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M*_Individual/Group Thesis

During the last Module of the program each student is asked to develop a topic of his/her choice under the instruction of prof. Dr. Ludger Hovestadt and Dr. phil. Vera Buhlman. The topic should be implemented computationally within 12 weeks, under the programming guidance of the research group working in the chair.

04.11.2011 / Chad McCarthy

Information age buildings

Chad McCarthy was born in New Zealand and studied electrical and electronic engineering at the University of Auckland specialising in Power Electronics. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1997 and worked for NDY and Ove Arup designing Europes first large capacity data centres and completed research work in the simulation of harmonic currents in data centres. Continue reading

31.10.2011 / Benjamin Samuel Koren

Benjamin Samuel Koren was born in Frankfurt/Main and grew up in Miami, Florida. He studied architecture, film and music at the University of Miami and the Architectural Association in London, at which he was awarded a Bronze Medal commendation, an SOM fellowship and the iGuzzini Award at the 2005 RIBA President’s medals for his project entitled “Harmonic Proportion in Amorphic Form”. Continue reading