Detail Information on the Univ. Master Program

The goal of the "Membrane Lightweight Structures" Master Program is to combine the pioneering spirit of the early developments made by Frei Otto and his team with the current and future building technologies.

Above all, this Program will provide practical yet innovative answers to real-world questions.

This comprehensive Master Program includes lectures by key figures from the Membrane Lightweight Structure Industry and Academia. The so called "top secrets" will be fully revealed and the worldwide accredited and approved academic M.Eng. eq. M.Sc. (90 ECTS) opens also the door to an unprecedented Ph.D program.

State of the art software like the EASY and Formfinder Professional are free available to all participants in their development as the most prepared and up-to-date graduate in the field of membrane lightweight structures.

This 4 semester part-time program is presented in English language. The 4 units are lasting each 12 days:

Unit 1: Nov. 8^th to 19^th 2010
Unit 2: Feb. 21^st2011
Unit 3: Oct. 17^th 2011
Unit 4: Jan. 16^th 2012 plus one optional Unit for the building workshop.

The major target group is the individuals working in architects and engineers offices in the private or the public sector, who aim to enhance their professional career and prepare themselves for an exciting, interdisciplinary, and innovative professional future. Graduate students in related disciplines are also of great value to this program.
Visionary concepts and top class lectures are designed to accentuate the entire creative process from the first sketch up to the realization.
Be part of our network to set new quality standards in membrane architecture and membrane engineering.

More information can be obtained at the initiator of the Master Program:

Dr. Robert Wehdorn-Roithmayr
Fon: +43(0)676 6272950
E-Mail: mail@formfinder.at
or at the website of the Vienna Univ. of Technology
Web: http://mls.tuwien.ac.at

Faculty alphabetical order

Christoph Achammer Arch. Univ. Prof. Dipl.-Ing.
Vienna University of Technology (AT) www.atp.ag
Peter Bauer Dipl.-Ing.
Werkraum ZT GmbH (AT) www.werkraumwien.at
Martin Bechthold Arch. Univ. Prof. Dr.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design (USA) www.gsd.harvard.edu
Rainer Blum Dr.-Ing. habil.
Laboratorium Blum Stuttgart (Germany) www.labor-blum.de
Horst Dürr Arch. Dipl.-Ing. (ETH)
IF Group (Germany) www.if-group.de
Jürgen Hennicke Arch. Dipl.-Ing.
ILEK (Germany) www.uni-stuttgart.de/ilek
Ali Heshmati Ass. Prof. BArch
University of Minnesota (USA) www.umn.edu
Alex Heslop Arch. BA (Hons)
Tensile Architecture Consultant, Founder of Architen (UK) www.architen.com
Waltraut Hoheneder Mag.arch. Mag.rer.soc.oec.
Liquifer Systems Group (AT) www.liquifer.at
Barbara Imhof Mag. arch. Dr. techn. , MSc
Liquifer Systems Group (AT) www.liquifer.at
Peter Kneen Dr.
Lightweight Structures Associaton of Australasia (Australia) www.lsaa.org
Johann Kollegger O.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. , MEng
Vienna University of Technology (AT) www.tuwien.ac.at
Ami Korren Arch. Univ. Prof. Dr.
Technion - Israeli Institute of Technology (Israel) http://korren-arc.com
Peter Mandl Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn.
Peter Mandl ZT GmbH (AT) www.petermandl.eu
Lars Meeß-Olsohn Arch. RAIV Dr. -Ing.
Leichtbaukunst (Germany) www.leichtbaukunst.de
Riklef Rambow Univ. Prof. Dipl.-Psych. Dr. phil. nat.
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT, Germany) www.kit.edu
Peter Resch Dipl.-Ing.
Werkraum ZT GmbH (AT) www.werkraumwien.at
P. Michael Schultes Dipl.-Ing.
Experimonde (AT) www.experimonde.eu
Vinzenz Sedlak Prof. Arch. Dipl.-Ing. PhD
University of New South Wales (Australia) www.unsw.edu.au
Michael Seidel Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn.
Vienna University of Technology (AT) www.tuwien.ac.at
Bernhard Sommer Arch. Dipl.-Ing.
University of Applied Arts Vienna (AT) www.dieangewandte.at
Hannes Stiefel Univ.Prof. Arch. Dipl.-Ing.
State University of New York at Buffalo (USA) www.buffalo.edu
Dieter Ströbel Dr.-Ing.
technet GmbH (Germany) www.technet-gmbh.de
Robert Wehdorn-Roithmayr Arch. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.
Formfinder Software GmbH (AT) www.formfinder.at

Industry Partner

There is a wide range of industry partners who support the first Univ. Master Program in "Membrane Lightweight Structures". There will be full equipment for material testing, welding, one by one scale modelling and wind tunnel testing. More details will be provided on this website.

Location of the Master Program

Vienna is again the Nr. 1 City in quality of living ranking for cities worldwide!

www.mercer.com/qualityofliving
www.citymayors.com/features/quality_survey.html

... and in Vienna can be found quiet a number of high quality "Membrane Lightweight Structures" ... maybe there is a coherence with the top ranking of the city Vienna :-)

In any case please click here or on images below to view the Formfinder Project Finder.

Googlemaps location of the projects in Austria (selection)

Yes, click here to open Google Maps to view all projects in Austria.

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Folder: Membrane Lightweight Structures

Please click here or on the image to download the Folder on "Membrane Lightweight Structures" or mail@formfinder.at.