@incollection{Stapenhorst2016, author = {Stapenhorst, Carolin}, title = {Grids. Projektdokumentationen als Denkinstrument}, series = {Manifestationen im Entwurf}, booktitle = {Manifestationen im Entwurf}, editor = {Schmitz, Thomas H. and H{\"a}ußling, Roger and Mareis, Claudia and Groninger, Hannah}, publisher = {Transcript}, address = {Bielefeld}, isbn = {978-3-8394-3160-3}, doi = {10.1515/9783839431603-009}, pages = {185 -- 216}, year = {2016}, language = {de} } @incollection{Stapenhorst2017, author = {Stapenhorst, Carolin}, title = {Robustheit}, series = {Hiatus. Architekturen f{\"u}r die gebrauchte Stadt}, booktitle = {Hiatus. Architekturen f{\"u}r die gebrauchte Stadt}, editor = {Frank, Ute and Lindenmayer, Verena and Loewenberg, Patrick and Rocneanu, Carla}, publisher = {Birkh{\"a}user}, address = {Basel}, isbn = {978-3-0356-1386-5}, pages = {155 -- 164}, year = {2017}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Stapenhorst2012, author = {Stapenhorst, Carolin}, title = {The concept as an operant instrument within the interdisciplinarity of the architectural design process}, publisher = {Politecnico di Torino}, address = {Turin}, pages = {242 Seiten}, year = {2012}, abstract = {In the introduction to their book "What is philosophy?" Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari deplore the inflationary and trivialised use of the term concept: "Finally, the most shameful moment came when computer science, marketing, design and advertising, all the disciplines of communication, seized hold of the word concept itself and said: 'This is our concern, we are the creative ones, we are the ideas men! We are the friends of the concept, we put in our computers.' " This doctoral thesis shares the concern of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, but still, it is a thesis in architecture and thus collocated within the field of the representatives of the "ideas men". It engages in architectural design theory, and refers in particular to the investigation of methodological approaches within the design process. Therefore, the thesis will not contribute to the philosophical dimension of the term, but intends to overcome its imprecise use within the architectural discourse, in compliance with Eug{\`e}ne Viollet-le-Duc's admonition relative to vague definitions: "Dans les arts, et dans l'architecture en particulier, les d{\´e}finitions vagues ont caus{\´e} bien des erreurs, ont laiss{\´e} germer bien des pr{\´e}jug{\´e}s, enraciner bien des id{\´e}es fausses. On met un mot en avant, chacun y attache un sens diff{\´e}rent." The term concept in architecture is very often used as pure marketing collateral, it serves to sell an idea, a product, a design. Its functional applicability is reduced to a special manner of illustration, produced as one of the various design presentation documents at the end of the design process. In contrast, the original contribution of this thesis aims to give a precise, instrumental dimension to the term concept: the concept is the expression of a specific logic, capable to guide the decisional sequences of the process and thus to improve the quality of the designed projects. The motivation to define a specific instrumentality of the concept is closely connected to the issue of interdisciplinarity in the architects' profession. The interdisciplinary character of the architectural field is widely accepted and discussed as such, but the thesis intends to give a more precise definition of the various kinds of competences involved by classifying them into either the internal or the external group. The traditional notion of interdisciplinarity, predominantly seen as collaboration between architects and technical experts, and, most notably, the historical, sometimes contentious, relationship between architects and engineers is described. Referring to recent developments, the transformation of the architect's role within the professional sphere, marked by an increasing importance of diverse influences and linked to a growing risk of marginalisation, is illustrated. The thesis describes different ways to adapt to this specific kind of interdisciplinarity, which generally requires the architect's ability to connect and to integrate various contents, different points of view and diverse scales. On the other hand, the big potential which is implicit in the interdisciplinary field is exposed: architects can inform their core competence, the design, by extracting contents of different disciplinary competences, pertaining or not pertaining to their own professional field. They have the possibility to cross fields of external competences in a selective way and by doing so they can build up a corpus of knowledge capable to generate and communicate guidelines and systematic methodologies for their design. At the end, the analysis of these two aspects allows the definition of a more specific professional profile of the architect as specialist of interdisciplinarity. The thesis is concerned with the theories around the design process. The design process is seen as open to inspection and critical evaluation, with major focus on the decisional sequences which characterise it. It concentrates on the process' descriptiveness and the degree of self-conscious approaches applied within it. The importance of regulative, strategic mechanisms is illustrated by testimonies taken from a series of design researches and leads to the functional definition of the figure of the concept as representation of a coherent set of ideas, as generator of a project-specific system of rules and as communicator of decisional strategies. The concept's function is furthermore defined as communicative interface which generates and transmits the system of rules authoritative for all the disciplinary competences involved in the design process, a communicative interface which constitutes a basis of shared convictions capable to increase the efficiency of collaboration. Furthermore, the concept's capacity to explore and elaborate the contents of external disciplines is identified as a possible methodological approach to innovative design thinking. The approach to a specific functional definition of the concept is continued by the description of a series of instruments that are simultaneously generating and communicating it. It is outlined to which degree the concept itself is already the result of an ideational process, collocated within the initial phase of the design proceedings, serving as a guideline to them, but still continuously evolving and adapting in its progression. In addition, it is illustrated how all the diverse instruments of the concept are operational media through which the knowledge transition between different disciplines can occur. The considerations about the concept as operational instrument of design are elaborated with regard to a number of examples of didactical applications that are particularly involved in the development and teaching of specific design methods. These examples illustrate the interrelations between design theory and design education. They are derived from very different schools of architecture and diverse mindsets, but all of them transmit models of conceptual design thinking.}, language = {en} } @masterthesis{Wolf2022, type = {Bachelor Thesis}, author = {Wolf, Nina}, title = {Koexistieren : Die Stufen der Mensch-Tier-Beziehung - Vom Nutztier bis zum Personenrecht}, publisher = {FH Aachen}, address = {Aachen}, pages = {114 Seiten}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Seit 2002 ist der Tierschutz fest im Grundgesetz verankert, jedoch herrscht immer noch ein enormes Ungleichgewicht bei der letztendlichen Durchsetzung gegen{\"u}ber der Tiernutzungsinteressen. Die Nichteinhaltung des Tierschutzes stellt nicht nur aus Tierwohlsicht, sondern auch aus Klimaschutzgr{\"u}nden eine ernst zu nehmende Problematik dar, welche wir nur gemeinsam angehen k{\"o}nnen. Die Gesellschaft sollte sich {\"u}ber das eigene Konsumverhalten bewusst werden, gleichermaßen m{\"u}ssen auch {\"u}berzeugende Alternativen aufgezeigt werden. Thematisch ist die Arbeit in drei Teile gegliedert. Die Geschichte, das Recht der Tiere und die Zukunftsaussichten stehen hier im Fokus. Wichtig ist es, den Istzustand neutral darzustellen, um die Fakten nicht zu harmonisieren. Die Publikation soll nicht abschrecken, vielmehr soll sie die Leser:innen motivieren, Dinge {\"a}ndern zu wollen. Denn nur miteinander k{\"o}nnen wir friedlich „koexistieren".}, language = {de} } @article{StapenhorstZabekHildebrand2018, author = {Stapenhorst, Carolin and Zabek, Magdalena and Hildebrand, Linda}, title = {Communication process and information flow in the architectural planning context}, series = {Creativity game : theory and practice of spatial planning}, journal = {Creativity game : theory and practice of spatial planning}, number = {6}, publisher = {University of Ljubljana}, address = {Ljubljana}, doi = {10.15292/IU-CG.2018.06.066-073}, pages = {66 -- 73}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Against the background of growing data in everyday life, data processing tools become more powerful to deal with the increasing complexity in building design. The architectural planning process is offered a variety of new instruments to design, plan and communicate planning decisions. Ideally the access to information serves to secure and document the quality of the building and in the worst case, the increased data absorbs time by collection and processing without any benefit for the building and its user. Process models can illustrate the impact of information on the design- and planning process so that architect and planner can steer the process. This paper provides historic and contemporary models to visualize the architectural planning process and introduces means to describe today's situation consisting of stakeholders, events and instruments. It explains conceptions during Renaissance in contrast to models used in the second half of the 20th century. Contemporary models are discussed regarding their value against the background of increasing computation in the building process.}, language = {en} } @masterthesis{Schultheis2021, type = {Bachelor Thesis}, author = {Schultheis, Anna Laura}, title = {EmanziPardon: Sind die Aussagen von Simone de Beauvoir aus ‚Das andere Geschlecht' heute noch relevant?}, publisher = {FH Aachen}, address = {Aachen}, school = {Fachhochschule Aachen}, pages = {81 Seiten}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Simone de Beauvoir ver{\"o}ffentlichte 1949 ihr Werk ‚Das andere Geschlecht', in welchem sie die subjektiven und objektiven Einschr{\"a}nkungen, Belastungen und die Abh{\"a}ngigkeiten vom Mann darlegt, denen Frauen schon seit tausenden Jahren ausgesetzt waren und sind. Aber wie ist das heute? Sind diese Aussagen {\"u}berhaupt noch aktuell bzw. relevant? Innerhalb der Publikation werden Kernthesen aber auch Textausschnitte aus ihrem Werk aufgef{\"u}hrt sowie aktuelle Artikel, die sich mit der derzeitigen Lage befassen. Durch das gestalterische Konzept innerhalb der Publikation, haben die Lesenden die M{\"o}glichkeit, sich konkret mit genau den Themen zu befassen, die jeweils dem pers{\"o}nlichen Interesse entsprechen. Die Publikation dient als Erinnerung und als Nachschlagewerk, um immer wieder lesen k{\"o}nnen, welche K{\"a}mpfe hinsichtlich der Gleichstellung der Geschlechter bereits gek{\"a}mpft wurden und welche noch gek{\"a}mpft werden m{\"u}ssen.}, language = {de} } @masterthesis{Beil2021, type = {Bachelor Thesis}, author = {Beil, Franziska}, title = {Mobilit{\"a}t im Alter: der Rollator der n{\"a}chsten Generation}, publisher = {FH Aachen}, address = {Aachen}, school = {Fachhochschule Aachen}, pages = {73 Seiten}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Da die Gesellschaft in Deutschland immer {\"a}lter wird, steigt auch die Nachfrage nach Gehhilfen wie beispielsweise einem Rollator. Im Alter steigt das Erkrankungsrisiko f{\"u}r Krankheiten, die die Mobilit{\"a}t erschweren k{\"o}nnen. An diesem Punkt setzt der Rollator MORO an und bietet wieder Sicherheit beim Gehen. F{\"u}r den MORO sind Hindernisse wie Bordsteinkanten kein Problem, da er sie mit speziellen R{\"a}dern spielend {\"u}berwinden kann. Zus{\"a}tzlich bietet er ergonomische Handgriffe, die entsprechend der jeweiligen Krankheit angepasst und ausgetauscht werden k{\"o}nnen sowie einen Sitz und eine R{\"u}ckenlehne. Da der MORO aus Carbon hergestellt wird, ist er leicht in der Handhabung und somit wird die Mitnahme im Auto oder Bus und Bahn erleichtert. Durch seine verbesserte Ergonomie, individueller Anpassung und Leichtigkeit kann man wieder selbstst{\"a}ndig durch die Welt gehen.}, language = {de} } @masterthesis{Dieter2021, type = {Bachelor Thesis}, author = {Dieter, Helen}, title = {Koji - Entwicklung eines h{\"o}henverstellbaren Tisches zur Nutzung in Wohn- und Essr{\"a}umen}, publisher = {FH Aachen}, address = {Aachen}, school = {Fachhochschule Aachen}, pages = {135 Seiten}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Um den immer komplexer werdenden Anspr{\"u}chen an Wohnraum gerecht zu werden, braucht es M{\"o}bel, die vielseitig und anpassbar sind. Koji ist ein Tisch, dessen Tischplatte unkompliziert in der H{\"o}he verstellt werden und so in diversen Wohnsituationen eingesetzt werden kann. Er kann als Esstisch genauso genutzt werden wie als Beistell- oder Couchtisch. Durch die Mechanik, die die H{\"o}henverstellbarkeit erm{\"o}glicht, bekommt der Tisch einen verspielten, beinahe lebendigen Charakter, der zur Interaktion einl{\"a}dt. Er ist mehr als ein stummer Begleiter des Alltags, sondern vielmehr Inspiration, seine Umgebung aktiv zu gestalten, um sie so f{\"u}r sich optimal einzurichten.}, language = {de} } @article{StapenhorstMotta2018, author = {Stapenhorst, Carolin and Motta, Luciano}, title = {Citt{\`a} Olivettiana in Ivrea, Italien}, series = {Bauwelt}, volume = {109}, journal = {Bauwelt}, number = {22}, publisher = {Bauverlag BV}, address = {G{\"u}tersloh}, issn = {0005-6855}, pages = {20 -- 31}, year = {2018}, language = {de} } @article{StapenhorstDutto2016, author = {Stapenhorst, Carolin and Dutto, Andrea Alberto}, title = {Notes on conceptual learning in architecture}, series = {Cartha - The Form of Form}, journal = {Cartha - The Form of Form}, address = {Basel}, year = {2016}, language = {en} }