Silke Langenberg (born 1974) is a German-Swiss heritage scientist and architect. She is a full professor of construction heritage and preservation in the department of architecture at ETH Zurich.
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| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) |
| Nationality | German-Swiss |
| Alma mater | University of Dortmund, IUAV |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Heritage science, Architecture |
| Institutions | ETH Zurich |
Education and career
editLangenberg studied architecture at the University of Dortmund and at the IUAV. She worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Preservation and Building Research, University of Dortmund, where she was awarded a doctoral degree with a thesis in engineering sciences.[1] From 2006 to 2014, she was a researcher at ETH Zurich.[2] Between 2011 and 2013, she visited the Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability multiple times as researcher in residence.[3] In 2014, she took over the professorship for Building in Existing Contexts, Preservation and Building Research at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich.[4] The 1 August 2020 she returned to ETH Zurich to assume the second full professorship at the Institute for Preservation and Construction History at ETH Zurich.[5]
In the discussion on the recognition and preservation of the architecture of the 1960s and 1970s, Silke Langenberg emphasised early on the necessity of taking engineering aspects into account.[6] In connection with her research on system buildings, she addressed in particular the intrinsic conflict between the underlying concept of a building and the material preservation of its original substance.[7] Her research includes attempts to rationalize building processes as well as questions of the development, repair,[8] recognition and long-term preservation of serially, industrially[9] and digitally produced constructions.[10]
She was a member of the initiative committee for the establishment of the German Research Programme "Construction as Cultural Heritage".[11] As a response to questions discussed within this framework, she named her professorship "Construction Heritage and Preservation"[12] and thus founded a distinct field of research and concept at ETH Zurich, which engages with the recognition and dissemination of innovations in the building process, construction methods and technology. As a result, her professorship is affiliated with both the Institute for Preservation and Construction History[13] and the Institute for Technology in Architecture at ETH Zurich.[14] Silke Langenberg is a member of the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA Zurich Section) as well as numerous scientific professional associations.
References
edit- ^ Silke Langenberg: Bauten der Boomjahre. Architektonische Konzepte und Planungstheorien der 60er und 70er Jahre. Universität Dortmund 2006.
- ^ Team Gramazio Kohler Research.
- ^ Singapore-ETH Centre Alumni.
- ^ Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften München: Silke Langenberg.
- ^ ETH board: New professors appointed. Media release. May 15, 2020.
- ^ Silke Langenberg. Bauten der Boomjahre. Architektonische Konzepte und Planungstheorien der 60er und 70er Jahre. Wulff, Dortmund 2006, ISBN 978-3-88090-115-5.
- ^ Lectures on this topic titled "The inbuilt conflict" TU Braunschweig (2016), TU Vienna (2017), Universita della Svizzera Italiana Mendrisio (2018) among others.
- ^ Silke Langenberg (Ed.): Repair. Encouragement to Think and Make. Hatje Cantz, Berlin 2018.
- ^ Silke Langenberg: Das Konzept ‘Ersatz’? Probleme bei der Reparatur industriell gefertigter Bauteile. In: Günter Bayerl, Georg Stöger (Hrsg.): Reparieren – oder die Lebensdauer der Gebrauchsgüter. H. 3, Berlin: edition sigma, 2012 (= Cottbusser Studien zur Geschichte von Technik, Arbeit und Umwelt 79), S. 255–272.
- ^ Silke Langenberg: Die digitale Herausforderung. Alterung, Reparaturfähigkeit und theoretische Reproduzierbarkeit digital fabrizierter Architektur. In: archithese. Eine Schwäche für Materialität 3, 2013, S. 84–85.
- ^ DGF: Priority Programme 2255: Construction as cultural heritage – Principles for engineering-based and interlinked conservation strategies for the built heritage of the high modern era. 2 July 2019.
- ^ Professorship for Construction Heritage and Preservation, ETH Zurich
- ^ Institute of Preservation and Construction History, ETH Zurich
- ^ ETH Zürich, Institut für Technologie in der Architektur (ITA): Neue Professorin am ITA. May 28 2020.