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Counterintuitive 
Typologies














Theses & Studios








Semester & Title     
Sujet   
Course
Type   
Site 



W 2023/24

Steinhaus, Steindorf, Steinhof 
E4 - Design 4 (Bach. 3rd y.)


Design Research, Mixed-Use, Culture, (Private) Monument 
Steindorf am Ossiachersee, AT



S 2023

(Neue) Klaviatur der Vorstadt – Fingerboard Villa
Design 4 (Bach.)


Midterm review: 
Cameron McEwan

Final: 
Mark Jenewein (Love), 
Armin Stocker (TU Graz) 

︎︎︎ Project David Pöll
Mixed-Use, (Peri-)Urban Villa
Graz, AT


W 2022/23

Mixed-Use Multi-Form






w/ Elisabeth Koller
Design Studio (Master)   

Midterm review:
Evelyn Temmel, Klemen Breitfuß

Final review:
Angelo Lunati (Onsitestudio, Polimi),
Gennaro Postiglioni (Polimi) 

︎︎︎ Project Guger + Vecchiet
Adaptive Reuse, Generic big Box typologies 
Peri-urban sites, AT


S 2022 

15 Corners, One House
 







w/ Elisabeth Koller
Design 4 (Bach.)

Midterm review: 
Eva Herunter, 
Alexander Barina

Final crit: 
Wolfgang Köck (Pentaplan) 
Sandra Janser (J-C-K)

︎︎︎ Proj. Kerstin Neuhold + Kristina Radl
Urban Block, Corner buiding, Mixed-Use, Perimeter Block
Graz, AT





W 2021/22

Education of an Architect    







w/ Tobias Gruber
Design Studio
(Master)

Guest Crits:
Alexander Barina
Daniel Gethmann
Alex Lehnerer  

︎︎︎ Project Fabian Steinberger
Adaptive Reuse, Generic Big Box 
Graz, AT


W 2020/21

Counterintuitive Typologies 1




w/ Tobias Gruber
Design Studio
(Master)

Midterm: 
Anne Femmer,
Florian Summer,
Alex Lehnerer

Final review: 
Alex Lehnerer,
Julian Brües
Adaptive Reuse,
Housing, Crescent   
Graz, Gratkorn, AT




S 2020  

X-rooms

w/ Anna Lloch Centis –Cierto Estudio, Barcelona
Design Studio
(Master)

(switched online)



︎︎︎ Project Michael C. Lindemann
Housing      
Graz, AT



W 2019/20    

Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance (DÖW)



w/ Bernhard Moser (BWM, Vienna)
Mixed-Use, Office, Archive, Gallery
Vienna, AT




S 2019

Palimpsest




with TEd’A arquitectes, Palma, Mallorca 
Adaptive Reuse, Housing
Palma, Mallorca, SP




W 2018/19

Grottenhof







w/ Tobias Gruber
Mixed-Use 
Housing, Sports, Recreation  
Graz, AT       




S 2018    

Jakominimarkt






w/ Job Floris (Monadnock)

Mixed-Use, Market Hall, Offices, Housing  
Graz, A

1. Recurring theoretical objects

These are the concepts through which architectural history and theory are repeatedly discussed:

Mimesis, analogy, beauty, honesty, utopia, modernity, alienation, authenticity, regionalism, contextualism, autonomy, and postmodernity.

They range from classical aesthetic questions—such as imitation and beauty—to modern and postmodern concerns about society, place, disciplinary independence, and cultural identity.

2. Imported theoretical frameworks


The second column lists intellectual frameworks through which architecture has been interpreted:

Structural linguistics, semiology, Marxism, formalism, psychoanalysis, phenomenology, feminism, deconstruction, postcolonialism, poststructuralism, and queer theory.

These are mostly theories developed outside architecture and subsequently adopted to analyse architectural form, meaning, experience, ideology, power, gender, and identity.

3. Canonical authors


The final column presents a familiar Western roster of architectural theorists and critics, extending from antiquity to the late twentieth century:

Vitruvius, Alberti, Laugier, Perrault, Boullée, Durand, Ruskin, Colquhoun, Loos, Jacobs, Alexander, Banham, Venturi, Scott Brown, Rowe, Rossi, Tafuri, Eisenman, Jencks, and Koolhaas.

Taken together, the tables describe the standard architecture-theory curriculum as a combination of recurring disciplinary questions, borrowed interpretive systems, and an established canon of authors. The implicit critical point is that these categories have become “familiar tropes”: recognisable and useful, but also potentially repetitive, selective, and overly dependent on a predominantly Western canon.


1 Raster / Block

Raster und Block Das durchgezogene Raster bleibt stabil, dunkelgraue Baufelder wechseln, eine rot kreuzschraffierte Diagonale ist ausgeschlossen.

2 Achse / Ring / Radius

Achse, Ring und Radius Zentrum, Ring und radiale Achsen bleiben stabil, äußere Felder wechseln, ein konkurrierendes Zentrum ist blockiert.

3 Linie / Band

Linie und Band Die lineare Infrastruktur bleibt stabil, parallele Nutzungsbänder wechseln, Wachstum quer zur Linie ist blockiert.

4 Konstellation / Satellit

Konstellation und Satellit Getrennte Zentren und ihre Beziehungen bleiben stabil, ihre Kerne wechseln, das Zusammenwachsen der Zwischenräume ist blockiert.

5 Sektor / Funktion

Sektor und Funktion Sektorgrenzen und Zentrum bleiben stabil, Belegungen innerhalb der Sektoren wechseln, seitliche Mischung ist blockiert.

6 Superblock / Objektfeld

Superblock und Objektfeld Die Großparzelle und Randerschließung bleiben stabil, freistehende Objekte wechseln, innere Feinparzellierung ist blockiert.

7 Megastruktur / Armatur

Megastruktur und Armatur Die tragende Armatur bleibt stabil, angeschlossene Module wechseln, unabhängige Entwicklung außerhalb der Struktur ist blockiert.

8 Mat / Netzwerk

Mat und Netzwerk Das redundante Netz und die Höfe bleiben stabil, einzelne Felder wechseln, ein großmaßstäblicher Unterbruch ist blockiert.

9 Archipel / Leere / Landschaft

Archipel, Leere und Landschaft Freigehaltene Bänder und ausgewählte Inseln bleiben stabil, die Inselbelegung wechselt, Bebauung im geschützten Zwischenraum ist blockiert.
stabil wechselbar blockiert

Counterintuitive Typologies

TU Graz Research Group 
Associate Professor
Dr. Andreas Lechner 


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