Dessau Institute of Architecture
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Dessau Institute of Architecture is a graduate unit within the Faculty of Architecture and Building Engineering in Anhalt University of Applied Sciences(Hochschule Anhalt) in Dessau
, Germany
. The institute runs a four semester professional masters program in architecture, which is taught in the English language. The institute is located partly within the historic Bauhaus
building designed by Walter Gropius
, and is affiliated with Chur Institute of Architecture.
The institute is run by Professor Alfred Jacoby.
Current teaching staff include:
Gunnar Hartmann (New Dialogues | Zürich) - current visiting professor (since 2007)
Daniel Dendra (anOtherArchitect | Berlin) - current visiting professor (since 2007)
Mathias del Campo (SPAN
| Vienna) - current visiting professor (since 2009)
DAAD Visiting Professors at DIA included:
Neil Leach
until 2007
Christos Passas (associate director Zaha Hadid Architects | London) - current
Work from the institute was included in the Emerging Talents, Emerging Technologies exhibition of student work at the Architecture Biennial Beijing 2006.
Dessau
Dessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it is part of the merged town Dessau-Roßlau. Population of Dessau proper: 77,973 .-Geography:...
, Germany
Germany
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. The institute runs a four semester professional masters program in architecture, which is taught in the English language. The institute is located partly within the historic Bauhaus
Bauhaus
', commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term stood for "School of Building".The Bauhaus school was founded by...
building designed by Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture....
, and is affiliated with Chur Institute of Architecture.
The institute is run by Professor Alfred Jacoby.
Current teaching staff include:
Gunnar Hartmann (New Dialogues | Zürich) - current visiting professor (since 2007)
Daniel Dendra (anOtherArchitect | Berlin) - current visiting professor (since 2007)
Mathias del Campo (SPAN
SPAN
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| Vienna) - current visiting professor (since 2009)
DAAD Visiting Professors at DIA included:
Neil Leach
Neil Leach
Neil Leach is an architect and theorist. He teaches at the University of Southern California and has taught at the University of Brighton, University of Bath, Architectural Association School of Architecture, University of Nottingham, Columbia University, Cornell University, SCI-Arc, Royal Danish...
until 2007
Christos Passas (associate director Zaha Hadid Architects | London) - current
Work from the institute was included in the Emerging Talents, Emerging Technologies exhibition of student work at the Architecture Biennial Beijing 2006.
Publications
- Dessau Institute of Architecture, in Emerging Talents, Emerging Technologies: Students (2006)
- Distinguishing Digital Architecture, 6th Far Eastern International Digital Architectural Design Award (2007) ISBN 978-3-7643-8120-2