections.

•building•

ClientGemeinnützige Urlaubskasse des Bayer. Baugewerbes e. V., Munich

ArchitectHerzog + Partner, Munich

openingDecember 2 nd, 2009

Further project participants are named in the following publication:Thomas Herzog (ed.), Oskar von Miller Forum, Hirmer, 2010

•rooms•

event rooms event hall, ground floor: max. 199

seats (seating in rows)

seminar room, 7 th floor: max. 50 seats (seating in rows)

Apartments 54 student apartments in the

south part of the building (2 nd to 6 th floor), thereof: 1 apartment suitable for

disabled 3 mother-child apartments

1 project/studying room for students (2 nd floor)

6 apartments for guest scientists in the east part of the building (2 nd to 4 th floor)

Community roomsRooms for students and guest scientists

bistro on the ground floor: 28 seats, 8 places at the bar

club room on the ground floor: 20 seats

•events organised by oskar von Miller Forum•

Arjen Y. HoekstraWATER – THE CHALLENGE OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Arjen Y. Hoekstra ist Professor für ‚Water Management‘ an der Univer-sität Twente und wissenschaftlicher Direktor des ‚Water Footprint Network‘. Er ist spezialisiert auf integriertes Wasserressourcen manage-ment, Bewirtschaftung von Wassereinzugsgebieten, Politik- und System-analyse und nachhaltige Entwicklung. In seinem Vortrag wird er sich mit dem äußerst wichtigen Thema einer nachhaltigen Wasserbewirt-schaftung aus einandersetzen und aufzeigen, wie die Siche rung der Qualität und Verfügbarkeit von Trinkwasser alltägliche Entscheidungen in allen Bereichen unserer Gesellschaft beeinfl usst.

VORTRAG14. Juli 2011Beginn 18.00 UhrAula (EG) | Oskar von Miller Forum | MünchenDer Vortrag wird auf Englisch gehalten.

impulse lecturesInterdisciplinary, intercultural and innovative: The impulse lectures concentrate on current key issues of engineering sciences and other tech-nical construction-related areas. They create new impulses and encourage exchange between experts.

Franz MühleKLEINSTWASSERKRAFT, EINE ERNEUER-BARE ENERGIEQUELLE MIT ZUKUNFT

Im Zuge des beschlossenen Ausstieges aus der Atomenergie in Deutsch-land und dem steigenden Umweltbewusstsein der Weltbevölkerung bekommen die erneuerbaren Energien einen immer höheren Stellenwert. Im Bereich der Wasserkraft – als älteste Form der regenerativen Ener-gien – gewinnen insbesondere Kleinstwasserkraftwerke immer mehr an Bedeutung, da die großen Potentiale für Wasserkraft in Deutschland bereits ausgeschöpft sind. Franz Mühle möchte in seinem Fachvortrag anhand eines Beispiels e inen Einblick in den Entwurf und die Bedeutung von Kleinstwasser-kraftwerken geben, die unter hohen ökologischen Randbedingungen einen erheblichen Beitrag zur dezentralen Stromversorgung leisten können

VORTRAG28. Juni 2011Beginn 19.00 Uhr7. OG | Oskar von Miller Forum

Dipl.-Ing. (FH)

lectures Guest scientists and students can present to the students at the Forum their research and work priorities in the course of lectures and work-shops. Students are invited to present their areas of activity and other subjects in the framework of so-called tandem lectures.

William F. Baker THE ETHICAL DILEMMA OF ICONIC TALL BUILDINGS

William F. Baker, Structural Engineering Partner, led SOM‘s structural team in designing the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, Middle East. At 828 m, it shatters all previous height records and now holds the title of World‘s Tallest Manmade Structure. While widely regarded for his work on supertall buildings, Bill Baker‘s expertise also extends to a wide variety of specialty structures, such as the GM Entry Pavilion and Millennium Park‘s Jay Pritzker Pavilion and BP Pedestrian Bridge. Bill Baker is also known for his work on long span roof structures like the Korean Airlines Operations Center and the Virginia Beach Convention Center.

We are very happy to invite you to attend the workshop.

The workshop will be held in English.

WORKSHOP Friday, June 10th 2011 from 4 to 6 pm

7th fl oor | Oskar von Miller Forum

seminars/WorkshopsSpecial seminars are held with regard to person-ality training for students at the Forum as future leaders of the business and academic life and research. Main focus is on teaching integrative abilities of perception and communication.

Jörg HerrmannDAS NEUE PORSCHE MUSEUM IN STUTTGART – MATERIALISIERUNG EINER VISION

Das Ende 2008 fertig gestellte Porsche Museum in Stuttgart gehört zu den aufsehenerregensten Bauwerken der letzten Jahre. Der schwebende Eindruck des polygonalen, vom Basisgeschoss losgelösten Hauptbau-körpers ist eine ingenieurtechnische Meisterleistung des weltweit bekannten Ingenieurbüros Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner, an der Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Herrmann und sein Team maßgeblich beteiligt waren. In seinem Vortrag wird Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Herrmann besonders auf den Einsatz innova-tiver Software Tools eingehen, die für die Konzeption und Detailplanung des komplexen Tragwerks und der polygonalen Hüllkonstruktion einge-setzt wurden.

ABENDVORTRAG28. Juli 2011Beginn 18.00 Uhr7. OG | Oskar von Miller Forum | München

evening lecturesDialogue with the expert world is pursued by thematically oriented evening events relating to topical subjects. Similar to the impulse lec-tures, the evening events are based on inter-disciplinarity, interculturality and innovation. A flexible schedule enables the Oskar von Miller Forum to react at short notice and refer to current topics in the context of these evening events.

Jörg SchlaichINGENIEUR BAU KUNST – DAS OLYMPIA DACH IN MÜNCHEN UND DANACH

Jörg Schlaich ist einer der bedeutendsten zeitgenössischen Bau inge-nieure im konstruktiven Ingenieurbau. Gemeinsam mit seinem Partner Rudolf Bergermann hat er in über 35 Jahren mit heraus ragenden Werken einen substanziellen Beitrag zur Ingenieurbaukunst geleistet. In seinem Vortrag „Ingenieur Bau Kunst – das Olympia dach in München und danach“ wird uns Jörg Schlaich spannende Ein blicke in sein außer-gewöhnliches Scha� en gewähren.

VORTRAG UND AUSSTELLUNGSERÖFFNUNG11. November 2010Beginn 18.00 Uhrim Oskar von Miller Forum, München

AUSSTELLUNG In Kooperation mit der Akademie der Künste, Berlin11. November – 26. November 2010geö� net von 9.00 – 17.00 Uhr (Eintritt frei)

exhibitionsSelected exhibitions from the field of civil engi-neering and architecture offer the possibility to complement the lectures or to present indi-vidual subjects in graphic form. During vernis-sages personali ties are given the opportunity to speak so as to foster communication between students and the industry.

Sommer-fest 2011DAS OSKAR VON MILLER FORUM LÄDT EIN

In seiner jungen Geschichte hat sich das Forum zu einem Angelpunkt des innovativen, zukunftsorientierten Bauens entwickelt, der den interdisziplinären und interkulturellen Austausch der Bauwissenschaften fördert und neue Impulse setzt. Im Rahmen des Sommerfestes möchten wir gemeinsam das Erreichte feiern und einen Ausblick auf die Aktivitäten und Initiativen im kom-menden Jahr 2011/12 geben. Wir laden Sie herzlich zu unserem Sommerfest am 30. Juni 2011 ein.

SOMMERFEST30. Juni 2011Beginn 18.00 UhrOskar von Miller Forum | München

in-house eventsIn addition to evening events, in the context of an in-house event programme we offer the students and guest scientists the opportunity to exchange intensively and interdisciplinarily their knowledge and experience on an inter-national level.

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to promote the well-being of humanity is the purpose of tech-nology. OskAr VOn Miller

the FOruMA meeting point and inter national guest house for scientists and students of the master school for the building trade.

Greeting> from page 6

History of the Building> from page 10

The Building> from page 12

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•the Oskar von Miller Forum – an independent educational initiative• •of the Bavarian construction industry•

The Forum provides incentives for university education of students at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy and the Faculty of Architecture at Technische Universität Munich as well as master builders studying at Munich’s master school for the building trade (Fachschule für Bautechnik). The Forum supports the pursuit of excellence in view of future-oriented qualification.

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PrOF. dr.-inG. Werner lAnGDirEctOr | OskAr vON MillEr FOruM

Welcome

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i am very happy to give you an insight with this year book 2010/2011 in the event programme of Oskar von Miller Forum, which, since its inauguration on 2 Decem-ber, 2009 by the Bavarian Minister-President Horst seehofer, fulfils the mission to endorse education in the construction industry, science and research in civil engi-neering, the art of building and the protection of environment, landscape and monuments.

university education of civil engineers as well as the support of the education of master builders studying at Munich’s master school for the building trade are at the centre of our activities, which concentrate on two essential areas.

On the one hand, the interdisciplinary events and lectures programme is intended to provide impetus in view of future technologies and the knowledge needed to create them. Part of this are aspects such as integrative abilities of perception and communication in order to specifically improve future prospects of civil engineers and vocational school students in the construction industry. in addition to our in-house events, numerous subject-related events are organized at Oskar von Miller Forum by others to support this mission.

On the other hand, international guest scientists, students and vocational school students living together are given the extraordinary opportunity to exchange interdisciplinary knowledge and experience so as to understand the totality of master building, to learn from each other through intercultural exchange and to develop comprehension for somebody else’s points of view and ways of acting.

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supporting personal development, promoting social competences and imparting a sense of responsibility with regard to forming future leaders belong also to our mission. it is achieved by organizing seminars as well as by the informal encounter of the students with extraordinary personalities of the professional world, science, culture and politics. in turn, our guests commit themselves to enhance the aca-demic and cultural life of the house with their own contributions such as presen-tations, organisation of international evenings and by assuming responsibility to make the community in our house a positive experience.

An essential part to satisfying this demanding task is contributed by the building of the Oskar von Miller Forum itself, designed by the renowned architectural office thomas Herzog + Partner. the Forum sets standards when it comes to the quality of construction technology and art of building, and reinforces by its va-riety of different rooms our educational mission in many ways. the high-quality event and living areas are complemented by the club room serving many pur-poses and our own bistro, where students and guest scientists come together with members and representatives of the construction industry and the tuM’s Faculty of civil Engineering and Faculty of Architecture.

the advantageous location in direct vicinity to technische universität and the kunst-areal museum quarter in Munich brings another potential to experience vividly science, technology, design and art and to profit from the educational offer provided by the nearby museums, collections, institutes, universities and research insti-tutes. they complement the Oskar von Miller Forum’s educational programme per-fectly and enable the new engineers at the Faculties of civil Engineering and Architecture of tuM and master builders studying at the Fachschule für Bautechnik to exchange their knowledge and experience.

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With this high-quality and diverse educational offer, the Oskar von Miller Forum lives up to its aims of supporting its guests in their pursuit of excellence and of reinforcing their prospects in the future as well as preparing them for interdisci-plinary projects with various professional, social, political, economic, ecologic and ethical interconnections.

i hope that this year book which documents our activities in the academic years 2010/2011 awakes your interest and i am already looking forward to our new programme and the dialogue resulting thereof with you in the upcoming year 2011/2012.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Lang Director of Oskar von Miller Forum

the OskAr VOn Miller FOruM A MEEtiNG PlAcE FOr tHE cONstructiON iNDustrY

History of the Building

from spring 2006 the building is designedfrom February 2007 construction begins (demolition of the old building)9 november 2007 the foundation stone is laid24 july 2008 topping out ceremonyseptember 2009 the building is finished and operation starts2 december 2009 the building is officially inaugurated and blessed

the FOruM liviNG AND lEArNiNG iN MOst MODErN ArcHitEcturE

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rOOM FOr eVents GrOUND FLOOr

Event Hall

•events•

The event hall on the ground floor offers room for 199 guests and is used regularly for in-house impulse and evening lectures of the Oskar von Miller Forum as well as for externally organized, subject-related events. Moreover, exhibitions of different topics of construction take place.

The room is equipped with state-of-the-art event technology and provides excellent room acoustics.

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Club room and Bistro

•Books, Music, events•

On the ground floor is the club room accommodating a library where in particular publications of our guest scientists and the professors of the Faculty of Civil Engi-neering as well as the Faculty of Architecture of Technische Universität Munich are available. Furthermore, daily newspapers, magazines, a television set and a grand piano are at the disposal of the guests.

In-house events such as lectures and international evenings take place here.

•Mental and Physical Well-Being•

In the bistro opposite the club room our guests are taken well care of. The students are offered high-quality food at affordable prices.

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Living spaces

•community life in the house•

On each floor is a spacious common room for our students, furnished with a well-equipped kitchen for common use. Living, working, cooking and eating together enhances interdisciplinary and multicultural exchange between all residents. The apartments have their own bath, workspace and fridge.

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•seminar room Overlooking Munich•

On the 7th floor the seminar room offers space for up to 50 people. This room and its roof terrace offer a unique view over Munich. Up here, the tower of the Olympic stadium, the Theatine Church, the old and new city hall and the towers of the Cathe-dral Frauenkirche seem to be within arm’s reach.

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How we live tomorrow is essentially influenced by the knowledge, the creativity and the sense of responsibility of civil engineers.hAuPtVerBAnd der deutschen BAuindustrie e. V.

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Event Concept> from page 34

Event Schedule> from page 42

Welcoming Speech> from page 49

Impulse Lectures 2010/11> from page 58

Outstanding Events> from page 60

•events at Oskar von Miller Forum•

The Oskar von Miller Forum is a meeting point for innovative, scientific events with reference to the building industry.

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Event Concept

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With regard to the Faculties of Civil Engineering and Architecture the Oskar von Miller Forum works in a positive, complementary way and generates independent impulses. In addition to impetus from the field of activities of the con struction industry, social and politico-economic aspects are treated. Beyond boundaries of the individual disciplines we show connections, dis-cuss key subjects controversially and question paradigms.

The essential demand to all events is the question whether a decisive stim-ulus is given to the academic education of civil engineers, whilst respect-ing at the same time our commitment towards the construction industry.

•impulse lectures•

Essential elements of the event programm are the regularly held, outstanding impulse lectures, providing important stimulus.

the invited lecturers pursue their obligation in our house beyond the evening lec-ture, for example during discussions, and influence positively our students’ perso-nality and the experiences made by them. the impulse lectures are not only meant to satisfy the aspect of securing the future of and increasing quality in the con-struction industry, but also to have a homogenous concept. this does not imply a fixed scheme with semester-related subjects in analogy to a series of academic lectures, but the integration of current issues with focus on the future.

leftimpulse lecturestudents at one of our first impulse lecture

•international/intercultural exchange•

complementing these excellent evening events, in the framework of an in-house evening programme, the students and guest scientists are given the opportunity of an intensive and interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge and experience on an international level. Guest scientists present the main focuses of their activities and research to the Forum’s students. the students for their part are invited to present their areas of activity and other subjects in the framework of so-called tandem lectures. During self-organized work students can establish priorities be-yond their specific knowledge and discover and experience personal strengths.

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•Professional exchange•

special seminars are held to provide of personality training for students at the Forum as future leaders of the business and academic life and research. Focus is on trai ning integrative abilities of perception and communication. themes such as leadership, communication skills and international manners are part of the programme. the first seminar took place on 23rd and 24th October, 2010. Other se-minars are specially customised to the needs of civil engineers in cooperation with unternehmertuM and carl von linde Akademie.

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•creating networks•

in order to guarantee a most productive working and living community for the students at Oskar von Miller Forum, the seminars aiming at personal develop-ment are complemented by an annual welcoming evening at the start of the winter semester to support the integration of new students. this evening took place for the first time on 28 October 2010.

Moreover, we say goodbye to our leaving students, wishing to uphold in the future our guests’ connection to the house beyond their stay. this takes place during a summer festival, of which the first one was organized on 30 June 2011. in this con-text, we also initiated an alumni network. Events such as the summer festival, lectures and others contribute considerably to building an efficient social and pro-fessional network for the exchange of our students with their predecessors. Alumni meetings could also be organized together with activities of the Faculties of civil Engineering and Architecture.

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•interdisciplinary studies•

As already explained, internationally renowned personalities talk about highly topi-cal subjects in the impulse lectures. in addition to technical lectures on specific subjects, interdisciplinary topics are dealt with in lectures following a more horizon-tal approach. links and connections are demonstrated and contents are discussed critically and controversially.

in-depth lectures on one subject are followed by lectures showing the connections and links between different topics. in addition to traditional engineering matters, socio-cultural and political references can be established, and recent topics, e. g. sustainability, can be presented and discussed.

in general, a too close intertwining with events of tuM in view of “complementing their teaching” is not intended. stimulation from the outside is at the foreground of the Oskar von Miller Forum’s activities.

However, particular events, such as, for example outstanding professorial appli-cant’s lectures can take place at the Forum when suitable, as here a larger audi-ence is reached.

•exhibitions•

selected exhibitions from the field of civil engineering offer the possibility to ac-company the lectures or to present individual subjects in graphic form. During vernissages personalities are given the chance to speak so as to further commu-nication between students and the industry.

topProf. dr. jörg schlaichimpulse lecture “Engi-neering Art – the roof of the Olympic stadium in Munich – and After”

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Prof. dr. jörg schlaichExhibition “High Energy – Engineering Art”

Event schedule2010/2011

EvENts OrGANiZED BY OskAr vON MillEr FOruM | EvENts OrGANiZED BY EXtErNAl OrGANisErs | EvENts OrGANiZED iN cOOPErAtiON

•events organized by the Oskar von Miller Forum•

in addition to the first big impulse lecture by Prof. schlaich, activities of our stu-dents and guest scientists took place from the start serving the international and intercultural exchange. in October 2010 a welcoming evening offered the pos-sibility to gain first insight into the way of action at the Oskar von Miller Forum. Also in October students trained their communication skills in the course of a workshop and got to know the each other better. the first exhibition taking place in No vember rounded off the activities and gave an outlook on the life at the Oskar von Miller Forum in the future.

19/07 – 23/07Guest scientist Prof. Große Workshop – „Non-destruc-tive testing in Engineering“

09/09 – 10/09Guest scientist Prof. honjo yusukeGeotechnics

22/07Guest scientist Prof. Paruckercuritiba: Possibility of sustainability

28/07Alexander Braun, simon VilgertshoferEcuador

23/02/10 tuM chair of Wood construction and Building construction, Final testimonial

24/02/10 tuM Faculty of Geodesy, Opening of the international course for engineering geodesy

05/03/10 tuM institute of Building Physics, Meeting of the German network of the European research platform Energy Efficient Building Association

12/03/10 tuM Department of cartography, Honorary doctorate for Prof. Dr. Grüneich

17/03/10 tuM Faculty of civil Engineering, Professorial meetings

18/03/10 ForBau congress, Digital construction site – A way for New Partnership

18/03/10 landesverband Bayerischer Bauinnungen, Board meeting

24/03/10 Bayerischer Bauindustrieverband, Entrepreneurs Day 2011

26/03/10 landesverband Bayerischer Bauinnungen, council meeting of the construction associations’ directors

07/04 – 10/04/10 tuM Group for risk Analysis and Engineering reliability, conference: reliability and Optimization of structural systems

14/04/10 landesverband Bayerischer Bauinnungen, university award ceremony

15/04 – 16/04/10 landesverband Bayerischer Bauinnungen, Meeting

15/04/10 tuM chair for urbanism and Department of Building climatology, A talk about the teaching and construction methods in rwanda

20/04/10 tuM Department of concrete structures, seminar

22/04/10 tuM chair for computation in Engineering, software lab 2010

29/04 – 30/04/10 callwey verlag industriebau/Zeno, Energy symposium

04/05/10 tuM chair for structural Mechanics, Workshop: recent Advances in structural Dynamics

19/05/10 tuM chair for urbanism and regional Planning + Bauwelt, Presentation stadtBauwelt: Buenos Aires – climate-Oriented Building

02/06/10 tuM chair of construction Management, system Analysis of GsBc criteria as per vester

10/06/10 university of texas, Prof. lang, Presentation of Oskar von Miller Forum

14/06/10 tuM, Movie screening with discussion, un Encuentro – Juan Domingo santos

16/06/10 tuM Department of Building climatology and Building services, community Buildings – renovation and New construction

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28/10Welcome ceremony 2010Welcoming the new students

11/11impulse lecture jörg schlaichEngineering Art – the roof of the Olympic stadium in Munich – and After

14/10Guest scientist dr. Zhang dawei impact of globalization on higher education in china: reforms and reform trends

24/06/10 tuM Department of concrete structures/Brick centre south, Academic Masonry Day

05/07/10 tuM chair of Hydromechanics, Bases of Electrical Energy Generation

08/07/10 landesverband Bayerischer Bauinnungen, Meeting

08/07 – 09/07/10 university of texas, Final presentation summer school



14/09/10 tuM international Office, reception of scholarship students of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

21/09/10 tuM unternehmertuM, strategic meeting

24/09/10 verband der Zimmerer u. Holzbauuntern, Meeting

24/09/10 tuM chair of Wood construction, coordination meeting

04/10/10 tuM Department of concrete structures, 14th Munich concrete construction seminar

08/10/10 Bayerischer Bauindustrieverband, tEN railway traffic symposium 2010

11/10 – 12/10/10 tuM EsPAcE, kick-off meeting, signals of climate variability in continental Hydrology

13/10/10 tuM Emeriti of Excellence, 9th meeting

19/10 – 21/10/10 Fraunhofer institute for Building Physics, conference: the Future for sustainable Built Environments with High Performance Energy systems

26/10/10 – tuM centre Geotechnics, series of lectures: History of civil Engineering 01/02/11

02/11 – 04/11/10 tuM chair for construction chemicals, Nanocem conference

04/11/10 landesverband Bayrischer Bauinnungen, Association meeting

05/11 – 06/11/10 tuM Faculty of Architecture, Professorial session

09/11/10 ingenieurakademie Bayern, Geodetic Building Monitoring

16/11/10 tuM Department of concrete structures, infrastructures – Process Quality

18/11/10 tuM EsPAcE, Final ceremony 2010

24/11/10 tuM Faculty of Architecture, Faculty meeting

30/11/10 Bayerischer Bauindustrieverband, convivum Professorum 2010

30/11/10 tuM centre for construction Materials – Material testing, international meeting Féderation international du Béton

23/10 – 24/10Welcoming weekend in stockdorfWorkshop Personality training

13/01impulse lecture Prof. danielsHow to manage high rise buildings with natural resources

24/05tandem lectureGuest students Arne Lau-gesen and Markus Lechner

26/05evening lecture Matt FajkusSustainability as a Driving Force for Design Innovation

18/03 – 20/03seminar Business etiquette for OvMF guests

18/01Guest scientist Prof. Mark MichaeliThe Involuntary Suicide of Design – Problem and Solu-tion Oriented Approaches of Sustainability

27/01Guest scientist Prof. Pinto de FreitasHybrid Architecture

10/02impulse lecture Prof. dr. Martin FischerBIM – Builading Information Modeling

12/05impulse lecture Prof. Matthias schulerMasdar City

22/12/10 tuM chair of construction Management, seminar

12/01/11 tuM chair of construction and real Estate Management, Entrepreneurial Engineers in the construction industry

19/01/11 Heuer Dialog, trade Dialogue Bavaria

20/01/11 Bavarian Graduate school of computational Engineering, research Day

25/01/11 tuM chair of construction and real Estate Management/sibeth partnership, 2nd construction seminar, the image of the construction industry

08/02/11 Genossenschaftsverband Bayern e.v., committee meeting

09/02/11 tuM chair of construction and real Estate Management + Bayer. Bauindustrieverband, 7th colloquium, investor – university – construction industry

17/02/11 ForBAu congress, Digital construction site – innovative Design, Efficient Execution

11/03/11 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Baurecht, 102nd work meeting

16/03/11 Bayerischer Bauindustrieverband e. v., specialist groups meeting

31/03/11 landesverband Bayerischer Bauinnungen, internal association meeting

07/04 – 08/04/11 mobil.tuM conference, Making sustainable Mobilities – interdisciplinary Perspectives

13/04/11 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Baurecht, lecture

14/04/11 tuM centre for construction Materials, 10th Munich construction Material seminar

03/05/11 tuM chair of construction Management, Member meeting of the non-profit association agenda4

05/05/11 landesverband Bayerischer Bauinnungen, university award ceremony

11/05/11 Fraunhofer institute for Building Physics/tuM, congress, sustainability Assessment of Buildings in National and international context

19/05/11 tuM chair for urbanism and regional Planning, conference: interface Ground Floors

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09/06impulse lecture William F. BakerBurj khalifa: A new para-digm

28/06student Franz MühleLecture – Small Scale Hydro Power, a renewable Energy Source of the Future

10/06Workshop Bill BakerThe Ethical Dilemma of Iconic Tall Buildings

30/06summer Festival 2011Oskar von Miller Forum

07/07impulse lecture dr. chris luebkeman[Y]Our Future

16/06international students eveningof OvMF students

14/07impulse lecture Prof. dr. Arjen y. hoekstraWater – the Challenge of the 21st Century

18/07event lecture dr. ing. Matthias PoppStoring Safe Electricity from Wind and Sun

24/05/11 tuM chair for sustainable urbanism, Workshop: Drivers of change

03/06/11 tuM centre Geotechnics, 3rd international symposium on Geotechnical safety and risk

21/06/11 tuM chair of construction Management, Presentation of the study “Analysis of influences of sustainability characteristics on the Market value of real Estate”

29/06/11 DlA Piper uk llP, Working Group real Estate Munich

12/07 – 13/07/11 BFW landesverband Bayern e.v./Deloitte, 1st Bavarian real Estate congress

20/07/11 support association of the tuM chair of construction and real Estate Management, 1st Forum 2011, competence + carrere

26/07/11 Foundation Bayerisches Baugewerbe, concluding Dialogue

25/07Guest scientists Prof. edward carryer and Prof. sheri sheppardWorkshop – Integrated Thinking key in Design

28/07evening lecture dipl.-ing. jörg herrmannThe New Porsche Museum in Stuttgart – Materialisation of a Vision

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WelcOMinG 2010 28 OktOBEr 2010 | HAll | OskAr vON MillEr FOruM

Welcoming speech

One may ask what encouraged urlaubskasse to erect this building.

diPl.-inG. OttO Frischeisen


on 28 october, 2010 the students at oskar von Miller forum organized a welcoming evening. Mr frischeisen held the following speech describing and explaining the nature and the aims of the house.

in the name of our chairman Mr Feiger i wish you all a very warm welcome. i wish to ac-quaint es pecially the students with this house.

the Oskar von Miller Forum is an independent educational initiative of Bayerische Bauwirtschaft (association of construction workers’ union and the Bavarian construction industry). the proprie-tor is “Gemeinnützige urlaubskasse des Baye-rischen Baugewerbes e. v.” (charitable social fund of the Bavarian building industry). let me explain what kind of organisation this is:

For more than 60 years, the procedure of holi-day entitlement in the framework of collective bargaining agreements permits that employees in the construction industry accumulate holiday and refund entitlement. As around 40 percent of employees in the construction industry are not employed all year round, without this branch-specific solution they would suffer disadvantages and damages when it comes to holiday regulation.

the main task of urlaubskasse is thus to guaran-tee the payment of holiday funds to industrial employees in the construction sector in Bavaria. this procedure is based on collective bargaining agreements. With the declaration of general application these agreements are binding also for employers which are not members of any party to the bargaining agreements.

urlaubskasse has the legal form of a registered association and is represented by its managing board of which i am a member. the members of the association are the employers‘ associations “Bayerische Bauindustrieverband”, “verband bau- ge werblicher unternehmer”, “verband der Zim-me rer- und Holzbauunternehmer in Bayern” and the trade union “industriegewerkschaft Bauen/Agrar/umwelt” – abbreviated iG Bau.

One may ask what encouraged the “urlaubs-kasse” to erect this building, the Oskar von Miller Forum.

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in the statutes of the “urlaubskasse” it is stipu-lated to take measures and create institutions in the interest of research and professional educa-tion in the construction industry.

German art of engineering and the specific tech-nical knowledge in building enjoys traditionally high reputation in Germany and abroad. to pre-serve this reputation by fostering the education of future engineers has been one the main moti-ves of this project from the beginning. At a cen-tral location and in direct vicinity to the “tech-nische universität München” with its Faculty of civil Engineering and Faculty of Architecture a building to promote future engineers was to be erected, intended to implement measures and create institutions meeting the commitments in the statutes of the “urlaubskasse”.

i find it especially remarkable that the collective bargaining parties in the construction industry

in Bavaria managed to find this consensus and to put this project into practice.

let me explain quickly why this project is an inde-pendent educational initiative.

the independency results from the fact that the building is exclusively financed by resources of the “urlaubskasse”. there are no and there will not be government or third party funds. this en-ables the association “Bayerische Bauwirtschaft” to design and direct the building without influ-ence from the outside.

the initiative’s independency consists also in the fact that there is no other similar institutions to the Oskar von Miller Forum. the amalgamation of student accommodation combined with inter-national openness in consideration of practical professions with our guests from the vocational construction institute “Meisterschule für das


Bauhandwerk” and the organisation of events in the context of a structured programme is un-paralleled. this institution does not follow any examples; something new and independent has been brought to life.

i will explain to you the aims pursued by the “urlaubs kasse” with this project.

Even before the Oskar von Miller Forum has been erected we supported university education of civil engineers in Bavaria. the “urlaubskasse” runs a residence in Augsburg for students of civil en gineering. civil engineering and architec-ture facu lties at other universities are supported financially. the Oskar von Miller Forum stands out significantly from these projects with regard to the extent of financial commitment and its aims. the Oskar von Miller Forum is striving to prepare civil engineers for an international

and inter disciplinary area of activity in order to reinforce their prospects for the future.

Equally, social competences of civil engineers of the future shall be promoted to prepare them for interdisciplinary projects with diverse social, economic and ecological interconnections.

the Oskar von Miller Forum strives particularly at giving impetus for the training of future en-gineers at technische universität Munich and to support them in their pursuit of excellence in a traditional qualification, yet receptive for devel-opment.

Beyond the educational offers of tuM, we wish to train them for their future professional life. We want to support them so that they take up the challenges of everyday life in the construc-tion industry and are able to manage them. Who

the Oskar von Miller Forum is striving to prepare civil engineers for an international and interdisciplinary area of activity in order to reinforce their prospects for the future.

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wants to do this with above-average qualities has to have more than just technical knowledge. this applies also to the future master builders at Munich’s master school for the building trade. social competences and teamwork are abilities complementing and extending technical know-ledge; they are indispensible in nowadays work-ing life.

As a member of the board of the “urlaubskasse” i accompanied the project from the beginning. the processes of design and implementation were difficult and took up a lot of time. the search for an appropriate plot of land in the centre of Munich was a challenge of its own. We experien-ced setbacks during approval of the project, when a first building application was turned down.

resistance within the “urlaubskasse” had to be overcome. in the member associations dissent-

ing voices against the investment spoke up. Finally, the supporters formed the majority and asserted themselves.

the Oskar von Miller Forum has also a represent-ative role. At a prominent location, by its out-standing architecture and construction technology it demonstrates what kind of top performance the Bavarian construction industry is capable of. this effect and radiance was an important aspi-ration of the “urlaubskasse”. And this goal has been achieved without restrictions as we won Prof. thomas Herzog as architect for the project.

in september 2009 the building was completed and started operation. the project participants were nervous before the premiere. usual diffi-culties during the first operation of a new build-ing were soon overcome. And all in all, the start was surprisingly good.


the first year of operation was a year of exercise. Our guests had to familiarise themselves with the house. some minor additions had to be made to the building itself. But the Oskar von Miller Forum proved itself during the first year already. And i have the impression that our students and master builders are very comfortable here.

We won Prof. lang as director in 2010. in June 2010 he started his work, which was a great step forward for us. With huge commitment Prof. lang developed a programme for the Forum which corresponds to its ambitious goals. By the end of this year, the first top events will have taken place with internationally renowned speakers. Further lectures will follow in 2011. the Oskar von Miller Forum is on a good path.

After my studies of civil engineering, i worked 12 years for one of the largest German construc-tion companies. During this time i designed bridges, roads, canals and public and industrial structures. For 30 years now i have been direc-tor of a medium-sized construction company, which counts among the oldest in Bavaria. the variety of daily demands motivates me again and again every day. there is hardly another pro-fession which is more marked by visible suc-cess than the job of civil engineer.

i am filled with great joy to see that we have gained so many talented and gifted students and master builders for our institute. take the chances and opportunities that are offered to you! Participate actively! You will profit from it for your professional life.

the Oskar von Miller Forum has already proved to be successful in the first year of operation.

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in the name of the “urlaubskasse” i welcome the new students and master builders. i wish you a pleasant and productive time at Oskar von Miller Forum.

Yours Otto Frischeisen

the informal encounter of the students with extraordi-nary personalities stimulates personal development and is thus an essential part of the education of future leaders.

PrOF. dr.-inG. Werner lAnG


OVerVieW EvENts OrGANiZED BY OskAr vON MillEr FOruM

impulse Lectures 2010/201111/11/2010Prof. dr. jörg schlaichEngineering Art – the roof of the Olympic stadium in Munich – and After

10/02/2011Prof. dr. Martin FischerBuilding Information Mode-ling (BIM): Networked know-ledge – Optimised Design – Efficient Building – Sustain-able Management

12/05/2011Prof. Matthias schulerMasdar City: Transsolar klimaEngineering

13/01/2011Prof. dr. klaus daniels How to manage high rise buildings with natural resources

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09/06/2011William F. BakerBurj khalifa: A new Paradigm

14/07/2011Prof. dr. Arjen y. hoekstra Water – the challenge of the 21st century

07/07/2011chris luebkeman [Y]our Future

A programme setting impulsesinterdisciplinary, intercultural and innovative: lectures at Oskar von Miller Forum focus on exemp-lary topical subjects of engineering science and other technical, construction-related areas. they set new impulses and enhance the exchange between experts. During the semester 2010/2011 seven impulse lectures were held at Oskar von Miller Forum.

iMPulse lecture And eXhiBitiOn 11 NOvEMBEr 2010 | OskAr vON MillEr FOruM

Jörg schlaich

roof of the Olympic stadium | Munich, 1972A tulle model that has become legend transported the vision of lightness, freedom and openness in the competition for the Olympic Games in Munich 1972. Jörg schlaich designed the light, transparent and open roofs, span-ning still today the sport venues of the 20th Olympic Games. the nets are supported on the outside by masts; on the inside, suspended columns carry the nets. A strong cable along the edges above the football field produces a free cantilever above the stands. the free surface geometry gives the swimming hall its unforgettable character, suspended with a cable loop on an inclined mast.

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Jörg schlaich

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roof of the Olympic stadium | Munich, 1972A tulle model that has become legend transported the vision of lightness, freedom and openness in the competition for the Olympic Games in Munich 1972. Jörg schlaich designed the light, transparent and open roofs, span-ning still today the sport venues of the 20th Olympic Games. the nets are supported on the outside by masts; on the inside, suspended columns carry the nets. A strong cable along the edges above the football field produces a free cantilever above the stands. the free surface geometry gives the swimming hall its unforgettable character, suspended with a cable loop on an inclined mast.


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engineering Art – the roof of the Olympic stadium Munich – and AfterOn 11 November, 2010 Jörg schlaich held the first impulse lecture at Oskar von Miller Forum: “Engineering Art – the roof of the Olympic stadium Munich – and After”. civil engineer Professor Dr.-ing. Drs.h.c. Jörg schlaich leads together with his partner rudolf Bergermann one of the most innovative engineering offices in Germany. their work is dedicated to building art and combines three priorities: design and art, design and society, design and ecology. these parameters led to artistic building structures whose efficiency and beauty are astonishing. Especially in the field of solar power generation the two engi-neers with their office make a contribution to technologically innovative process-ing of existing resources. Jörg schlaich’s work is characterized by visions and the aspiration to implement them. He not only sought challenges in the field of civil engineering; his work is a demonstration of deep consciousness of social, cul-tural, economic and ecologic problems of humanity.

belowlecture jörg schlaichExciting insight into the extra-ordinary work of Jörg schlaich

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involving people, to connect them and to tackle problems with openness and un-conventionality is one of Jörg schlaich’s greatest strength. time and time again, he successfully managed to set milestones in the art of civil engineering, which amazed by their explosive nature and their closeness to humans, touching them emotionally. the bridge built for 23 years by the people of kolkata, or his partici-pation at the pavilion roof for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich with its anti-architecture as a reaction to the Olympic constructions of 1936 demonstrate his commitment for general social questions.

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high energy – engineering ArtHis many award-winning works Jörg schlaich handed over to the Academy of the Arts in Berlin. With care and love an exhibition has been set up from this fund. in the two weeks following Jörg schlaich’s lecture, a great part of the exhibition was presented in the foyer of the Oskar von Miller Forum. the exhibition took place from Wednesday 11 to Friday 26 November.

iMPulse lecture13 JANuArY 2011 | OskAr vON MillEr FOruM

Klaus Daniels

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•how to Manage high-rise Buildings with natural ressources•

klaus Daniels is known throughout the world as one of the leading engineers and advisers in the field of ecological, future-oriented building. For more than four decades he worked on progressive engineering solutions in the area of environ-mentally friendly and energy saving buildings which are remarkable for their sustainable employment of natural resources. His publications, such as “the tech-nology of Ecological Building” (1995) and “low-tech, light-tech, High-tech” (1998) are key works for ecologically interested architects and designers, to whom he vividly explains the importance of construction physics as basis and potential for innovative technologies. characteristic are the combination of a fundamental

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knowledge and a comprehensive, interdisciplinary perspective of things which turned his books into core literature quoted all over the world.

His interdisciplinary design methods and his trained sense of aesthetics made him a very renowned consultant demanded by internationally acclaimed design offices such as Jourda et Perraudin Architects, lyon, von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, Ham-burg, Bothe richter teherani, Hamburg, or Herzog + Partner, Munich.

in the design process he gives priority to approaching building services engineer-ing as an integral part of architecture in consideration of opportunities presented by passive measures such as the aligning of buildings and their façades, maximi-zation of the use of natural ventilation, consideration of general physical principles, for example thermal buoyancy or the use of thermal mass to store thermal en-ergy according to individual needs. in this way, investments and operational costs as well as technology use are reduced to a necessary minimum.

Questions from the audienceWolfgang Betz (student at OvMF)

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His long-term work and experience in building services made of him not only a very sought-after expert in the field of climate conscious building but also ear-ned him the chair of Building services Engineering at the EtH Zürich where he taught from 1991 to 2005.

klaus Daniels has made more of a mark in the field of ecological building. in 2006 technische universität Munich has conferred him the honorary doctorate for his outstanding accomplishments. since 2008 he is managing partner of Hl-technik Engineering Partner GmbH and represents since 2008 the Department of Design and Building services Engineering at technical university Darmstadt.

klaus danielsimpulse lecture at OvMF

iMPulse lecture10 FEBruArY 2011 | OskAr vON MillEr FOruM

martin Fischer

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•Building informatione Modeling (BiM): networked knowledge –• •Optimised design – efficient Building – sustainable Management•

the so called Building information Modelling (BiM) is considered one of the most promising developments in the field of computer-aided design processes, offer-ing everybody involved a fundamentally improved and simplified data exchange.

the qualitative and cost-conscious design, production and utilization of structures until their demolition in respect of sustainable thinking and working methods re-quires the efficient networking of information and the interaction of everybody in-volved in the construction process.


As a result, in view of optimizing quality, costs, time and energy efficiency, the use of proficient computer tools and the networking of different data bases are more and more in the foreground, whose complexity increasingly complicated the design process until now.

At the centre of the BiM approach is the creation of a digital building model, inte-grating, in addition to the complete 3D geometry, all important information such as, for example, the material-, mechanical and energy-related characteristics. in this way, it forms the basis for a variety of simulations and calculations, amongst them static calculations, verifications of heating requirements, room and climate simulations and cost estimates. the model serves as common working base for everybody participating in the design process, permits furthermore the support of logistics in the construction execution, the optimized operation of the building and, one day, its demolition.

to keep the digital building model available in a durable, up-dated data base guar-antees an immediate accessibility to data for everybody, an optimized information exchange between the persons involved in the design as well as long-lasting data storage over the whole lifecycle of the structure.

in the field of Building information Modelling, Professor Dr. Martin Fischer is re-gard ed as one of the leading experts throughout the world, who succeeded with numerous projects to show how BiM unites technology, economy, function and design aspects in an optimum way. Moreover, his requirement to sustainability of the built-up environment is extraordinary.

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Prof. Dr. Martin Fischer is professor for civil and environmental engineering at stanford university, california. He is also director of the centre for integrated Facility Engineering (ciFE) and coordinates research on building-dependent en-ergy efficiency for the Precourt institute for Energy Efficiency. Furthermore, he is a member of the Faculty of the Woods institute for Environment and the Emmett interdisciplinary Program in Environment and resources.

His award-winning research results are utilized all over the world by large indus-trial companies, but also medium-sized design offices and construction companies, and play an increasingly important role on governmental level. He lived, worked, advised and taught in Europe, south America, North America and Asia. Professor Fischer has a doctorate in engineering, a master’s degree in industrial design of stanford university and a degree in civil engineering of EPFl lausanne, switzer-land.

Prof. dr. Martin Fischertalking to Prof. Werner lang

iMPulse lecture12 MAY 2011 | OskAr vON MillEr FOruM

matthias schuler

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•Masdar city: transsolar klimaengineering•

Masdar city is a new ecologically-oriented urban development situated 30 kilome-tres east of Abu Dhabi. “At the beginning, there was the conviction that respon-sible dealing with our environment necessitates to give up nuclear energy sources, to cut down the utilization of fossil fuels and to increase the use of solar energy and other regenerative energies.” Masdar city aspires to be completely supplied by renewable energies and to act as example for ecology aware construction. this planning approach is based on sub-jects that have become more and more important in recent years, such as energy costs and energy savings, accompanying the development of our society. “the more a society develops, the more its needs become challenging, also those to be fulfilled in buildings.” urban planners, architects, scientists and engineers from all over the world participate at the unique project Masdar city to transform this city into the archetype of most modern, environmentally aware and sustainable urbanisation in the united Arab Emirates.

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Already in February 2008, construction of the ecological city started. completion has recently been predicted for 2025. the international renewable Energy Agency (irENA) will open its headquarters here. By consistent recycling and zero cO

2 emissions, Masdar city will be nearly waste-

free and supplied entirely by renewable energies. For example, fresh air corridors and parks will traverse the building area, decreasing the ambient temperature of the buildings significantly compared to the city of Abu Dhabi. Masdar city will be appraised as the prototype of a sustainable, future-oriented city. transsolar has been mandated to establish the development plan for climate engi-neering, identifying the necessary potential energy savings, and to develop direc-tions to create an energy-autarkic and state-of-the-art city.

to achieve highest possible user comfort with lowest possible impact on the envi-ronment is an essential aim of the city’s design. therefore, innovative climate and energy concepts have been developed to create a cO

2-neutral city.

Prof. Matthias schuler has co-founded in 1992 the transsolar Energietechnik GmbH and is manager of the world’s leading company for climate engineering in stutt-gart. His many articles in international trade magazines, such as Architecture, Au-jourd’hui, xia-intelligente Architektur, DEtAil and Harvard Design Magazine are highly recognized publications in the field of sustainable building and give an insight in the bases of his work. After teaching at the institute for Architecture and De-sign of the university of stuttgart and his cooperation with the solar Energy lab of the university of Wisconsin, he has been appointed as professor to Harvard university Graduate school of Design where he teaches since 2001.

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today, transsolar has offices in stuttgart, Munich and New York and has realised more than 500 projects. Matthias schuler is one of the most renowned designers in the area of innovative, resource-friendly building, working together with well-known architects from all over the world such as Foster + Partners, Jean Nouvel, sANAA, Murphy/Jahn and renzo Piano.

Questions from the audiencefrom left to right: Prof. Dr. Norbert vogt, centre Geotech-nics – Faculty of civil Engi-neering and Geodesy (tuM), Prof. Dietrich Fink, Faculty of Architecture (tuM)

iMPulse lecture9 JuNE 2011 | OskAr vON MillEr FOruM

William F. Baker

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•Burj khalifa: A new paradigm•

With 828 m height, the skyscraper Burj khalifa in Dubai breaks all records and is the world’s highest building. the architecture and civil engineering office skidmore, Owings & Merrill llP (sOM)/chicago, leader of design works, has developed a new system for the load-bearing structure – the so-called buttressed core. this sys-tem is a hexagonal core, strengthened by three buttresses forming a Y. the devel-opment of this new system together with some important technological innovations was a basic condition in view of the implementation of this unique building.


After a construction period of 6 years, Burj khalifa has been completed in January 2010. From the beginning, the skyscraper has been at the centre of an extensive urban development with a surrounding basic structure, neighbouring 6 floor office buildings, and equipped with a 2 storey leisure area including a swimming pools. On its height of 828 m the Burj khalifa accommodates 160 floors. the building holds records in three categories acknowledged by the council on tall Buildings and urban Habitat (ctBuH): highest building in the world in view of architectural height, highest occupied floor and height to tip.

William F. Baker, as responsible structural and civil engi-neer, led the design team of Burj khalifa and is especially known for the design of extraordinarily tall buildings.

Moreover, William F. Baker is responsible for a number of extraordinary buildings such as, for example, the GM Entry Pavilion and the Millennium Park‘s Jay Pritzker Pavilion or also the BP Pedestrian Bridge. He is also known for his wide-spanning roof structures such as the korean Air lines Operations Hangar and the virginia Beach convention center.

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in addition to working for sOM, William F. Baker works together with organisations of higher education as well as different other organisations. in 2011, he won the AscE Outstanding Projects and leaders (OPAl) lifetime Award for Design and has been awarded in 2010 the gold medal of the institution of structural Engineers (istructE). in 2009, he was the first American to win the German Fritz leohnhardt Prize. William Baker is a fellow of the American society of civil Engineers (AscE) and the institution of structural Engineers (istructE).

On a regular basis, he holds lectures on a variety of subjects of building engineer-ing on an international level.

the lecture was held in English.

William F. Bakertalking to students

iMPulse lecture 7 JulY 2011 | OskAr vON MillEr FOruM

Chris Luebkeman

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the future is fiction. it is an unknown history to whose creation everybody of us contributes every day. still, we know that change is constant and that the context of our perception is the variable of the history. On a shrinking planet the varia-bility of the context poses a simple yet important question: “What is the normal?”

Each individual has its own perception and conception of normality. there might be local standards obeyed by a group, which cannot be transferred to the whole world. However, we are noticeably a globalised society, implying that “normality” is required everywhere. it is not only required but re-defined every day. so when

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we look into the future, we have to ask ourselves: “What will normality look like?” Which context do we have to look at when we act as designers? Which context do we hope for? Which context will we inherit? can we even begin to comprehend a context defining a world inhabited by 9,000,000,000 people? How can we use design thoughts in order to take care of the majority of people who will be over 65 years of age? What will be the structural challenges once the sea level has risen continuously metre by metre? in which way a new design paradigm can be deter-mined for the global economy – post-capitalism and post-consumption?

there are so many complex challenges the world faces that the only way forward is to combine design thoughts and design methods. those will use ambiguity and creative problem approach as a part of the design vocabulary. this presentation emphasises the question of the normal and the question how we have to think of it on our way into the future. Each day we influence the normal of the lives of every future generation.

We are very happy to welcome Dr. chris luebkeman, leader of the Arup team Global Foresight & innovation, at Oskar von Miller Forum. With more than 10,000 collaborators in 92 offices in 37 countries, Arup is one of the leading civil engi-neering offices throughout the world. With his portfolio Dr. luebkeman holds a key position within Arup’s structure. A particular challenge for him is to create better awareness of trigger forces of global changes and how they can be includ-ed into the development of effective global business strategies.

Before he joined Arup in 1999, he taught as geologist, civil engineer and architect at the swiss Federal institute of technology Zurich, the university of Oregon, the chinese university of Hong kong and at the Massachusetts institute of technology.

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At Arup he first became co-director of research and Development of a team of more than fifty highly qualified technicians, which he led in the framework of Arup’s r&D activities in view of particularly innovative subjects and projects. today, Dr. luebkeman is head of the working group Global Foresight & innovation at Arup.

Dr. luebkeman calls himself a generalist. Because of his foresighted and interdis-ciplinary views, he has been appointed senior Fellow of the Design Futures council. in 2002, Wallpaper Magazine counted him amongst the ten future shapers who will change the way we live. He holds lectures on a regular basis at internationally renowned conferences. in his most recent publication “Drivers of change 2009” he takes a look on the 50 most important factors that will influence our world.

iMPulse lecture14 JulY 2011 | OskAr vON MillEr FOruM

Arjen Y. Hoekstra

72 % | Agricultural products

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•Water – the challenge of the 21st century•

the water footprint of humanity has exceeded sustainable levels at several places and is unequally distributed among people. Water footprint reduction and miti-gation of its impacts encompass a shared responsibility between consumers, pro-ducers, investors and governments. Good information about water footprints of communities and businesses is required in order to understand how we can formu-late adequate response strategies pointing towards a more sustainable and equi-table use of fresh water.

Water scarcity is often the result of inadequate attention to freshwater when in-vesting in agriculture or expanding cities or industries.


integration of freshwater considerations is essential in nearly all decisions made in daily life. As consumers we make decisions on what we consume, which indi-rectly affect our water footprint. As workers for private or governmental organisa-tions we make decisions on public and private investments, on where materials are sourced from and on agricultural, urban and energy policies.

the accumulation of all these decisions has brought us in the position we face to-day: too many places that face severe freshwater scarcity and pollution, where rivers run dry, groundwater tables and lake levels decline and aquatic life is threat-ened by damming of rivers and by pollution. Often this is invisible to us as con-sumers, because as a result of global trade of both agricultural and industrial goods, we have no longer any idea about the natural resource use and environmental impacts associated with the products we consume.

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Many of us are spatially disconnected from the processes necessary to produce the products we consume. Good water governance is not a simple matter of managing our waters better; it is about integrating considerations of freshwater scarcity in everyday life decisions in all sectors of society.

Arjen Hoekstra is Professor in Water Management at the university of twente and scientific Director of the Water Footprint Network. He specialises in integrated water resources management, river basin management, policy analysis, systems analysis and the science of sustainable development. Hoekstra has an Msc degree in civil Engineering and a PhD degree in Policy Analy-sis, both from the Delft university of technology. He has working experience in various professional environments in different countries.

Hoekstra is creator of the water footprint concept and established the interdisci-plinary research field of water footprint assessment, which addresses the rela-tions between water management, consumption and trade.

His publications cover a wide range of topics related to water scarcity, flood risk management and sustainable development and include 45 papers in peer-re-viewed scientific journals. His books include “Perspectives on Water” (1998), “Glo-balization of Water” (2008) and “the Water Footprint Assessment Manual” (2011).

FestiVAl30 JuNE 2011 | OskAr vON MillEr FOruM

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•looking back at a successful academic year 2010/2011•

since its inauguration on 2 December 2009, 80 students from 27 countries profited from the advantages of the event programme but even more from the interdisci-plinary and international life in the house. 32 guest scientists, who lived at Oskar von Miller Forum during their work at technische universität Munich, contributed to the scientific exchange within the house’s community. Also because of the im-pulse lectures and the events organized by us, the Oskar von Miller Forum has become a well-known place for education, meeting and scientific exchange in the field of civil engineering and fulfils his purpose in an excellent way.

Arrival of the guests1 Prof. Dr.-ing. Werner lang, Director2 Prof. Dr. rer. nat. kurosch thuro, tuM3 Decoration of reception desks4 Prof. Dr.-ing. Gerhard Müller, tuM

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BuildinG culture Meets Music culture 8 MAY 2011 | OskAr vON MillEr FOruM

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•Music culture at Oskar von Miller Forum•

the vuillaume trio Munich with sylvia Eisermann, Marcus reißen weber and Michael rupprecht play the works of AntonÍn Dvořák and Astor Piazzolla.

Antonín dvořák (1841 – 1904)Piano trio op. 21, B major Allegro molto Adagio molto e mesto Allegretto scherzando Final: Allegro vivace

Astor Piazzolla (1921 – 1992)“the four seasons of Buenos Aires” – concert tangos Primavera Porteña (spring) verano Porteño (summer) invierno Porteño (winter) Otoño Porteño (autumn)

cOnstructiOn industry centre in stOckdOrFtrAiNiNG OF cOMMuNicAtiON skills AND cONFlict MANAGEMENt

seminar Weekend

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As prelude of the semester 2010, Oskar von Miller Forum organized a weekend seminar for its students. in the framework of this competence-creating event, new and old students got to know each other and exchanged first information about origin, education, studies, interests and goals. Moreover, leadership competen-cies as well as international communication skills and conflict management were trained.

two experienced trainers held the seminar, Ms Judith Bergner MBE psychologist and Ms Nilüfer Boysan-Dietrich, who have been teaching the scientific workforce at tuM in the last years. the content and the results of the seminar were not only supposed to give impetus for living and working together in our house, for studies and education as well as the presentation of the students, but also to sharpen the focus on aims of future activities in the framework of the Forum’s programme.

As event location, the education centre directed by Bayerische Bauindustriever-band e. v. in stockdorf was chosen, where – in addition to accommodation in the apprentices’ rooms and catering – fantastic rooms creating a connection to the education of construction-relevant professions and trades were at disposal. As evening get-together a barbecue, was organized.

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the summer school of the university of texas in Austin – school of Architecture was a six week seminar for sustainable building taking place in Munich. From the 18 participants who came to technische universität Munich, half of them lived at Oskar von Miller Forum from 31 May to 9 July, 2010.

in the seminar mainly elementary physical principles of sustainable building de-signs, climate-depending phenomena, user-depending requirements to comfort and basic principles of sustainable building were discussed. these subjects were complemented by lectures on passive and active use of renewable energies and examples, serving as theoretic basis for excursions. the excursions were at the heart of the seminar “Modern History of sustainable Architecture”. Another im-portant part of the programme were appearances of external experts, building inspections and the participation at other seminars.

Different examples regarding sustainable building were treated in the seminar, such as, for example, the Munich city quarter Messestadt riem, the solar quarter vauban in Freiburg as well as resident, business and cultural buildings. Each seminar was followed up by a one-week workshop led by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Haus-laden, technische universität Munich, and was part of a post-graduate master class in the framework of the programme climaDesign of the Faculty of Architec-ture tuM.

the participants had the choice between two research topics “technologies and techniques of sustainable building” or “Modern history and examples of sustain-able architecture”, for which the students had to prepare a presentation of the obtained results, presented at the end of the seminar.


Each guest is a gain for the community and the life at the Forum. PrOF. dr.-inG. Werner lAnG

Guests Oskar von Miller Forum offers excellently equip-ped accommodation at a central location for 54 students and 6 guest scientists.

03Impression of the guests> from page 105

An International Network> from page 130

Educational Mission> from page 138

•students an Guest scientists•

With the Oskar von Miller Forum an outstanding building in direct vicinity to Technische Universität Munich and other educational institutes has been created. In addition to offering high-quality event and exhibition rooms, the Oskar von Miller Forum provides accommodation for selected students of master classes in civil engineering and architecture at TUM as well as students of the master school for the building trade, the “Fachschule für Bautechnik”.

Furthermore, Oskar von Miller Forum offers the possibility to guest pro-fessors and lecturers, young scientists and excellent masters in the con-struction trade to live at Oskar von Miller Forum for a limited period of time in order to give essential impetus to the life and work in the house, as well as to the Faculties of Civil Engineering and Architecture of TUM and the “Fachschule für Bautechnik”. This opportunity is rounded off by the bistro and the library as high-quality meeting points for our guests.

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student turkEY

Gökce iyicil

After living one year in the Forum, i asked myself “what has been changed?” and i realized that; i changed. it is the most effective and responsible community which says “it is the time to stand up, go and do it for your dreams! NOW!” OvMF made me realize the value of education and participa-tion in this interna tional community. it shows you the perfect opportunities and opens your vision. it helps you to find your own way in your future career. living together with my future collegues, meeting and talking with scholars, give me the feeling of living in a big elusive and elite family. i believe that it is the best opportunity that i get in Germany.

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student FrANcE

Gautier tribet

the Oskar von Miller Forum is a place of exchange and countless incentives where different cul-tures and types of education meet to motivate each other mutually. the guests can participate at everyday life at the Forum and also at international seminars and events or even organize ex-cellent events themselves. the Oskar von Miller Forum complements in an unparalleled way the academic education as students learn to assume responsibility for their professional future.

Oskar von Miller Forum est un lieu d‘échange et d‘éveil, où les cultures et formations se rencontrent pour mieux se façonner. Les résidents s‘investissent aussi bien dans l‘organisation de la vie quotidienne du Forum, qu‘en participant à des congrès internationaux ou contest universitaires, ou en organisant des évènements d‘une haute qualité. C‘est un complément sans précédent à la formation académique, où les étudiants apprennent à endosser des responsabilités pour leur avenir professionnel.

common roomstypical evening at the Oskar von Miller Forum

student BulGAriA

Krasimir raynovski

This picture, taken at a friday evening in the work-encouraging, but nevertheless warm ambience of the common area, emphasizes on the students the experience of science in an international environment through interac tive dialogues. While our fellow students prefer to spend their free time with more popu-lar activities, we at the forum, often discuss on architecture, construction, environment outlines or even on socio-political topics, that go far beyond the path of our studies. Oskar von Miller Forum is not an ordinary student dormitory, and what makes it so special are it‘s guests, who actively involve by taking responsibilities, achieving goals and solving problems by always looking from their diverse aspects.

Guest scientist itAlY

Dr. Gabriella CiancioloI first heard of Oskar von Miller Forum in Munich and the possibility to apply for an apartment in 2010 when I was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America (Columbia University). The opportunity alone to live in the city centre, in one of the most modern and sustainable build-ings dedicated to architecture and civil engineering, near the university and the important librar-ies, research centres and cultural institutions in Munich seemed to be the ideal place to promote my research project in architectural history. So I send my application to Munich and after a while I received a positive answer from the Forum.

During my stay, I realised quickly that the Oskar von Miller Forum does not only offer beautiful, modern, elegant and central apartments. In fact, the international and interdisciplinary envi-ronment of the Forum revealed itself to be a fruitful and motivating place where I could find im-portant impetus to my work in a comfortable and nice surrounding. I can discuss my ideas and projects with many people – professors, experts and colleagues of different nationalities and


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in addition to official occasions such as presenta-tions and conferences that the Forum organizes, you can enjoy a continuous intellectual exchange on the highest level in a friendly and comfortable atmosphere.dr. GABriellA ciAnciOlO

disciplines – and associate my own research (the Italian influences on German post-war architec-ture) with different methods and scientific approaches.

With this in mind, the impulse lectures are an important opportunity to approach interesting and stimulating subjects regarding a variety of current and crucial questions – from renewable ener-gies to the tallest skyscrapers in the world. Impulse is not only the title of this series of lectures: each contribution, whatever the subjects, was really enlightening and inspiring.

In addition to official occasions such as presentations and conferences that the Forum organizes, you can enjoy a continuous intellectual exchange on the highest level in a friendly and comfort-able atmosphere. This is, in my opinion, the highest value of living at Oskar von Miller Forum, and also the main ambition of a cultural institution. Concerts, dinners and other events, for example the nice international evening that the students organized (including presentations, culinary con-tributions from all over the world!), are a wonderful possibility to get to know the other guests at the Forum. >

I would like to thank the professors, guest scientists and the students who spent the summer semester at the Forum: We had a wonderful time together and learned a lot from each other. I also thank the efficient staff for their support, helpfulness and friend-liness. Last but not least I am especially grateful to the director Werner Lang who gave me the chance to spend an unforgettable time at the Forum.

MAriA cAtAlinA AcOstA jiMeneZ

ENvirONMENtAl ENGiNEEriNG cOstA ricA 2010 – 2011

sAntiAGO AriAs

civil ENGiNEEriNG cOluMBiA 2009 – 2011

hOsAM AlsOFi

cOMPutAtiONAl MEcHANics sAuDi ArABiA 2010 – 2011

GAetAnO Andreisek

civil ENGiNEEriNG GErMANY 2009 – 2011

MOnicA AliceA-MAtOs

ArcHitEcturE usA 2010

AndreW AyAlA

iNDustriAl DEsiGN MEXicO 2009 – 2011

AnnA MAriA BAuer


dOMinik BöhM

cONstructiON tEcHNOlOGY GErMANY 2010 – 2011

WOlFGAnG BetZ

cOMPutAtiONAl MEcHANics GErMANY 2009 – 2011

luciA AnGelicA BiOndi

ArcHitEcturE itAlY 2009 – 2010

AndrejA BenkO

ArcHitEcturE slOvENiA 2009 – 2010

AleXAnder BrAun


rOBert A. Bruns

ArcHitEcturE NEW ZEAlAND 2009 – 2010

MichAel BreitenBerGer

cOMPutAtiONAl MEcHANics itAlY 2011 – 2012

Benedikt BuchMüller


ViViAn Brune hOeFlich

ArcHitEcturE BrAZil 2011 – 2012

thOMAs cArdeW

ArcHitEcturE GrEAt BritAiN 2010

AriAnnA BuccOMinO

ArcHitEcturE itAlY 2010 – 2011

Vincent desy

ArcHitEcturE cANADA 2009 – 2010

sAiOA eGuiA ArrOyO

civil ENGiNEEriNG sPAiN 2010

cristinA cAstillO

ENvirONMENtAl ENGiNEEriNG vENEZuElA 2010 – 2011

rOlAnd jOhAnn Friedl

civil ENGiNEEriNG AustriA 2009 – 2010

lenA deGGelMAnn


sOFie GAnslMeier


cOrneliA GiGlBerGer


christiAn hAck


Benedikt GrAuVOGel


sABine GröGer

ENvirONMENtAl ENGiNEEriNG GErMANY 2009 – 2011

cOrneliA GrAF


seBAstiAn häck


Alen hAusMeister


AleXAnder hruBy


hAnnes hOFMAnn


tOr-MAGnus hOrten

ArcHitEcturE NOrWAY 2009 – 2010

sArAh heyden


MArkus huBer


suet kWAn kOh

civil ENGiNEEriNG MAlAYsiA 2009 – 2011

Gökce iyicil

ENvirONMENtAl ENGiNEEriNG turkEY 2009 – 2011

AndreAs kräMer

cONstructiON tEcHNOlOGY GErMANY 2010

seAn kerWin

ENvirONMENtAl ENGiNEEriNG cANADA 2011 – 2012

dAVid kurFer


MAthiAs kOhrMAnn

cONstructiON MEcHANics GErMANY 2010 – 2011

christOPh liMBrunner


shuAnG liu

civil ENGiNEEriNG cHiNA 2009 – 2010

Arne lAuGesen


lu liu

civil ENGiNEEriNG cHiNA 2011

MArkus lechner

cONstructiON tEcHNOlOGY/ civil ENGiNEEriNG GErMANY 2009 – 2011

MArtin llerAs

civil ENGiNEEriNG cOluMBiA 2009 – 2010

MAnuel lOOs


FlOriAn Meier


GuOQinG luO

civil ENGiNEEriNG cHiNA 2010

kjersti Os MAthisen


yAO lu

ArcHitEcturE cHiNA 2010 – 2012

sindre-kjeAnG MØrk

iNDustriAl DEsiGN NOrWAY 2010 – 2011

FrAnZ Mühle


MAGdAlenA OciePkA

ArcHitEcturE POlAND 2010

MAXiMiliAn Müller


cAtherine nOWAk

civil ENGiNEEriNG FrANcE 2010 – 2012

rAchel MuiGAi

civil ENGiNEEriNG sOutH AFricA 2010

turjAk OZBe


uWe PietZAVkA


silViO PArucker

ArcHitEcturE BrAZil 2009 – 2011

krAsiMir rAynOVski

ArcHitEcturE BulGAriA 2010 – 2012

Vincent PeyrAMAle

ENvirONMENtAl ENGiNEEriNG FrANcE 2010 – 2011

MichAel reitensPiess


tAlitA PrOhMAn nOGueirA

ArcHitEktur BrAZil 2009 – 2010

ArnOut sAArtje

civil ENGiNEEriNG BElGiuM 2010

jOnAthAn reyes


GerAld schMidt-thrö


VerOnikA ruck


MAthiAs schMitt


sOPhiA VOn sAlisch

ArcHitEcturE GErMANY 2011 – 2012

AndreAs schneider

civil ENGiNEEriNG GErMANY 2010

steFAnie schuster


hAnnAh schOck


nichOlAs schrAMM


WOlFGAnG Benedikt schnell


nAVid sidiQi

ArcHitEcturE DENMArk 2010 – 2011

MArtin stOcker


GAutier triBet

ENvirONMENtAl ENGiNEEriNG FrANcE 2010 – 2011

cAlin reMus tecusAn

civil ENGiNEEriNG rOMANiA 2009 – 2011

line thArAldsen


AndreAs thAddäus strAsser


AlVArO VelAr rOjO

ArcHitEcturE sPAiN 2011

déBOrA lenGler VelAZQueZ

civil ENGiNEEriNG BrAZil 2010

siMOn VilGertshOFer


FlOriAn Winkler


OBAdA WAkkAF

civil ENGiNEEriNG sYriA 2009 – 2011

richArd Winter


XinGXinG WAnG

civil ENGiNEEriNG cHiNA 2010 – 2011

ZenG yulAnG

ArcHitEcturE cHiNA 2010 – 2012

dAVid ZühlsdOrF

cONstructiON MAtEriAls/ cONstructiON cHEMicAls GErMANY 2010 – 2011

yeArs 2010/11GuEsts OF tHE HOusE

An international network

talented and gifted students of the tuM’s Faculty of civil Engineering and Faculty of Architecture and master builders studying at the vocational construction institute Fachschule für Bautechnik Munich are offered the possibility to live at Oskar von Miller Forum. in the academic year 2010/2011 we had the below summarised situation. the guests strived to reach excellence in their respective specialties and also to identify themselves with the Forum’s aims to achieve together extraordi-nary technical and social competences.

disciPlines OF the Guests2010/2011

•18,8 %•Architecture

•53,7 %•civil Engineering

•9 %•construction technology

•18,5 %•Environmental Engineering

Guests of the House

APArtMents stuDENts

54 APArtMents GuEst sciENtists

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Guests FrOM AMEricA

13 %

Guests FrOM EurOPE

75 %

Guests FrOM AFricA

3 %

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GreAt BritAin

AustriA

BelGiuM

GerMAny

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itAly

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cOluMBiA

MeXicO

usA

sOuth AFricA

cAnAdA

BrAZil

FrAnce

POlAnd

turkey

syriA

sAudi ArABiA

BulGAriA

PrOPOrtiOn Men/WOMen 2010/2011

•32 %•Women

•68 %•Men

FinAl deGree2010/2011

•48 %•Bachelor

•42 %•Master

•10 %•Doctor

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Architecture

civil Engineering

construction technology

Environmental Engineering

Guests FrOM AsiA

9 %

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dr. GABriellA ciAnciOlO

ArcHitEcturE itAlY 2011

shiGeru BAn

ArcHitEcturE JAPAN 2009

Peter dell‘uVA


dr. edWArd cArryer

MEcHANicAl ENGiNEEriNG usA 2011

PrOF. ritA PintO de FreitAs

ArcHitEcturE sPAiN 2010 – 2011

ZhAnG dAWei

civil ENGiNEEriNG JAPAN 2010

sylViA he

GEOGrAPHY/ EcONOMics usA 2011

PrOF. VictOr OlMOs GÓMes


yusuke hOnjO

GEOtEcHNics JAPAN 2010

PrOF. christiAn u. GrOsse

GEOPHYsics GErMANY 2010

PrOF. jOhAn W. jOuBert

iNDustriAl ENGiNEEriNG sOutH AFricA 2011

dr. tsuyOshi hirAtA

cONstructiON cHEMicAls JAPAN 2010 – 2011

yuMA kAWAsAki

civil ENGiNEEriNG

JAPAN

2010

PrOF. Peter MccleAry


dietMAr kOerinG


PrOF. dr. MAuri serGiO AlVes PAlMA

ENvirONMENtAl ENGiNEEriNG BrAZil 2010

tOBiAs klein


PrOF. MArk MichAeli

ArcHitEcturE sWitZErlAND 2010 – 2011

PrOF. dr. juAn dOMinGO sAntOs


PrOF. dr.-inG. WeidOnG Qu

PrOPErtY vAluAtiON cHiNA 2010 – 2011

luiGi snOZZi

ArcHitEcturE sWitZErlAND 2010

denis VlieGhe


dr. sheri d. shePPArd

MEcHANicAl ENGiNEEriNG usA 2011

dr. iVO WenGrAF

GEOGrAPHY uk/usA 2011


Guest scientistsFrOM EDucAtiON AND rEsEArcH

Educational mission

shiGeru BAn has its own office in tokyo Japan and is not only an architect but also inventor, experimentator and engineer. the Faculty of Architecture of technische universität Munich spe-cially honoured his scientific engagement and conferred him an honorary doctorate on 9 Decem-ber, 2009. During his visit in Munich he stayed at Oskar von Miller Forum.

GABriellA ciAnciOlO cOsentinO (itAly), post-doc scholar of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at technische universität Munich, lives at Oskar von Miller Forum since 1 April, 2011. she researches on the italian influences on German post-war Architecture.

dr. edWArd cArryer And dr. sheri d. shePPArd (stAnFOrd, usA) live at Oskar von Miller Forum since July 2011. During their stay, on 25 July they organized the workshop “integrated thinking – key in Design” aiming at the development of competences to better plan and elaborate strategies and communicate in the professional world.

dr. ZhAnG dAWei works as scientist at the Hokkaido university in sapporo, Japan in the labora-tory of Engineering for Maintenance systems. in the framework of his research “life cycle Predic-tion and Management of concrete structures” he was a guest of tuM and lived at Oskar von Miller Forum from 19 september to 15 October, 2010.

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PrOF. VictOr OlMOs GÓMes from the Faculty of Architecture EstAM of uPM (universidad Politecnica de Madrid), spain worked from 20 to 27 October, 2010 as guest scientist at the institute for Design and Monument Preservation of technische universität Munich. He also lived at Oskar von Miller Forum for the time of his stay.

PrOF. dr.-inG. hABil. christiAn u. GrOsse is professor in the discipline “Non-Destructive Material testing” at tuM, a double appointment of the Faculty of civil Engineering and Geodesy and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. From 1 April to 30 september, 2010 he was a guest scientist at Oskar von Miller Forum. During his stay, he organized a workshop held in English lan-guage with the title “From Earthquakes to Acoustic Emissions and Non-destructive testing in civil Engineering”.

dr. tsuyOshi hirAtA, Nippon shokubai, Osaka, Japan, worked from 15 september, 2010 to 30 september, 2011 at the institute for Advanced study of technische universität Munich for re-search purposes. As researcher from the industry Dr. Hirata built a bridge at the Oskar von Miller Forum between science and business.

PrOF. yusuke hOnjO, Gifu university, Japan, led on september 9th and 10th a geotechnics se-minar at Oskar von Millar Forum. With his two-part seminar “reliability Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering” Prof. Honjo presented the results of his research regarding safety, reliability and risk of geotechnics. From 6 to 15 september, 2010 he was a guest at Oskar von Miller Forum.

PrOF. jOhAn W. jOuBert, Department of industrial and systems Engineering, university of Pretoria, south Africa and sylvia He, doctorate student in geography and economics, usA and Dr. ivo Wengraf, uk/usA, live at Oskar von Miller Forum since 2011. they participate at ifmo Post-Doc Fellowship “Mobility cultures in Megacities” at technische universität Munich.


yuMA kAWAsAki is Junior research Associate at the Graduate school of science and technol-ogy, kumamoto university, Japan. in the framework of the kikA agreement in the field of noise emission analysis, as a student of Prof. Ohtsu he was a gain for the joint research project of kum-amoto university and technische universität Munich. Mr kawasaki was a guest at Oskar von Miller Forum from 11 september to 31 October, 2010.

tOBiAs klein Arch. M.Arch., Peter dell’uVA diPl. Arch. M.Arch., dietMAr kOer-inG diPl. inG. M.Arch. And denis VlieGhe AAdrl, four guests from the Architectural Association london held a seminar from 12 to 19 December, 2010 at the chair for Principles of Architectural Design at tuM. For the duration of the seminar they stayed at Oskar von Miller Forum.

PrOF. MArk MichAeli holds since October 2010 the full professorship for sustainable urbanism at technische universität Munich. From 1 October, 2010 to 18 January, 2011 he lived at Oskar von Miller Forum. On 18 January, 2011 he held a lecture with following discussion on the subject “the involuntary suicide of Design – Problem and solution Oriented Approaches of sustainability”.

PrOF. dr. leOPOld MBereyAhO is civil engineer and works for the kigali institute of science and technology kist, rwanda. in the framework of a cooperation with the Faculty of Architecture of tuM, together with Ms Josephine Malonza, he held a lecture on 14 April, 2010 at Oskar von Miller Forum on architecture and building design in rwanda. Ms Malonza and Prof. Dr. Mbereyaho were accommodated at Oskar von Miller Forum from 12 to 17 April, 2010.

PrOF. Peter MccleAry, Professor emeritus at university of Pennsylvania was invited by tuM to direct a visiting professorship research study (tuv sud Foundation 2011) in May, June and July 2011. topic of the study was the sustainability of bridge structures. During his stay, Prof. Mccleary held several lectures at tuM.

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PrOF. dr. MAuri serGiO AlVes PAlMA, university sao Paulo, Brazil, was at the chair of Water Economy at technische universität Munich in the framework of a post-doc, where he studied the management of waste waters containing phenols and drugs or oestrogen. in order to exchange and expand his experience in civil and environmental engineering Prof. Mauri lived at Oskar von Miller Forum from 1 April to 15 May, 2010.

Ms PrOF. ritA PintO de FreitAs is architect and teaches at the Faculty of Architecture at universitat Politècnica de catalunya in Barcelona, spain. From 1 August, 2010 to 28 February, 2011 she was a guest at the chair of urbanism and regional Planning at tuM and at Oskar von Miller Forum. On thursday, 27 January, 2011 Ms Prof. rita de Pinto Freitas held a lecture at the Oskar von Miller Forum with the title “Hybrid Architecture – scale, context, structure”.

PrOF. dr. juAn dOMinGO sAntOs is professor at EtsA in Granada where he also owns an architectural office. From 15 April to 31 July, 2010 he was a guest professor at technische uni-versität Munich and lived during this period at Oskar von Miller Forum. On 14 June, 2010, a movie evening took place with the movie “un Encuentro – Juan Domingo santos’ from Juan sebastián Bollaín” based on a true story, later followed by a discussion.

luiGi snOZZi, luGAnO (ch) is considered one of the main representatives of temporary ticino architecture. in the context of his evening lecture on 21 July, 2010 in the Architecture Museum of technische universität Munich, he held a ceremonial address at the museum Pinakothek Munich to inaugurate the exhibition “History of reconstruction – construction of History”.


As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it. AntOine de sAint-eXuPéry tHE citY iN tHE DEsErt

PrOject leAdersOskar von Miller Forum is supported by the association Bayerische Bauwirtschaft.

04Proprietor an operator> from page 144

Project Leaders> from page 145

The Team> from page 147

Outlook> from page 148

•Proprietor and operator•

The Oskar von Miller Forum is operated by the foundation of “Bayerisches Baugewerbe e. V.”. “Gemeinnützige Urlaubskasse e. V.” is proprietor of the building. Urlaubskasse is a registered association; its members are the collective bargaining parties of the Bavarian construction industry.

The Oskar von Miller Forum is supported by the associations of the Bavarian construction industry, Bayerischen Bauindustrieverband, Verband der Zimmerer und Holzbau unternehmer and the trade union Industriegewerk-schaft Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt.

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BAVAriAn cOnstructiOn industry

Project Leaders

Bayerischer Bauindustrieverband (BBiV)the “Bayerische Bauindustrieverband” (BBiv) represents the interests of the Bavarian construc-tion industry vis-à-vis trade unions, legislative bodies, the government and public administration in the state of Bavaria.

industriegewerkschaft Bauen-Agrar-umwelt (iG-BAu)the trade union “Bauen-Agrar-umwelt” (iG BAu) represents the interests of around 400,000 work-ers in the German industries of construction, construction materials, agriculture and forestry, fa-cility management, environment and nature conservation as well as waste disposal and recycling.

landesverband Bayerischer Bauinnungen (lBB)the “landesverband Bayerischer Bauinnungen” (lBB) is the federation of employers and industrial associations in the Bavarian construction industry.

Verband der Zimmerer und holzbauunternehmer Bayern (VBZh)the “verband der Zimmerer und Holzbauunternehmer Bayern” is an association that represents Bavaria’s carpenters and timber construction companies, acting to promote the interests of car-pentry companies.

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•Gemeinnützige urlaubskasse des Bayerischen Baugewerbes e. V.•

For more than 60 years, the procedure of holiday entitlement in the framework of collective bar-gaining agreements permits that employees in the construction industry accumulate holiday and refund entitlement. the “urlaubskasse” holds an employee account for each trade worker in the construction industry in Bavaria and reimburses the employer paid holiday money.

Boardsenator E.h. rA Gerhard Hess | BBiv Dipl.-ing. Otto Frischeisen | lBB/vBB Hans Beer | iG Bau robert Feiger | iG Bau

ManagementErnst treitz | Manager claudia Glas | Deputy Manager

Programme Advisory councilHans Angerer | former president of the district of upper Francania/Bavaria Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. thomas Herzog | Herzog + Partner carsten kuttnik | iG BAu Bochum-Dortmund Prof. Dr.-ing. Gerhard Müller | tuM Dr.-ing. Hans-Joachim Wolff Prof. sophie Wolfrum | tuM

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•the team•

Prof. Dr.-ing. Werner lang | Director sabina karkos | Office isabelle krier Michaeli | Office Daniela schäfer | Office Bojan Marinkovic | caretaker

cOntActs OF the hOuse

the team

the future is no stroke of fate but the consequence of decision that we make today.

FrAnZ Alt

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•20 October 2011•Prof. dr. dr. h. c. thomas herzog | herzog + Partner | MunichWorking on the Forms of Buildings

•10 november 2011•Prof. jørgen s. steenfelt | cOWi A/s | kongens lyngby, denmarkFehmarn Belt crossing – the missing link

•8 december 2011•Prof. dr. dr. h. c. ernst ulrich von Weizsäcker | uneP | Paris, FranceEcological Price Politics as Motor of sustainable Progress

•12 january 2012•Prof. Michael Braungart | ePeA | hamburgA Building like a tree – cradle to cradle

•9 February 2012•Prof. Michelle Addington | yale school of Architecture | new haven, ct, usAsmart materials

uP-cOMinG eVents 2011/12

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•19 April 2012•dipl.-ing. heinz ehrbar | Alptransit Gotthard AG | luzern, switzerlandGotthard Base tunnel – 60 Year vision – 20 Year realisation

•10 May 2012•Prof. Mark West | c.A.s.t., Manitoba | Winnipeg, canadaFabric-formed concrete – new forms for architecture and structures

•14 june 2012•dipl.-ing. hermann Blumer | sjb.kempter.fitze AG planen + bauen | Waldstatt, switzerland

Wood Globally – incentives for Design and Production

•12 july 2012•Prof. dr. Armen der kiureghian | Berkeley | california, usAPost-earthquake Decisions: From Personal Experience to Mathematical Modeling

events6.15 pm Event hall, ground floor

With the Oskar von Miller Forum we want to make a contribution to publicize the professional image of modern ‘master builders’, especially in view of their divers abilities and responsibilities … and to har-monize in the future their education even more inten-sively with complex requirements presented to to-morrow’s civil engineers.

rOBert FeiGer, MeMBer OF the BOArd

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The Oskar von Miller Forum in the heart of Munich in direct vicinity to Technische Universität Munich is an international guest house and meeting point.The Forum is an independent educational initiative supported by Baye-rische Bauwirtschaft (association of construction workers‘ union and of the Bavarian construction industry) and provides incentives for the education of civil engineers, architects and aspiring master builders.

The year book 2010/2011 offers an insight into the international life and work at Oskar von Miller Forum.

Oskar von Miller Forum Year Book

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