On January 12th the exhibition “Bauforum.Profile” solemnly opened. There were numerous representatives from politics and the (construction) industry. The opening of the exhibition also offered space for an outlook on how the department should develop in the future.
TH Lübeck President Muriel Helbig emphasizes the department’s contribution construction in research, transfer and in the qualification of junior staff. This helps in particular in overcoming two major challenges of our time: the climate crisis and the shortage of skilled workers.
This is also reflected in the diversity of the theses presented:
A new home for homeless women on Lübeck’s old town island, limits in housing construction, sustainable densification, efficient building with wood, use of recycled concrete, construction site controlling, innovative structural design, life cycle-oriented planning using the example of single-family house variants – these are just a few examples of final theses that presented at this year’s Bauforum.Profile.
Dean Sebastian Fiedler praises the willingness of “his” graduates not to ignore challenges, but to tackle them energetically. Based on a song text by Bertolt Brecht, Fiedler quotes
Go out and change the world! she needs it
Graduates Fabienne Zersch (Bachelor architecture) and Julia Jobmann (Master Civil Engineering) likes to say: “In the next few days or weeks we will embark on a new adventure.”
Future plans: drawing rooms and master’s degree
However, the further development of the department was also discussed at the event.
“The inner-German competition for the best minds is getting tougher. And that’s why we need attractive conditions. This is the only way we can prepare for the working world of the future. This is the only way innovations can come about here. This is the only way we can provide the expertise that Schleswig-Holstein urgently needs and qualify specialists,” Helbig clarifies.
Two things are particularly relevant: drawing studios and a master’s degree “Sustainable building technology.”
“Unfortunately, the ambitious students of sustainable building technology are currently migrating to other federal states for a master’s degree,” Fiedler explains the need. A concept for a course together with the University of Applied Sciences West Coast is available.
“The charming thing about this concept is the cooperation with the West Coast University of Applied Sciences, because this allows us to carry the expertise throughout the country,” says Helbig. “The country needs this master’s degree in order to counteract the glaring lack of building technology and to be able to achieve the climate goals we have set ourselves.”
State Secretary Guido Wendt accepts the concept benevolently:
In view of the current challenges of the climate crisis, the energy and gas crisis and our claim to be the number one energy transition state in Schleswig-Holstein, this course is definitely up to date. We are in very intensive talks. How important the point is, that also reached us in Kiel.