Silke Langenberg: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2023 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Silke Langenberg |
| Field | Construction Heritage and Preservation |
| Address | Konstruktionserbe u. Denkmalpflege ETH Zürich, HIT H 43.2 Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 27 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 633 69 77 |
| langenberg@arch.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Architecture |
| Relationship | Full Professor |
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| 052-0911-23L | Repair: Keep in Place   This semester, the elective is offered in combination with a Design-Build seminar week in Davos on the Schatzalp. This course can only be taken in conjunction with participation in the Design-Build seminar week. A simultaneous enrolment in the design studio 052-1115-23L Architectural Design V-IX: Topic (T. Emerson) is recommended. Notice: The enrolment in the elective is open until 11.09.23. Please first wait for the enrolment and assignment to the design studio and seminar week. | 2 credits | 2S | S. Langenberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | Complex constructions that are difficult to maintain and industrial manufacturing processes decrease the lifespan of objects not only in product design but also in architecture. Repairability is becoming less of a concern – replacement seems to be the norm. We need to rethink the way we build, starting already with the planning phase. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | In this course, we combine traditional topics of preservation with concepts of repair and FAB initiatives to raise awareness for sustainable thinking and action. Students will learn both traditional and digital methods as well as the basic building and material criteria for repair. The objective is not only the hands-on repair of a building part but especially to learn about the concepts of heritage preservation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | The elective course will discuss and examine the reparability of constructions and building systems. Students will identify building parts in need of maintenance and subsequently develop a repair concept. In groups, they will carry out the repair under expert guidance or possibly with the aid of digital fabrication processes. The objective is to recognize and analyze mechanisms of deterioration and to propose adequate repair measures. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | Baier, Andrea u. a. (Hg.), Die Welt reparieren, Bielefeld 2016. Heckl, Wolfgang M., Die Kultur der Reparatur, München 2013. Krebs, Stefan u. a., Kulturen des Reparierens, Bielefeld 2018. Langenberg, Silke (Hg.), Repair. Encouragement to Think and Make. Berlin 2018. Stockhammer, Daniel (Hg.), Upcycling. Reuse and Repurposing as a Design Principle in Architecture. Zurich 2020. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 052-0913-23L | Preservation: Inventory of the Provincial | 2 credits | 2S | S. Langenberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | This course examines the building stock that has emerged outside the urban centers over the past 50 years. Based on publications and excursions, students will do in-depth research on buildings in the Swiss "province" and their context. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | The students will gain insights into practical methods of heritage preservation. Through a shift in perspective from the city to the countryside, the students are asked to critically question existing evaluation systems and processes and to discuss them in the group. In addition, the inventory allows to explore tendencies of a building stock often overlooked in professional discourse and to reflect on its cultural, historical, sociological, and economic relevance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | While cities, as cultural centers, have always been a forum for architectural currents and discourse, the last 50 years in particular have also seen the construction of large building stocks in their peripheries and beyond. Architectural designs for rural areas seem to have been shaped by other political and social demands and forces than those for the city. In consequence, this building stock might be evaluated with other criteria too. The inventory offers an entry point into this discussion and into examining ideas for an expanded system of values: Which typologies and architectural expressions are to be found? In which context were the buildings and constructions erected, which narratives are they subject to? Which values are present? What significance do the objects have in a social perspective? The term "province", which often has a negative connotation, has been chosen deliberately and is intended to draw attention to the unjustly under-appreciated, everyday and ordinary building stock of recent decades and to encourage reflection on its relevance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | The course addresses primarily students of the MAS ETH in Denkmalpflege und Konstruktionsgeschichte and the CAS ETH in Future Heritage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 063-0911-23L | Preservation: Future Heritage | 2 credits | 2V | S. Langenberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | Heritage conservation is dedicated to the preservation and protection of historical buildings. In this lecture, students will learn about the theoretical positions on historic monuments and the basics of preservation in practice. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | In addition to active participation in the discussions, students will be asked to engage with a topic or object of their own choice in order to be able to develop and comprehensibly justify their own positions within the context of preservation. Our goal here is to foster students' communication skills and the culture of discussion. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | The responsible reconstruction and further development of the existing building stock requires knowledge and an understanding of the theoretical positions conservation and the basics of preservation in practice. The core course of spring semester 2024 conveys this knowledge to students with the help of selected writings and discusses them in the context of various guest lectures. The core course is dedicated to tangible objects and intangible heritage of minorities, fringe groups and people without a lobby, and examines inventories at federal, cantonal and communal level. In addition to the preservation of already designated objects, the selection and inventorying of future protected objects is one of the core tasks of monument preservation and the federal government. The outcome of this course is an individual written inventory text submitted to a database of Future Heritage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | READING LIST Monographs and edited volumes: Brandt, Sigrid, Jörg Haspel und John Ziesemer, ICOMOS Deutschland/ Österreich/ Luxem-burg/ Schweiz (Hg.), Monumenta IV: Deutschsprachige Texte – vom Europäischen Denkmalschutzjahr 1975 zum Europäischen Kulturerbejahr 2018, Berlin 2020. Dehio, Georg, Kunsthistorische Aufsätze. München 1914 Eidg. Kommission für Denkmalpflege (Hg.), Leitsätze zur Denkmalpflege in der Schweiz, Zürich 2007. Falser, Michael und Wilfried Lipp, ICOMOS Österreich (Hg.), Monumenta III: Eine Zukunft für unsere Vergangenheit. Zum 40. Jubiläum des Europäischen Denkmalschutzjahres (1975–2015), Berlin 2015. Franz, Birgit, Gerhard Vinken und Johanna Blokker (Hg.), Denkmal - Werte - Bewertung. Denkmalpflege im Spannungsfeld von Fachinstitution und bürgerschaftlichem Engagement, Holzminden 2013 (Veröffentlichung des Arbeitskreises Theorie und Lehre der Denkmalpflege e.V., Band 23). Huse, Norbert (Hg.), Denkmalpflege: Deutsche Texte aus drei Jahrhunderten, München 1984. ICOMOS Deutschland/ Österreich/ Luxemburg/ Schweiz (Hg.), Monumenta I: Internationale Grundsätze und Richtlinien der Denkmalpflege, Stuttgart 2012. Martin, Dieter J. und Michael Krautzberger (Hg.), Handbuch Denkmalschutz und Denkmalpflege. Einschliesslich Archäologie – Recht, fachli-che Grundsätze, Verfahren, Finanzierung, München 2006. Meier, Hans-Rudolf, Ingrid Scheurmann und Wolfgang Sonne (Hg.), Werte. Begründungen der Denkmalpflege in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Berlin 2013. Meier, Hans-Rudolf und Marion Wohlleben (Hg.), Bauten und Orte als Träger von Erinnerung. Die Erinnerungsdebatte und die Denkmalpflege, Zürich 2000. Petzet, Michael und Gert Mader (Hg.), Praktische Denkmalpflege, Stuttgart/ Berlin/ Köln 1993. Petzet, Michael, ICOMOS Deutschland/ Luxemburg/ Österreich/ Schweiz (Hg.) Monumenta II: Denkmalpflege – Internationale Grundsätze in Theorie und Praxis, Berlin 2013. Ruskin, John, The Stones of Venice, 3. Bde., London 1851. Schmidt, Leo (Hg.), Einführung in die Denkmalpflege, Darmstadt 2008. Scheurmann, Ingrid und Hans-Rudolf Meier (Hg.), DENKmalWERTE: Beiträge zur Theorie und Aktualität der Denkmalpflege. Georg Mörsch zum 70. Geburtstag, Berlin 2010. Scott, Fred, On Altering Architecture. London 2007 Will, Thomas, Die Kunst des Bewahrens. Denkmalpflege, Architektur und Stadt, Berlin 2020. Wohlleben, Marion und Georg Mörsch, Georg Dehio und Alois Riegl - Konservie-ren, nicht restaurieren. Streitschriften zur Denkmalpflege um 1900, Basel 1988 (Bauwelt Fundamente 80) Hassler, Uta, Langfriststabilität. Beiträge zur langfristigen Dynamik der gebauten Umwelt, Zürich 2011 Fundamentals and legal texts: Stadt Zürich Hochbaudepartement, Amt für Städtebau, Denkmalpflege und Archäologie (Hg.), Schulhäuser der Stadt Zürich. Spezialinventar Archäologie und Denkmalpflege, September 2008 Stadt Zürich Hochbaudepartement, Amt für Städtebau (Hg.), Bauten, Gärten und Anlagen 1960 bis 1980. Inventarergänzung, August 2013 SR 451 Bundesgesetz über den Natur- und Heimatschutz und die Denkmalpflege vom 1. Juli 1966 und die dazu gehörende Verordnung. Denkmalpflegegesetzgebung in den Heimatkantonen der Kursteilnehmenden. Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz INSA – Inventare der Heimatkantone der Teilnehmenden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 079-0100-00L | Seminar Basics Does not take place this semester. | 3 credits | 2S | S. Langenberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | The seminar provides an introduction to the basics of scientific work. It imparts methods of architectural and cultural studies, introduces participants to archive-based research and enables them to critically and analytically evaluate the sources consulted. Forms of communicating scientific results are also a topic of the seminar. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | The aim of the seminar is to qualify participants to apply methods of architectural and cultural studies in the evaluation of objects of the built environment. Participants are enabled to assess a building which they have selected in the form of a heritage conservation report. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | An essential basis for a responsible engagement with the built heritage is the ability to recognise its characteristics and peculiarities from an architectural scientific point of view, and to objectively elaborate on them. For this, knowledge of scientific methods is just as much a prerequisite as the ability to undertake purposeful research and to critically evaluate source material in order to productively include it in the analysis. The first part of the seminar is devoted to an introduction to scientific work in the fields of architectural and cultural studies. This lays the foundation for the second part, which deals with the independent scientific evaluation of a building which the participants choose individually. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 079-0101-00L | Seminar Texts on Preservation Does not take place this semester. | 3 credits | 2S | S. Langenberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | In the seminar, selected texts on architectural theory and monument preservation are read together and discussed in plenary. The focus is on selected writings from John Ruskin, Gottfried Semper and Friedrich Nietzsche to Alois Riegl and Adolf Loos to Walter Benjamin, Aleida Assmann and Peter Zumthor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Skills in reading complex theoretical and literary writings on architecture and monument preservation are taught. With increasing practice, these enable participants to undertake an independent appropriation of architectural theory and monument preservation content. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | The writings on architectural theory and historic preservation discussed in the seminar provide an overview of the most important theories and concepts of historic preservation. Ruskin’s narrative of architectural historicity, Semper’s conception of “Bekleidung” and Nietzsche’s transformation of mythology are covered, as are Riegl’s notions of “Erinnerungswert” and “Gegenwartswert”, Loos’ writings on architecture, Benjanmin’s notion of aura and Aleida Assmann’s memory space as well as Peter Zumthor's atmosphere. Each text is discussed in terms of textual structure, conceptual history, visual language, relationship to poetry and literature, strategies of theory, etc. Identifying the levels and intersections that link a theory with other theories characterises one of the main tasks of our seminar. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | Georg Dehio, Kunsthistorische Aufsätze, Munich 1914. Uta Hassler/Winfried Nerdinger, Das Prinzip der Rekonstruktion, Zurich 2010. Norbert Huse (ed.), Denkmalpflege: Deutsche Texte aus drei Jahrhunderten, Munich 1984. Fritz Neumeyer, Quellentexte zur Architekturtheorie. Nachdenken über Architektur, Munich 2002. Ákos Moravánszky, Architekturtheorie im 20. Jahrhundert. Eine kritische Anthologie, Vienna 2003. John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice, 3 vol., London 1851. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 079-0150-00L | Preservation Law Does not take place this semester. | 2 credits | 1G | S. Langenberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | The course elaborates the legal concept of “monument” in its important distinction from the respective scientific concept. It highlights its embeddedness and effect in public building law. Furthermore, it deals with legal protection instruments and procedures. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | In addition to elaborating the legal concept of monuments, the course familiarises participants with legal protection instruments and procedures. It is planned to involve the participants by means of practical examples. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | The first part is devoted to substantive preservation law: legal foundations and qualification of an object as a "monument", structural-legal aesthetics and architectural monument, scope of protection as well as prerequisites for protection. The second part deals with the procedures: Responsibilities of the various authorities/bodies, record of objects, provisional and definitive protection (in particular according to the protection objective and effect of the various protection instruments) and appellate proceedings. In accordance with the lecturer's (Dr. Dominik Bachmann) practical experience, formal preservation law is based on Zurich law, the principles of which, however, also apply in the monument preservation ordinances of the other cantons, which differ in detail. These are referred to selectively and by way of example. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 079-0200-00L | Sustainable Development | 3 credits | 2G | S. Langenberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | In the MAS/CAS seminar, we will critically discuss values and meanings relevant within the field of architecture. This will be done by examining and comparing the values of buildings as well as evaluation criteria of various actors – such as preservation authorities, architects, the real estate industry, or property owners. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | The students of this seminar will gain insight into different evaluation criteria and value systems within the larger field of preservation. Through various exercises, they learn to critically question current approaches to existing buildings, which are all too often characterized by demolition and replacement. The students will gain knowledge about lines of argumentation necessary to standing their ground in discussions with private or institutional clients. In addition to different assessment criteria for the preservation of historical monuments, they will learn the basics of life cycle analysis, calculation methods for determining grey energy and CO2 content, as well as the feasibility and usefulness of reuse and recycling of building materials. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | In the evaluation of the existing building stock, approaches vary substantially. While the institutional preservation of historical monuments is oriented towards a broad canon of values, architects evaluate these objects primarily according to shape and design, and more recently also according to resource-economic criteria. For the real estate industry, in turn, what seems to be decisive is primarily the market value (not only of the object, but of the building site above all), and for building owners it is the utility or resale value of a property. While buildings protected as monuments are widely recognized as cultural heritage, the large building stock of the second half of the 20th century is often considered unattractive and its maintenance or upgrading a costly imposition. However, it is precisely this stock that holds great potential, as it generally allows more possibilities for use and change than protected objects. In case of demolition, individual components of these buildings can possibly be reused. The discussion about values, protection and preservation of the existing building stock is complex and must be conducted on different levels. In addition to classic protection criteria, ecological and economic considerations, too, must be taken into account. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 079-0250-00L | Preservation in Switzerland | 2 credits | 2G | S. Langenberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | Historic buildings and sites are not per se significant parts of cultural heritage. They only become so when certain values are associated with them. Monument values are as dynamic as the society that produces them. The lecture traces the historical development of monument recognition and preservation in Switzerland since 1798. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Students will be able to name the most important actors in Swiss heritage conservation and describe developments in the field. They know methodological approaches and can place them in their historical context. They can identify the necessary principles and instruments in different situations and use them in their professional environment. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | In the 20th century, the most important impulses for the theory and practice of restoration came from the Federal Commission for the Preservation of Monuments, whose theoretical discourse and work are traced in detail. However, the activities of the cantons, private-law organisations and universities are also examined within the course. The institutionalisation of monument preservation is analysed in the context of social developments, whereby the evolution of its self-image from a patriotic civic duty in the age of industrialisation to monument preservation as environmental protection in the sustainability discourse of the 21st century is also examined. In the second half of the semester, the theoretical foundations, actors and instruments that are relevant in Switzerland today will be presented and their interaction explained. Central questions will be examined in greater depth using concrete case studies. Among others, the following will be discussed: the restoration of Chillon Castle from 1897; the mountain village restoration of Vrin in 1944; the restoration of the Augustinian Church in Zurich in 1958; the controversy surrounding the reconstruction of the Predigerchor in Zurich in 1987; the extension of the Stadtcasino Basel (2016-2020); the struggle for the preservation of medieval wooden buildings in the canton of Schwyz (2000-2021). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 079-0251-00L | Digital Heritage | 3 credits | 2G | S. Langenberg, O. Kasap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | This course focuses on recent constructions built using innovative computational design and fabrication technologies, and the challenges associated with their repair, maintenance, and preservation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | With the help of input lectures and excursions in and around Zurich, participants will explore new types of materials, structural designs, construction processes and methods associated with recently completed buildings built using computational methods. They will learn to critically observe existing theories and methods of preservation and discuss in groups the relationship between today’s digitally fabricated objects and future challenges in the discipline of preservation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | The past two decades witnessed significant advances in the areas of computational design and digital fabrication in architecture. These often include the use of advanced fabrication tools such as robotic arms and 3d printers which are computer-controlled via algorithmic scripts for the purpose of manufacturing geometrically complex building parts that are optimized in terms of materials and structural design. The prototypes and buildings which demonstrate such technologies often feature new and experimental composite materials, construction details, planning and fabrication processes. They are the result of unique interdisciplinary science and industry partnerships. The innovations embedded in such objects offer a preview to building methods which will become commonplace in the production of buildings in the future. As such, it is of critical importance to observe the performance of such novel constructions especially in terms of their durability and repairability, and to document the building processes to foresee the challenges associated with the preservation of the future building stock. Switzerland and especially Zurich has become an important innovation center in the field of digital fabrication in architecture. This course will discuss the role and relevance of digitally built architecture as heritage through excursions and input lectures. The discussion will be accompanied by a critical observation on the existing preservation theories and practices regarding innovations in architecture and construction. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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