The JMA Biel/Bienne site offers two main topics based on the specific expertise of the BFH Department of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering: „Regenerative Architecture & Wood“ utilises the extensive knowledge in the departement of wood research. „Cooperative Architecture of the Open City“ uses the methodological and practical knowledge from the Urban Laboratory Biel/Bienne as a basis for working on collaborative development concepts for the future of our cities.
Regenerative architecture & wood
Regenerative construction methods improve the indoor and urban climate and contribute to climate-friendly cities and settlements.
The Regenerative architecture & wood focus area will provide you extensive expertise in timber building culture and wood as a material. You will combine wood with other resource-conserving, bio-based building materials such as clay, natural fibres and natural stone to generate sustainable building concepts while adopting a holistic approach of ecosystems, energy and material cycles. You will learn to improve traditional Baukultur and combine it with modern planning and production methods with the aim of making resource-conserving construction sustainable and competitive.
Cooperative architecture of the open city
The Cooperative architecture of the open city focus area will provide you the skills to grasp the complex social, economic, and ecological correlations pertaining to neighborhood and urban development. You will learn how to operate successfully in today’s dynamic urban and settlement development using cooperative and interdisciplinary practices. In close, creative collaboration with local actors, the population, public authorities and experts from various disciplines, you will design meaningful and sustainable development processes that improve the quality of our built environment in the long term.
Topic overview of the next years.
