Since its founding in 1967, IGmA has applied a context-based reflection as a teaching method for students in the fields of architecture, theory, politics, economics and society - and since then has influenced not only the thinking of many theoreticians, but also the design approach of countless architects.
Since 01 April 2018 Prof. Dr. Stephan Trüby is in charge of IGmA. With his new team, he continues the tradition of the institute and determines new research directions such as the economics and politics of architecture as well as elements and synthesis of architectural space
Architecture and Cultural Theory
Architecture is perhaps the most complex cultural technique humanity has produced. Nowhere else - neither in literature nor in the theater or in the fine arts - are economic, technical, scientific, artistic, legal, media, religious and political interests as integral as in the case of building and architectural planning.
News
- 13-14 February 2020
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PhD Colloquia at IGmA.
- 10 February 2020
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Prof. Trüby´s lecture at the AA School London on “Right-wing Spaces”. (UPDATE: cancelled due to storm Ciara)
- 5 February 2020
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IGmA Day with book presentation Buch als Entwurf.
- 4 February 2020
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Prof. Trüby´s lecture at the University of Tübingen on “Stadt, Land, Geldfluss”.
- 27 January 2020
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Prof. Trüby speaks about “Right-wing Spaces” at the FH Erfurt.
- 1 January 2020
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Prof. Trüby as advisor of the aed e.V.
- 28 December 2019
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The Wall Street Journal reports on the German reconstruction debate and Prof. Trüby.
- 18 December 2019
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Alan Posener reports in the Welt about Verena Hartbaum (IGmA) and the debate about the Walter-Benjamin-Platz in Berlin.
- 16 December 2019
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Prof. Trüby gives a lecture on "Right-wing Spaces" in Halle.
- 8 December 2019
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Prof. Trüby discusses "Right-Wing (Media) Spaces" in Houston.
- 6 December 2019
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Prof. Trüby discusses "Right-Wing (Media) Spaces" in Los Angeles.
- 28 November 2019
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The Baunetz reviews the book Bayern, München.100 Jahre Freistaat.
Even a glance at the history of architecture shows that buildings are also to be seen in the context of cultural (national, regional etc.) differences as well as in the context of transmission processes. They are the result of cultural evolution, which can’t be traced back to distinct individuals (heroes of architectural history, etc.), and owe their existence to a complex mix of economic, political, material and stylistic factors, traditions, craftsmanship rules, software frameworks, etc.
All of this is on the agenda of an architectural theory understood as cultural theory that does not want to indulge in subjectivist illusions. At the same time, architectural theory - as well as subject-oriented design theory - is not only interested in what happened in the past and what is happening right now, but also how things should be; and this not only in the sense of desirable artifacts, but also in the sense of a desirable society.