After successful completion of the course, students are able to design, calculate and construct a multifunctional high-rise in a resource-conserving manner, using mixed timber and timber constructions, among other things. They can develop both ecological and economical system solutions. Students will be able to describe the fundamental aspects of the choice of materials and construction, including historical buildings.

The project work includes design, calculation and construction as well as conceptual development of a multifunctional building using efficient building technique, inter alia, with wood-based constructions.

Apart from the technical aspects, interdisciplinary questions and economic perspectives are dealt. Criteria for sustainability in large-volume buildings are also given.

Inventory analysis and documentation.

Through the analytical analysis of realized buildings, design methods are learned and trained.

By request at the Department of Structural Design and Timber Engineering.

WS 2023/24:

The proHolz is hosting an international competition for students on the subject of building with wood for the fifth time. The possibilities and potential uses of contemporary timber construction in urban settings will be examined on the basis of three model construction sites in Vienna's expanding urban structure.

Participants must be civil engineering and architecture students. Prize money totalling euro 15,000 is awarded for the proHolz Student Trophy 24.

Further information https://www.proholz.at/en/ausbildung/proholz-student-trophy

Design and public presentation of the results in the form of a short speech.