Around 16,000 BC, Europe and the British Isles were connected by a piece of land called Doggerland. At the end of the last ice age, this land was flooded. What remained were the shallow waters of the North Sea. The flooding of large pieces of land is also the intended perspective on current climate change. IBK2 wants to use the Doggerland context to test new strategies for building under extreme climate conditions on the coasts. To limit CO2 emissions and slow down global warming, European countries are focussing on renewable energy sources, such as wind energy. One of the largest planned projects is an offshore wind energy plant linked to a hub on an artificial island on the former Doggerland, 90 miles west off the coast of Denmark. Students will design a research and maintenance facility for the hub on this island.
The design/project work will focus on issues of building in the wake of accelerating climate change, building on unstable/flooded ground and new building typologies.
Teaching staff: Prof. Martin Ostermann, Piotr Fabirkiewicz, Andreas Greiner, Simon Vogt