The six installations were developed over two semesters by students from the University of Innsbruck, University of Kassel and University College London (UCL)/Bartlett School of Architecture as part of teaching and research – project studios, seminars and excursions, doctoral research. Each university realised two designs. The task was to create places of change, meditation and power that are in harmony with nature on the site of the Gomde Centre.
In addition, the students from the three universities focussed on different production methods, approaches and approaches. The students at the University of Kassel have developed and realised installations with steam-bent larch wood, joints that can only be dismantled and AR technology. The University of Innsbruck worked with rammed earth technology for the realisation of their two installations. The designs by the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture are based on extensive research from two PhD theses, which focussed on acoustics, space and performance.
The concept and design were developed in the winter semester 2023/2024. In the summer semester 2024, six of the designs were finalised and finally built. During excursion weeks at the Gomde Centre, the teachers and students from the three universities immersed themselves in Buddhist meditation rituals and got to know the centre’s residents as well as local experts and craftspeople.
Participating students
University of Innsbruck: Angela Ballheimer, Beyza Aksoy, Carlo Spadaro, Cora Nill, Elias Brunmayr, Felix Murken, Filip Bernát, Finn Rothmann, Jonas Rachbauer, Julia Gasse, Leonard Bies, Lilly Schneider, Luis Meyer, Mara Ruperti, Maximilian v. Strachwitz, Pia Miedtke, Rosanna Meininger, Sophia Mertelseder, Vincent Devens, Vincent Reinhardt.
University of Kassel: Adrian Sohl, Till Steyer, Sunijia Wang, Alina Ditenbir, Aaron Warkentin, Jonas Baumann, Chiara Nickolmann, Emmelie Schwegmann, Evelyn Kozlov, Meryem Nisa Demirel, Edwin Koch, Max Schulz-Helbach, Sara Fee Panzer, Malin Dettke and Mansoureh Khodadad, Abdulrahman Sibai, Lina Arlt, Sarah Mustaffa, Aaron Warkentin, Reham Alhadidi, Chiara Nickolmann, Musaddiq Aljirbi, Larisa Rosic, Sophie Sauer, Rico Pfleger, Juman Qawaf, Gawad Kayal
UCL Bartlett School of Architecture: Bhagyashree Amle, Jr-Yun Lin, Bing Lu, Pranayita Myadam, Julia Zhu
