The End-of-Year Events of the Architecture Class include once more a series of exciting occasions for visiting the Städelschule and enjoying vibrant discussions and talks about architecture. The series of events is kicked off on Thursday 10.07 with the review of the year's research and experiments conducted by the members of the First Year Group, sees Greg Lynn give the Dean's Honorary Lecture and is rounded off with the Diploma Theses Review on Friday 11.07.

For the series of events, SAC is proud to host numerous world-class theorists and architects, including: Beatriz Colomina (Princeton University), Nikolaus Hirsch, Sanford Kwinter (Rice University and Harvard University), Greg Lynn (Angewandte (Wien) and UCLA), Achim Menges (Stuttgart University), Peter Schmal (German Architectural Museum) and Mark Wigley (Columbia University). These guests join the SAC faculty that counts its dean, Ben van Berkel, Johan Bettum, Sigurdur Gunnarsson and Harald Kloft.

Review of the Research and Experiments by the First Year Group

The work of the First Year Group is reviewed on Thursday 10.07. from 14:00 in the Aula in the Städelschule. The work comprises studies of select material-structural phenomena - in particular some that relate to fibrous and textile geometric conditions, analyses of select fashion designers' work and an in-depth study of Kurt Schwitters' Merzbau.

The research and experiments have resulted in a series of model propositions that will be further developed for full architectural resolution during the students' second and final Diploma year.

The Günter Bock Prize: First Year Prize for Excellent Work

For the second time, the Günter Bock Prize is given out to the First Year Student(s) who has produced the best work in terms of research and experiments with respect to architecture. The prize has been made possible through the generous support of the Lions Club Frankfurt Flughafen, and, like last year, the prize is handed out by the Dean Honorary Lecturer.

For more, see: About SAC/Günter Bock Prize.

The American architect, Greg Lynn, is, arguably, the inventor of advanced, time-based digital modeling in architecture. In the early 1990s, after having worked for Peter Eisenman, Greg Lynn established himself as one of the most important theorists and practitioners of complexity in architecture. Till this day, his work espouses originality and radical invention as he continues to be one of the central figures on the international, academic scene.

SAC is proud to present Greg Lynn as the Dean's Honorary Lecturer of 2008. For more, see: About SAC/Dean's Page.

The Diploma Thesis Review takes place in the Aula in Städelschule on Friday, 11.07. from 10 AM. The review sees a panel of excellent critics, including Beatriz Colomina, Sanford Kwinter, Greg Lynn, Achim Menges, Peter Schmal and Mark Wigley in addition to SAC faculty members.

The Diploma Thesis Proposals is for high-rise buildings in Frankfurt and positions hybrid or composite programming with institutional programs as the catalyst for transforming the high-rise building typology.