The built environment is receiving increasing attention for the innovative development of economies. Especially the fast urbanization in China has offered engineers, planners and designers unforeseen opportunities to build new infrastructures and areas. For the future, the challenges are turning towards issues of digitization, sustainability and smartness of cities. They further transform higher education in architecture and building engineering.

The talks from practitioners, researchers and students of the Department of Architecture provide an European perspective on building in China, and how the digitization of the construction industry is influencing practice and higher education. The talks are part of a summer workshop for visiting students from Xi‘an, hosted Prof. Dr. Frank Petzold, Chair of Architectural Informatics with support of Bayerischer Bauindustrieverband, OBERMEYER, Schnitzer& and TUM Leonhard Obermeyer Center. The event is held in English and open to public with ticket.

Speakers:

Prof. Liu Qibo //Chang An University: Xi’an, a Great City

Matthias Strauss // Messe München / Bau China: Digital Design for Visionary Architecture in China

Michael Mühlhaus // TUM: Urban Strategy Playground - A Digital Tool for Urban Developments

Stephan Jentsch // Obermeyer: Predictions and Foundations - OBERMEYER in China

Lissa Meinberg // CAPMO: Why I joined a start.-up instead of engineering office

Yonne-Luca Hack // TUM: Liveable Smartness in Cities