Category: Current

Three Awards and special mentions – Schlaun Competition 2019 / 2020
The 9th student Schlaun Competition Münster Train City was launched in August 2019. The jury did not meet until October 2021 due to multiple postponements caused by the lockdown. Out of a total of 87 entries in the urban design category from Hanover, Dortmund, Cologne, Wismar, Oldenburg, Darmstadt and Munich, three prizes and special mentions went to our students of the MSA in Münster. Congratulations to all the prize winners!

master lectures 2021
core theme Winter 2021: Circular Design … from now on in the Archive.

Urban Perspectives 2019
The lecture series of the Münster School of Architecture continues in 2019. Renowned thinkers, architects and planners will talk about their positions on the city and architecture

Dark Metal
Dark metal: When the lights go down in Kiruna – survey article in Topos no. 102 (International Review of Landscape Architecture)

Urban Perspectives 2018
The MSA lecture series entitled “Urban Perspectives” will resume in spring 2018. Guest speakers are major players on the international stage with ground-breaking ideas. From a variety of different standpoints, the focus is on the urban effects of architecture beyond the plot boundary.

Think Tank Kinderhaus
Think Tank Kinderhaus Urban design studio for the regeneration and further development of the large settlement of Kinderhaus-Brüningheide in Münster.
DAM Architectural Book Award 2017
DAM Architectural Book Award 2017 for our book “Bezahlbar. Gut. Wohnen.” [Affordable. Desirable. Livable.], ready for the second edition at Jovis Publishers. The award honours the ten best architectural publications in German 2017. With gratitude to Hans Sauer Stiftung, Jovis, Bucharchitektur and all involved people.
Alternative Housing
October 2017 +++ Alternative Housing Concepts Interview at the 2nd channel of German Television Broadcasting (ZDF 05.10.2017)
Department Urban Planning
15-09-2017 The Department of Urban Planning visits the Department Urban Design at the MSA
Hotel Ruhrmoderne
100 Hours of Brutalism
27th – 30th July 2017 Marl / Münster / Wulfen. Nowhere else in Germany you can find such a density of grand and also irritating post-war buildings as in the northern Ruhr area:
Interview German Radio
30-06-2017 Affordable Housing is possible! Interview with the German Radio “Deutschlandfunk Kultur”. More informationen about the research focus: Bezahlbar. Gut. Wohnen.

Ruhrmoderne Summer Academy
Ruhrmoderne Summer Academy (RMSA) Opening of the exhibition Marschall 66 on Friday 19 May 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in a former school on Kampstraße in the city of Marl.
Reactivating Johannesburg
May 2017 +++ Femke Leeflang receives the “University Award”. +++ With the title Johannesburg – Reactivating the City of Extremes

Lecture Series 2017
Lecture Series 2017: Processes, Agents & Constellations
Exhibition Affordable Housing
25. 04. 2017 Bezahlbar. Gut. Wohnen. Vernissage of our extended exhibition about affordable housing at the AIT Architektursalon @ Centre for Building Culture Rheinland-Pfalz in Mainz at 7:30 p.m.
Kick-Off
04-04-2017 Kick-Off! Brainstorm about growing city limits, workshop about a 50 ha future city extension: 125 motivated students x 8 hours = six and a half month for one person. concentrated workforce!
WSUD
23-01-2017 Water Sensitive Urban Design: Conclusion of the WSUD research project for the development of an integrated teaching resource.

Bezahlbar. Gut. Wohnen.
Affordable. Desirable. Livable. – Strategies for Affordable Living: the extended new German edition of our book Affordable Living – Housing for Everyone (2014) was published by Jovis (Berlin, 2016).
University Award 2016
May 2016 +++ Sebastian Neimeier receives the University Award 2016. +++ Marktlücke is an

Affordable Living @ TU Wien
12-04-2016 Joachim Schultz-Granberg: Ankunftsstädte und organisatorische Modelle +++ Vortrag an der TU Wien im Rahmen des Projektes Home not Shelter 2
Hans Sauer Preis 2016
06. 04. 2016 Price Giving Ceremony – Hans Sauer Award 2016: The Hans Sauer Foundation invites together with the Architekturmuseum of the University of Technology Munich to the award ceremony of the Hans Sauer Award 2016: „SOCIAL DESIGN. Affordable. Good. Living.” The competition brief was made on base of the book “Affordable Living” in cooperation with the editors

Lecture and Workshop in Hamburg
02-03-2016 Joachim Schultz-Granberg: The City as Incubator +++ 1,1 million refugees arrived in Germany in 2016. Lecture and Workshop for the Arrival City of Hamburg

Wind Regimes, Architecture and Urban Design
17-10-2015 Joachim Schultz-Granberg: Wind Regimes, Architecture and Urban Design +++ Lecture at the Austrian Pavillion at Expo Milano 2015 at the Symposium Climatecture
Affordable Living AIT-Symposium Cologne
13-08-2015 Vernissage “Affordable Living” at 7:30 p.m. at the AIT Architektur Salon Cologne
timelapse final review
23-06-2015 Final Review North-South-Axis Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg © David Andrés Peralta Cerros
Academy of Scenarios
12-06-2015 Designing for Urban Change. Barkenberg: potential futures for a town in decline +++ Three scenarios that respond to demographic change in Berkenberg, Dorsten, a shrinking town in Germany: The Super Mayor, Lateral Thinkers and Collective Enterpreneurs. +++ The workshop series HausAufgaben [home work] runs from 10 – 20 June 2015 +++ Exhibition at the Weissenhof Gallery from 28 April – 01 July 2018 “Small houses – big topic” +++
Exhibition Affordable Living
11-06-2015 Vernissage “Affordable Living” with AIT Architektursalon @ Make City Berlin at 7 p.m. at the HO Berlin Gallery
Schlaun Competition 2015
May 2015 +++ Stefani Treus and Lisa Emmler win the Schlaun-Competition 2015 – Congratulations! +++ Supervision: Stephanie Stratmann, Joachim Schultz-Granberg +++ Schlaun-Competition

Ideas for Urban Intensification
01-03-2015 Ideas competition for Urban Intensification
Münster is a popular city; by the year 2030 estimates put the number of new residents at 30,000. However, housing options are becoming more and more limited.
master lectures: Designing with Urban Climate
13-01-2015 SANDA LENZHOLZER: Designing with Urban Climate +++ Wageningen Universitiy +++ master lectures 14/15

The World as a Catalogue
The World as a Catalogue – Comparative model studies on urban morphology and a structural understanding of the city
Affordable Living, Jovis 2014
November 2014 +++ Klaus Dömer, Hans Drexler, Joachim Schultz-Granberg: AFFORDABLE LIVING – Housing for Everyone +++ Publication about affordable Housing published at Jovis, Berlin 2014 +++

Kiosk-O
22-09-2014 Joachim Schultz-Granberg: kiosk-O – a report about an guidance system for visitors in the city of Münster +++ Lecture at the German Federation for City Marketing 2014 +++

Symposium Climate and Planning
14-06-2011 Symposium on Climate and Planning Urban planning strategies play an important role in adapting new and existing cities to climate change. How does city planning and building affect local climate conditions and what are the interdependencies between climatologic and functional needs? Experts from climatology and urban planning will discuss urban planning issues

Climate and Design
29-05-2014 Symposium on Climate and Design How can we develop innovative design methods that integrate climate as a substantial parameter into the architectural and urban design process? Invited experts will investigate overlaps between technical, phenomenological and design-based issues between architecture, urban design and climate.

master lectures: New York Manhattan
21.01.2014 at 7 p.m. at the main lecture hall Leo 1 +++ Bruno Flierl: SKYSCRAPER CITY NEW YORK MANHATTAN +++ a film documentary from Bruno Flierl and Jürgen Prange with an introduction by Bruno Flierl +++ master lectures 13/14
MA-L Stiftung Freizeit
13-11-2013 Stiftung Freizeit: TAKE TIME FOR YOUR CITY +++ master lectures 13/14

Urban Perspectives 2013
The Westfalian city of Münster is a popular place of residence. However: 30.000 migrants are expected by 2030 according to demographic census. Apartments become scarce, rents and prices rise.
Eau de Aa
21-09-2012 Eau de Aa – fresh Water from Münster +++ a product of the Stiftung Freizeit for the exhibition CITY and RIVER +++

River Scapes
14-09-2012 “Opening CITY and RIVER – Münster on the River Aa”: exhibits connecting city and river
Lecture Series Stadtansichten: The Berlin Castle – Humboldt Forum
23. 05. 2012 BRUNO FLIERL: Berliner Schloss – Humboldt Forum +++ Stadtansichten +++

Faces of Places
02-02-2012 Faces of Places The student ideas competition Studio Heiden, a joint venture with the Saxion Hogeschool Deventer, explores the future of the Westphalian town of Heiden as part of the funding initiative Regionale 2016. In tandem, a photographic project about places and protagonists came into being.
Münster Manipulations
13-10-2011 Münster Manipulations Workshop at the Annual 2011: Students mark places (Ort) and non-places (Unort) in the city of Münster and show a sense for the quality of urban space. Future commissions for our coming architects?