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
- 29 October 2020
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Prof. Trüby´s Lecture at the Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste.
- 26 October 2020
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A video compilation on the courses offered by IGmA in the winter semester 2020/21 is available on our YouTube channel.
- 22 October 2020
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Prof. Trüby´s Lecture at the Architekturforum Passau.
- 19 October 2020
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IGmA´s New Courses for the Winter Semester 2020/21.
- 17 October 2020
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"Rechte Räume in Mannheim" - city tour organised by the Nationaltheater Mannheim.
- 16 October 2020
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Book Presentation: Stephan Trüby presents his new book, titled Rechte Räume, Politische essays und Gespräche (Right-wing Spaces, Political Essays and Conversations) on the occasion of the digital Frankfurt Book Fair.
- 12 October 2020
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The magazine Arts of the Working Class reports on Prof. Trüby and the reconstruction debates in Germany.
- 12 October 2020
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Archined reports on Hans Christian Post´s Film titled Wohin mit der Geschichte? and Prof. Trüby.
- 8 October 2020
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Prof. Trüby as Guest at the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam.
- 24 September 2020
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Dresden: World premiere of Hans Christian Post's documentary Wohin mit der Geschichte?, that includes an interview with Prof. Trüby.
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.