Senior Scientist Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.

Teaching Focus:

• Supervision of design exercises – Studio Building Construction, Design
• Supervision of Building Systems in Construction
• Lectures – Module Building Construction, Building Construction 2

Research Focus:

• Lightweight structures in building construction
• Design and function-relevant, constructive conception
• Joining and detailing principles
• Requirements for assembly, disassembly, and flexibility

See: Staff Publications

Education and Professional Experience:

• 1978-1982: Vocational training as an electrical engineer
• 1983-1984: Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
• 1986-1988: Vocational training as a construction draftsman
• 1990-1998: Architecture studies at TU Wien (Diploma under Helmut Richter)
• 2002-2005: Doctoral studies at TU Wien
• 2006: Civil engineering license exam

At the Department of Building Construction 2 since 1998

Contact:

• Email: seidel@hb2.tuwien.ac.at
• Office hours: Friday 10:00–11:00

Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing.

Teaching:

• Coordination of the module “Emerging Fields in Architecture” (WS)
• Supervision of design exercises
• Lectures for the module

Research:

• Living in/under extreme conditions
• Minimal spaces (evaluation and design)
• Space architecture
• Habitability in extreme environments

… see also: Staff Publications

Education and Professional Experience:

• 2005: Diploma from TU Wien, Prof. Helmut Richter
• 2006-: Founder of Space-Craft Architecture
• 2006-: Radio host of “Spaceuriosity – Living in the Future”
• 2005-2007: Studies at the University of Applied Arts, guest professors Peter Sellars and Prof. Wolf Prix
• 2010: Doctorate from TU Munich, Prof. Richard Horden

Contact Information:

• haeuplik@hb2.tuwien.ac.at

Office Hours:

• Wednesday 09:00-10:00

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn.

Teaching:

• Lecture: Hochbau 2
• Supervision of design exercises

Research:

• High-rise construction solutions in an international context
• Comparative study of the state of the art in different cultural circles: high-rise construction details and solutions as expressions of societal demands on building culture.
• Standards, regulations, and certifications for sustainable building
• Comparison of international sustainability certifications based on their legal frameworks
• Investigation of the relationship between standards, building regulations, and certifications, their origins, and relevance in the socio-cultural context
• Technology development and cultural context
• Comparative study of social, cultural, and historical frameworks and their role in the divergent genesis of building cultural developments in different cultural circles.

Contact Information:

• lu@hb2.tuwien.ac.at

Univ. Assistentin Dipl.-Ing.

Interests and Research:

• Structural qualities and logical arguments in architecture
• Construction interfaces
• Drawing as a language and the factor of fear in the construction process
• Systemic questions and historical action sequences
• Socialism as a real existing experience
• The extreme edges of architecture and fringe phenomena that only appear to be such

Practical Focus Areas:

• Residential construction
• Renovation of anonymous post-war mass construction, exemplified by a school project
• Industrial construction
• Conflict of interest on construction sites

Education and Professional Experience:

• Born: 1979 in Meiningen, Germany
• 1997-2004: Studied architecture at Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany, and Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles, CA. Diploma thesis at the Chair of Design and Residential Construction at Bauhaus University Weimar under Prof. Walter Stamm-Teske: “Residential Construction in Havana.”
• 2005-2015: Practical experience in Vienna, ranging from competition to execution, baseboard to urban planning. Completed the civil engineer examination in 2013.
• Since 2015: At the Department of HB2

Contact Information:

• Email: fischer@hb2.tuwien.ac.at
• Phone: 253526
• Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00–11:00

Personal Profile

I am an architect, designer, and artist living in Austria, born in May 1968 in Zurich, Switzerland. After completing an apprenticeship in carpentry with Matura at WSH Felbertal, I studied architecture at the Technical University of Vienna.

Architectural Professional Experience as a Freelancer:

• 2006 – Present: PK-Studio
• 2011 – Present: Project partnership with Stiefel & Company Architects

Architectural Professional Experience as an Employee:

• ArchitekturConsult (Domenig/Eisenköck/Peyker)
• BUS-Architektur, Vienna
• Coop Himmelb(l)au
• BWM-Architekten
• Ortner & Ortner Baukunst
• Reinberg Architektur (Solar Architecture)

Artistic Professional Experience:

• 2003 – 2012: Member of the artist collective Assocreation, focusing on public art
  • Group and solo exhibitions in Brooklyn (USA), Fabrica Gallery in Brighton (UK), the Bienal de Valencia (Spain), the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz (Austria), Istanbul 2010 – European Capital of Culture, and on the streets of New York, Warsaw, Zurich, Copenhagen, and Paris.
• Since 1998: Freelance object artist, specializing in ready-mades and art installations

Academic Professional Experience (Teaching):

• 2009 – 2011: Technical University of Vienna, Institute for Architecture and Design, University Assistant (WS 2009/10, SS 2010, WS 2010/11)
• 2012/13: University of Liechtenstein, Institute for Architecture and Spatial Development, Critic and Lecturer
• 2012/14: Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Institute for Architecture and Art (IKA), Critic and Lecturer

Journalistic Professional Experience:

• 2013: Archithese (co-authorship with Hannes Stiefel)

Architekt DI Markus Planteu

Senior Lecturer

• Teaching since 2021: At the Institute of Architecture and Design, specializing in Building Construction, Structural Design, and Architecture.
• Self-Employed Architect since 2014: Licensed and sworn civil engineer.
• 2011: Civil engineer examination.
• 2002-2013: Project leader at Zaha Hadid Architects, London.
• 2004: Tisch Scholarship recipient.
• Architecture Studies: Technical University of Vienna.
• 2002: Diploma at the Institute for Building Construction II under Prof. Helmut Richter.

Contact Information:

• Email: planteu@hb2.tuwien.ac.at