Introducing the Department of Architecture

The Department of Architecture combines teaching, research, and professional practice in an interdisciplinary environment. The focus is on the design of space and built environment, sustainable construction, and responsibility toward society and the environment. Students, faculty, and researchers work together to develop sustainable solutions for the architecture of tomorrow. We view architecture as a cultural mission that combines technology, creativity, and social engagement.

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News

The Department's Top News Stories

All announcements from the department

Teaching

06.08.2026

On July 22, 2026, a structural failure test was conducted with students in the BA 11.2 – Structural Engineering module.

During the last lecture of the summer semester of 2026, the Department of Structural Engineering held its traditional beam breaking test.

Veröffentlichung - Zur Symmetrie des Witzes

Research

29.07.2026

New Publication: On the Symmetry of the Joke

Philosophical and Historical Perspectives on Architectural Humor
Julian Jachmann / Petra Lohmann (eds.)

Beschäftigte

+ 2 more

28.07.2026

Prof. Wiebke Schlüter

We are pleased to welcome Wiebke Schlüter as the new professor in the Department of Design Methodology and Design, starting in September 2026!

23.07.2026

New: Publication on the Architectural History of the Paul-Bonatz-Straße Campus

The fifth volume of the Frieder & Henner series was recently published; it focuses on the State School of Civil Engineering in Siegen—now known as Campus PB.

General Public

+ 1 more

21.07.2026

Recap of the "20 Years of the Master's Program in Urban Planning in North Rhine-Westphalia" Conference

What if our greatest crisis is not just the climate, but our imagination?

With this question, Laura Veronese kicked off a discussion that aptly captures the spirit of the conference “Learning from NRW – 20 Years of the Master’s Program in Urban Planning in NRW.”

N_AS Ausstellung in der Architekturgalerie Weissenhof, Stuttgart

General Public

20.07.2026

Exhibition at the Weissenhof Architecture Gallery, Stuttgart

Exhibition: July 23 – October 18, 2026

New School of Architecture in Siegen: When Education Helps Shape Its Own Space

General Public

+ 1 more

14.07.2026

New Publication on the Unpredictable

Hannah Schiefer from the Department of Architecture/N_AS at the University of Siegen, together with Nina-Marie Schüchter (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), has edited the anthology *The Unpredictable: Collaboration, Complicity, and Co-Creativity as Artistic Principles *. The volume brings together contributions from architecture, art, and cultural studies, as well as related disciplines, and examines the unplannable as a constitutive element of creative processes.

General Public

09.07.2026

Spaces as a Process: Jan Kampshoff on the JUNG Talk Podcast

What happens when architecture is conceived not as a finished product, but as a space for social negotiation? Jan Kampshoff has been exploring this question for years—as an architect, urban researcher, and founder of the firm modulorbeat in Münster, and as a professor of spatial conception and design at the University of Siegen.

General Public

+ 2 more

07.07.2026

Interview on BauNetz CAMPUS: Siegen’s New School of Architecture Discusses the Future of Architecture Education

Through the New School of Architecture in Siegen, the Department of Architecture at the University of Siegen is currently not only developing a new location in the former printing plant of the Siegener Zeitung, but is also examining fundamental questions regarding architectural education. How must degree programs, curricula, and teaching formats adapt to social, environmental, and professional changes? An interview with Prof. Jan Kampshoff and Dr. Hannah Schiefer, published today on BauNetz CAMPUS, addresses these questions.

Dates & Events

Department Events

All Department Events

Plakat zur Ausstellungseröffnung Interimcampus H9 am 12.08.

Exhibition Opening at the Interim Campus

Master plans for the interim campus and a scale model of the passageway at Friedrichstraße 23 / Sandstraße 22
Come check it out!

12.08.2026, 18:00 - 20:00 oclock

Future Curricula Circuit Training – Summer School at the New School of Architecture in Siegen, September 9–15, 2026

At the fourth Summer School of the Neue Architekturschule Siegen, taking place from September 9 to 15, 2026, we will focus on the future of architectural education. Architecture is in a state of transition: Amid the climate crisis, resource scarcity, social tensions, and new forms of collective knowledge production, the meaning of building is changing—and with it, what architectural education must achieve in the future.

The Summer School is taking place at a unique institutional juncture. With the New School of Architecture in Siegen, the Department of Architecture is currently reinventing itself. Questions regarding curriculum, teaching formats, role models, and institutional structures are part of an ongoing transformation process that we are actively shaping together with students, faculty, and external guests.

The “Future Curricula Circuit Training” Summer School views the curriculum not as a set of administrative rules, but as a subject of collective negotiation. As planning increasingly becomes a cultural practice of continuing to build, repairing, mediating, and collaborating, it is not enough to merely adapt content. We are seeking new teaching formats, institutional flexibility, and new ways of learning together.

The concept of “Circuit Training” serves as our guiding theme: Through a series of stations and discussion forums, we collectively explore questions regarding professional roles, power and hierarchy, competencies and pedagogy, as well as self-organization and institutional transformation—in workshops, lectures, a podcast studio, dinner discussions, and informal roundtable conversations.

Participants include, among others, Saskia Hebert ( subsolar architecture & urban research), Lidia Gasperoni ( The Bartlett School of Architecture, London), Diana Lucas-Drogan (Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development), Matthew Crabbe & Selina Schlez (Natural Building Lab, TU Berlin), and Teresa Immler & Lorenz Hahnheiser (nexture+). Rosalie Arendt (University of Twente), Angelika Hinterbrandner (Bauwende Allianz/ProjectTogether, Kontextur), and Norbert Palz (Berlin University of the Arts) are also expected to give presentations. In addition, the student initiative AU:34 e.V., the Architecture Student Council at Siegen University, and other initiatives are helping to shape the program and contributing perspectives on self-organization and institutional transformation to the discussion. In conjunction with the event, Sorana Radulescu and Katharina Lux from Baunetz Campus are setting up a podcast studio to capture the debates taking place at the Summer School.

Schedule

September 9: Arrival and opening event
September 10–12: Rotating workshops and evening discussions
September 13: Reflection Day
September 14–15: Work sessions, presentation, and closing event
September 16: Departure

Participation

Participation is free of charge. A flat-rate meal fee of 75 euros will be charged. Accommodation is provided free of charge at the Neue Architekturschule Siegen; participants must bring their own sleeping bag and sleeping pad. Participants are responsible for arranging their own travel to and from the event.

Earning 3 ECTS credits for participation is recommended; the decision rests with the respective university.

Interested students from all universities can apply by July 31, 2026, by emailing summerschool@architektur.uni-siegen.de.

The application should include the following information:

Name
Semester
University
Address and contact information
Short letter of motivation (max. 250 words)

The event is organized by the New School of Architecture Siegen / Department of Architecture, School II – Education · Architecture · Arts at the University of Siegen.

For further inquiries: summerschool@architektur.uni-siegen.de

Druckhaus

09.09.2026 - 15.09.2026

Zeugnisfeier SS2206 Department Architektur

Master's Degree Commencement Ceremony, Summer Semester 2026

Druckhaus

07.10.2026, 16:30 - 19:00 oclock

Closing Reception - The New School of Architecture in Siegen at the Weißenhof Architecture Gallery

Featuring a discussion on the future of architecture education (location to be announced)

Weißenhofgalerie

18.10.2026, 14:00 - 16:00 oclock

Your Architecture Degree at the University of Siegen

The Department of Architecture at the University of Siegen offers the following degree programs:

Architecture

Bachelor

You plan for our planet: In the Bachelor's degree program in Architecture at the University of Siegen, you will learn how to combine modern design with sustainable planning and social responsibility.

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Architecture — Planning and Building in Existing Contexts

Master

The Master's degree program aims to provide students with a scientific-theoretical and practice-oriented in-depth and additional qualification. The study objectives focus on broadening specialist knowledge with a stronger specialization in the field of "Planning and Building in Existing Contexts".

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Urban Planning NRW (Städtebau NRW)

Master

Building on a background in architecture, urban planning, or landscape architecture, the master’s program in Urban Planning NRW offers advanced, research-based training in the field of urban development.

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Doctoral Degree and Habilitation

The Department of Architecture at the University of Siegen offers dedicated graduates and experienced researchers the opportunity to further develop their research at the highest level.

Whether you’re laying the groundwork for an academic career with a Ph.D. or are seeking to qualify for a professorship —you’ll find an interdisciplinary environment here that combines architectural thinking with social relevance.

Student Services, Department of Architecture

Are you already studying architecture? Below you’ll find the course schedules for the BA and MA programs and the semester calendar, all important information about elective modules, study tracks, and field trips, as well as the internship, general dates and deadlines, information from the Registrar’s Office regarding exam dates and formalities, and all other important details.

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Areas of Expertise of the Department

Links to the department's areas of expertise

History of Architecture

Architectural Informatics and Design

Architectural Theory and Architectural Philosophy

Building Construction and Design

Construction Economics and Construction Management

Building Law

Design Methodology and Design

Building Science and Design

Building Technology and Building Physics

Design and Design Theory

Spatial Planning and Design

Urban Planning

Support Structure

Transformation and Design

Architecture Labs

Links to the laboratories of the Department of Architecture

CAD Lab

Materials Science Laboratory

Model-Building Lab

New School of Architecture in Siegen

Under the umbrella ofthe “New School of Architecture Siegen (N_AS),” the department’s efforts—beginning in 2023 as part of the University of Siegen’s plans to relocate to the city center—initially involved moving its own academic programs to the so-called“Interim Campus City Center North” and, in the medium term, through the process of transforming the former printing plant of the Siegener Zeitung into a prototypical experimental building exemplifying ecologically and socially sustainable university architecture—thus becoming part of Siegen’s own transformations.