Andreas Körner

SE Weathering Surrogates

Course No.: 848181
Teaching: Andreas Körner

In this technical seminar, students will explore the relationships between digital environmental simulations, digital fabrication, material properties, and weathering as a design factor. The focus lies on the interplay between colour, shape, and thermodynamic parameters. The course aims to develop and apply advanced digital design and fabrication methods that link, program, synchronise, and orchestrate those relationships. The results will be interactive prototypes that act as interfaces between the built and the natural environment and … more

E1 Hothouse: Layering Thresholds and Prolonging Seasons

Course No.: 848106 – Group 0
Teaching: Andreas Körner & Jade Bailey

In ‘Hothouse’ (1962), British science fiction author Brian Aldiss envisioned a future Earth as a veritable hothouse where plants filled almost all ecological niches. Inspired by this utopia (!), the studio will investigate architectural notions of greenhouses and conservatories. Rather than conceiving them as functional spaces, we will see them as architectural thresholds between the inside and the outside. In Innsbruck, such extensions on building facades often act … more

E3 Vertical Archipelagos: Multi-level Alpine Habitats

Course No.: 848136 – Group 1
Teaching: Andreas Körner & Jade Bailey & Prof. Marjan Colletti

In 1972, anthropologist John Murra introduced the ‘vertical archipelagos’ hypothesis in his research on Andean cultures. This concept elucidates the emergence of communities within non-adjacent ecological strata. Diverse elevations yield distinct climatic conditions, resulting in advantageous enclaves and isolated pockets within a broader framework. As seasons transition and circumstances fluctuate, intermittent bridges and corridors form, uniting ecologies that would otherwise remain apart.
Historically, architectural … more

Integrated Thermochromic Striation

Utilising heat transfer simulations to predict thermochromic patterns on 3d-printed façade elements.

Research project by Andreas Körner (2022-2023)

Thermochromic materials are promising for architecture, but their limited UV resistance poses a problem for external applications. Such environmentally responsive smart materials have been studied in various fields ranging from fashion to product design and architecture. Building on previous research by the author, the project aimed to overcome the limitations of thermochromics by exploring heat transfer through solids from external to internal … more

EP 1 Vascular Strata

Course No.: 848155
Teaching: Andreas Körner & Prof. Marjan Colletti

The Yokohama Ferry Terminal building by Foreign Office Architects was designed in 1995 and built in 2002. It has been an icon of digital architecture, embodying computation paradigms, smoothness, and fluidity. Now, almost three decades later, the studio invites students to rethink those paradigms. While the movement of passengers through the building was a form-giving parameter for the terminal, it was also an analogy to the flow of water. In … more

Thermochromic Topologies

PhD Research exhibited at Potenziale 3 I aut. architektur und tirol (october 2021 – february 2022)

Andreas Körner

As environmental responsibility becomes more prevalent, architects are encouraged to seek alternative mechanical heating and cooling solutions where possible. This has resulted in a shift in design thinking from a desire for a uniformly heated indoor environment to a more varied and comfortable one. However, expressing the thermodynamic qualities actively can be challenging as most thermal comfort parameters are not visible and … more

SE New Technologies

Chromogenic Composites

Course No.: 848181
Teaching: Andreas Körner

In this seminar, students will explore the relationships between digital environmental simulations, digital fabrication, and material properties. The focus lies on the interplay between colour, form, and climate. The objective of the course is to develop a design and fabrication method which links, programs, synchronises and orchestrates those relationships. The results are interactive chromogenic composites that act as interfaces between the built and the natural environment.

In diesem Seminar werden die Studierenden … more