Reviews form a central part of the academic program of SAC. The main review is held at the end of the academic year when members of the First Year Group present their respective results of the research and experiments on a given topic. The next day, the second-year, Master thesis candidates present their Diploma Design Thesis building proposals.The End-of-Year Reviews are attended by some of the best architectural critics in the world.

The preceding academic year offers a series of formal and informal review sessions. Members of the review panels vary and frequently include distinguished guests and friends of the program.

A review session offers the students the opportunity to receive critical remarks about their work and engage in an academic discussion about the results presented. The panel for the End-of-Year Review for the Diploma Group also functions as the Examining Board for the Master thesis proposals.

END-OF-YEAR EVENTS 2009

The End-of-Year 2009 Events of the Architecture Class provide a series of exciting opportunities for visiting the Städelschule Architecture Class (SAC) where stimulating discussions about architecture will be taking place. For these events, SAC is proud to host a variety of world-class theorists and architects some of whom include: Brett Steele, the director of AA, London; Mark Wigley, dean and professor of architecture at Columbia University; Professor Beatriz Colomina of Princeton University; Peter Cachola Schmal, director of Deutsches Architekturmuseum; Professor Achim Menges of Stuttgart University and Frank Barkow of Barkow Leibinger Architekten. These distinguished guests join the faculty of SAC which includes: Daniel Birnbaum, rector and professor of the Städelschule, Professor Ben van Berkel, Professor Johan Bettum, Professor Nikolaus Hirsch, Lars Nixdorff, Sigurdur Gunnarsson, Professor Klaus Bollinger, Professor Manfred Grohmann, Dr.-Ing. Oliver Tessmann and Agnes Weilandt.
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END-OF-YEAR REVIEW 2007

Once more the Architecture Class in Städelschule invites to its annual Projects Review. As in previous years, the group of invited critics is comprised of some of the best architects, theorists and critics there are. The group includes: theorist Beatriz Colomina (professor Princeton University); professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, Mark Wigley; theorist Sanford Kwinter (professor Rice University); Achim Menges (professor Hfg Offenbach and the Architectural Association in London); Peter Schmal (Director Deutsches Architekturmuseum), Mohsen Mostafavi (Dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, Cornell University).

The END-OF-YEAR REVIEWS sees Diploma Thesis Proposals for the theme, "The New Museum?" The work has addressed the contemporary status of the museum as a cultural institution and architectural type. This practical undertaking has been supported by the event series during the semester, which has focused on the role of the contemporary museum in our culture. The Design Thesis Proposals are for a series of museum proposals in the Rhein-Main region in Germany.

First Year Group - Research: Architecture Modeling and the Geometry of Fiber and Textile Material System. The work of the First Year Group comprises research on the dynamics of fiber reinforcing systems. The presentations offer various types of models derived from this research and will attempt to present conjectures based on the same models for architectural considerations.

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END-OF-YEAR REVIEW 2006

Diploma Theses: Spaces of Mediation. Campus Organisation in Reykjavik, Iceland

The review panel includes the world-renown theorists, professor Jeffrey Kipnis (Ohio State University), professor Mark Wigley (Columbia University) and professor Beatriz Colomina (Princeton University). In addition, the Director of the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, Brett Steele, is present as well as the Dutch architectural critic and theorist, Roemer van Toorn. The dean of SAC, Ben van Berkel, Städelschule's rector, Daniel Birnbaum, professor Johan Bettum and the staff of Städelschule Architecture Class will be present.