Master’s theses






Virginia Capone: Building on the Built
Master’s thesis TU Graz / Politecnico di Milano 2023 



Adaptive Reuse, Typology,
Design Research,
Mixed-Use


Double Degree thesis 
co-tutored with Prof. Gennaro Postiglione 



Dennis Baumgartner: Simple et radical 
Master’s thesis TU Graz 2023
Adaptive Reuse, Typology,
Design Research,
Mixed-Use



Valentin Moser: Die Summe einzelner Teile
Master’s thesis TU Graz 2023
Adaptive Reuse, Typology,
Design Research,
Mixed-Use, (Sub-)Urbanism




Paula Möller: (Un)Ordnung – Periphere Räume in Transformation 
Master’s thesis TU Graz 2023
Adaptive Reuse, Typology,
Housing, Mixed-Use, (Sub-)Urbanism



Bernhard Ogrisek: Das Infra-Gewöhnliche – Alltagsfragmente des Grazer Umlands
Master’s thesis TU Graz 2022



Design Research,
Typology,
(Sub-)Urbanism


Michael Karnutsch: Wohn- und Freizeitpark Grenzgasse 
Masterthesis TU Graz 2022
 
︎GAD Award 2022


Design Research,
Typology, Housing,
(Sub-)Urbanism



Zerina Dzubur: Der Spanische Platz in Mostar
Master’s thesis TU Graz 2022



Design Research, Urban Design, Urbanism



Thomas Rogl: Kongresszentrum Bad Gastein
Masterthesis TU Graz 2022  


Brutalist Heritage, Renovation, Adaptive Reuse, Tourism



Matthias Johannes Holzner: Club Caracalla
Masterthesis TU Graz 2021
Hertitage Protection, Design Research, Speculation, Adaptive Reuse



Maike Gold: Grammatik einer Industrielandschaft
Master’s thesis TU Graz 2020
 
︎ GAD Awards 2021
Design Research, Typology, (Sub-)Urbanism 



Ajna Babahmetović: Houses at Home. Architecture of Displacement
Master’s thesis TU Graz 2020

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Design Research, Typology, (Sub-)Urbanism



Markus Pöll: Stadtquartier Jakominiplatz
Master’s thesis TU Graz 2020
Urbanism, Typlogy, Mixed-Use



Jakob Zöbl: Palimpsest 
Master’s thesis TU Graz 2020

︎1st Prize GAD Awards 2020

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Design Research, Typology, Infrastructure,
Heritage Protection



Anna Müller: Ein Hotel im Wandel
Master’s thesis TU Graz 2020 

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Design Research, Transformation, Adaptive Reuse, Tourism



Anna-Lena Proksch: hortus patens
Master’s thesis TU Graz 2020

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Design Research, Housing, Mixed-Use, Religion



Georg Scherrer: Forum Schiffslände
Master’s thesis TU Graz 2020

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Design Research, Urban Design, Typology, Culture, Mixed-Use



Johann Quechenberger: Bauen in der Mitte - Dorfzentrum von Bad Vigaun
Master’s thesis TU Graz 2019

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Design Research, Urban Design, Typology, Culture, Mixed-Use



Design Research, Urban Design, Typology, Culture, Mixed-Use


Double Degree thesis co-tutored w/ Prof. Domenico Chizzoniti



Antun Jankovic: Perpetual Peace. An architectural sketch
Master’s thesis TU Graz 2018 

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Design Research, Urban Design, Typology, Culture, Mixed-Use



Stefan Perperschlager: Guilt and innocence – Learning from a Biedermeier house in Braunau
Masterthesis TU Graz 2018

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Design Research, Urban Design, Typology, Culture, Mixed-Use



Ena Kukic: Kenopsia - Sarajevo War Tunnel Museum 
Masterthesis TU Graz 2017

︎1st Prize GAD Awards 18
 
︎Finalist Archiprix Hunter Douglas Award 2019

Design Research, Urban Design, Typology, Culture, Mixed-Use



Rebekka Hirschberg: YZ HKG. A Tale of Two Cities,
Masterthesis TU Graz 2017

︎ Vimeo


Design Research, Narrative Architecture



Lisa Marie Hafner: Hong Kong Twin Factory. A Memory Lesson in Architecture
Masterthesis TU Graz 2017

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Design Research, Mixed-Use, Urban Factory



Matthias Wild: Factory for Collective Dwelling
Masterthesis TU Graz 2017

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Adaptive Reuse, Industrial, Housing



Design Research, Typology, Mixed-Use, Urbanism
Culture, Commercial, Civic, Infrastructure



Design Research, Typology, Commercial & Civic



Helena Beljan & Nikola Jankovic: Fiat Claustrum. A monastery for the Anachorets in Split, Diplomarbeit TU Graz 2016

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Design Research, Typology, Religion



Vedran Zonic: Sveucilisna Bolnica Zagreb – reconstruction, extension and conversion of a hospital ruin from 1980 
Diplomarbeit TU Graz 2016

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Adaptive Reuse, Transformation, Health Care, Education



Morana Mazuran: Large form Novi Zagreb. A model for a new collectivity
Diplomarbeit TU Graz 2016

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Design Research, Typology, Housing, Urbanism



Christoph W. Pirker: Analogue landscape. Approaches to the lost space of the indefinite,
Diplomarbeit TU Graz 2015

︎1st Prize GAD Awards 2016

Design Research



 


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