In 1795 the Freye Drawing School was founded by the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities in Lübeck. At that time, the first students devoted themselves, among other things, to aesthetic education. Continued as a trade school, mathematics and natural sciences were added to the curriculum in addition to drawing lessons. In the founding period there was a high demand for qualified specialists, so that the Lübeck Building Trade School emerged from the trade school in 1896. From 1933, the facility as a municipal higher technical school for structural engineering was able to offer five classes. From this point on, the demands increased, the pupils became students and the half-years became semesters. In 1937 the institution was made into a state building school.
The next big step came more than 30 years later: In 1969, the Engineering School for Civil Engineering joined the newly founded University of Applied Sciences in Lübeck as a department for building construction and civil engineering. The duration of study was now 8 semesters. Until then, the apprenticeship in building construction included many topics of civil engineering. That changed with the reorganization of the University of Applied Sciences in 1977: A civil engineering department was created with two courses: architecture and civil engineering. In the 1980s and 1990s, the courses were further differentiated and new specializations emerged, such as transport or environmental technology and urban planning. The implementation of the Bologna resolutions with the two-tier system of bachelor’s and master’s degrees and the concentration of all civil engineering courses in the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Lübeck in 2007 were the central tasks of the 2000s. One of the most recent developments is the new introduction of the bachelor’s program Energy and Building Engineering in 2017, renamed 2021, as a degree program Sustainable building technology is offered.
This long history and current issues from the Department of Civil Engineering are now celebrated. A diverse program awaits those interested, which you can read here: www.th-luebeck.de/125-years-building-in-luebeck
Following some the public Events:
City education symposium: June 1, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Kulturwerft Gollan
This symposium is dedicated to a very special type of building: school building. The organizers around Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Guido Neubeck, Nele Kraeher and Daniel Korwan would like to stimulate a debate on the extent to which schools can leave their “learning islands” and use new, public spaces. A current example is the vacant Karstadt building in Lübeck’s old town. Registration required.
Is nature the better builder? June 3rd, 7:00 p.m., BUILDING FORUM
In his farewell lecture starting at 7:00 p.m., Prof. Dr. re. of course Wolfgang Linden on the topic “Bionics – is nature the better master builder?” Registration required.
Open laboratories: June 4th, from 9:00 a.m. to approx. 2:00 p.m., BUILDING FORUM
How do you measure the strength of concrete? How can buildings be digitized and viewed in a virtual tour? How old is water? And: Components from the 3D printer – is that possible? Tinkering, research and experiments are carried out in the TH Lübeck’s civil engineering laboratories. Interested parties are cordially invited to see the labs live and in color. An overview of the open laboratories can be found here: https://www.th-luebeck.de/125-jahre-bauwesen-in-luebeck/