Abstract
The duties of German architects include the indepth design process as well as a thorough quality supervision during the construction process with the goal of the “build success“. They are reflected in the “Hands on Projects” organized by German Universities. The best results and broadest findings come out of international and interdisciplinary cooperation and projects with participants coming from the diverse cultural background and even integrating refugees into these projects. Students get in touch with different philosophies, attitudes, values, and approaches. They learn about intercultural communication and develop unique solutions. Different social and cultural background leads to different behavior. Not being aware of the cultural differences may lead to misunderstanding and irritation. Analysing the cause of these misunderstandings and getting knowledge about the cultural influence on architectural planning, communication and problem solving is one of the mayors tasks of these intercultural and interdisciplinary projects. Two case studies from Thailand and Germany published in this paper show different experiences with intercultural and interdisciplinary “Hands on Projects”.
Highlights
As part of the sustainable development process for the Thai village of Amphawa, located at the river Mae Klong the Chulalongkorn University of Bangkok, the Tianjin University and the Technical University of Berlin designed and built two Sala pavilions meant as gathering places for the villagers.Sala pavilions are defined by open structures combined with large overhanging roofs for sun or rain protection
Students get in touch with different philosophies, attitudes, values and approaches. They learn about intercultural communication and develop unique solutions
Experience the problems and specific needs of intercultural communication, development of problem solving approaches with the goal to understand the mechanism of optimized international project communication, analysis of the existing social and urban structures
Summary
As part of the sustainable development process for the Thai village of Amphawa, located at the river Mae Klong the Chulalongkorn University of Bangkok, the Tianjin University and the Technical University of Berlin designed and built two Sala pavilions meant as gathering places for the villagers. The German Sala design goes beyond this stage and combines slim profiles to replace the hard to get larger and therefor expensive massive wood profiles With this new method of joining parts it is possible to build in larger measurements than those of the former building that serves as material source. This class is part of the curriculum of the Master program at the Technical University of Berlin within a series of design and practice projects of “Studierende bauen im Ausland / Students built Abroad”. Experience the problems and specific needs of intercultural communication, development of problem solving approaches with the goal to understand the mechanism of optimized international project communication, analysis of the existing social and urban structures
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