Pecha Kucha 13.10.2025, Halle (Saale) For the assignment, a Pecha Kucha presentation was prepared, with 15 slides, each limited to 20 seconds. The topics were predefined: “solar gaps”, “façade add-ons”, and “empowering products”. The group met in the workroom, where the presentations were given one after the other.The timer ran during each presentation. The short …
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Assignment: Poster Designer
Poster Designer 14.10.2025, Halle (Saale) As part of the project, the students engaged intensively with various designers and design studios in order to gain an in-depth insight into different design approaches and develop new perspectives on the topic of “800 Watts – aesthetics of transition”. The aim was to gain inspiration through targeted research, encourage …
Assignment: Solarpappe
Solarpappe 13.10.2025, Halle (Saale) The “Solarpappe” assignment challenged students to design ideal plug-in solar devices for their own homes – completely free of technical limitations – and then to prototype it using cardboard. The focus was on the question of what such a system would have to look like in order to fit perfectly into …
Ideation: City Walk
Modules on site & City Walk 15.10.2025, Halle (Saale) In a short presentation, we examined two different types of photovoltaic panels. The first panel is a foldable photovoltaic system that is often used for camping. Andi Wagner, industrial designer and former creative assistant at the BURG, introduced the group to this panel as a means …
Ideation Workshop
Ideation Workshop 26.10.2025, Halle (Saale) The starting point for the ideation workshop was the city walk where we looked for places where a solar module could be installed and photographed those. We then printed out the photos and used them to develop stereotypical personas in order to gain a clearer understanding of potential target groups. …
Ideation: Intensive Week
Intensive Week – rapid prototyping 17.11.2025, Halle (Saale) During this intensive week, the focus was on a methodical approach to the design process. A central element was working with variants. For each concept, at least three different versions were to be developed. These variants could differ in aesthetic qualities, structural principles, connection techniques, material concepts, or …
Excursion: Transsolar KlimaEngineering
Transsolar Klimaengineering 06.10.2025, Stuttgart The first stop on the tour took the group to the offices of Transsolar, a climate engineering company that sees itself as a bridge between architecture, and technology with regard to climate friendliness, sustainability, and comfort. Presenting various projects, Felix Thumm, partner at Transsolar, showed us how sustainable architecture can work …
Excursion: Solar cell workshop at Fraunhofer ISE
Excursion: Solar cell workshop at Fraunhofer ISE 07.10.2025, Freiburg At Fraunhofer ISE’s Haid location, the students gained exciting insights into the production processes for solar cells and modules. After an introduction to the institute’s research work, the participants were able to experience various manufacturing steps up close and understand how individual components are turned into …
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Excursion: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE)
Excursion: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) 07.10.2025, Freiburg On October 7, 2025, the project group visited the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg. The morning began at the main site on Heidenhofstraße with a welcome by Dr. Martin Heinrich, head of the “Encapsulation and Integration” group in the Module Technology …
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Excursion: WEtransFORM
WEtransFORM 08.10.2025, Bonn „WEtransFORM – On the Future of Building” is an exhibition that is dedicated to present ideas that will help with the current ecological transformation. By combining architecture, design, sustainability and social awareness the exhibition shows that sustainable building is not just a technical challenge but needs to be approached from both a …