Faculty

Professor Ardeshir Mahdavi, Director of the Program

Education
Habilitation (Building Physics), Vienna University of Technology
Dr.techn. (Architecture), Vienna University of Technology
Dipl.Ing. (Architecture), Vienna University of Technology

Teaching
Research Design and Methods, Research Seminar, Fundamentals in Building Science, Building Performance Modeling, Building Performance Simulation, Building Controls and Diagnostics, Building Diagnostics Laboratory, Building Ecology and Sustainable Design, Building Ecology Workshop, Human ecology, Project Course, Master Project Seminar, Advanced Topics in Building Science

Research interests
Building Physics, Computational Building Performance Modeling, Building Ecology, Building Automation, Human Ecology

Publications

Memberships
ASHRAE, IESNA, CIB, IBPSA, ÖNORM, SHE

Professor Georg Franck

Education
PhD (Economics), Technical University of Munich
Dipl.Ing. (Architecture), Dortmund University of Technology

Teaching
Current Issues in CAAD, Design Methods

Research interests
Temporal GIS, Computer Supported Creative Design, Ecological Economics, Economy of Attention

Publications

Assistant Professor Peter Ferschin

Education
Dr.techn. (Computer Science), Vienna University of Technology
Dipl.Ing. (Computer Science), Vienna University of Technology

Teaching
Project Course, Information Architecture, Dynamic Simulation and Visualization

Research interests
Visualization Techniques, Virtual Archaeology, Dynamic City Structures, Information Architecture

Publications

Associate Professor Bob Martens

Education
Habilitation (Architecture), Vienna University of Technology
Dr.techn. (Architecture), Vienna University of Technology
MSc (Building Science), Eindhoven University of Technology

Teaching
Tools and Media, Master Project Seminar

Research interests
Spatial Simulation, Computer-Aided Architectural Design, Electronic Publishing, Knowledge Management

Publications

Memberships
European Standards Board of the RICS, eCAADe

Associate Professor Georg Suter

Education
Habilitation (Design Computing), Vienna University of Technology
PhD (Building Performance and Diagnostics), Carnegie Mellon University
MSc (Building Performance and Diagnostics), Carnegie Mellon University
Dipl. Arch., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Teaching
Tools and Media, Fundamentals in Building Science, Building Performance Modeling, Building Performance Simulation, Project Course, Advanced Topics in Building Science, Advanced Geometry Concepts, Introduction in Information Systems

Research interests
Building Product Modelling, Design and Decision Support Systems in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction

Publications

Memberships
IBPSA , CIB

Lecturer Sigrid Brell-Cokcan

Teaching
Advanced Geometry Concepts

Lecturer Tomor Elezkurtaj

Teaching
Design  Methods

Lecturer Alfred Fail

Teaching
Fundamentals in Building Science

Lecturer Arnold Faller

Teaching
Tools and Media

Lecturer Michael Hofer

Teaching
Architectural Geometry, CAAD and Geometry

Lecturer Iman Kulitz

Teaching
Information Architecture

Lecturer Wolfgang Lorenz

Teaching
Build the Code

Lecturer Kristina Orehounig

Teaching
Building performance modeling, Building Performance Simulation, Project Course

Professor Erich Panzhauser

Teaching
Building Ecology and Sustainable Design, Human Ecology

Lecturer Matthias Schuss

Teaching
Building Ecology

Lecturer Heidemarie Seblatnig

Teaching
Dynamic Simulation and Visualization

Lecturer Sigrun Swoboda

Teaching
CAAD and Geometry

Lecturer Gabriel Wurzer

Teaching
Build the Code

Lecturer Robert Zach

Teaching
Building Ecology