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Carolin Stapenhorst studied architecture at RWTH Aachen and IUAV Venice. After her diploma degree at RWTH in 2003, she worked as architect with C+S Associati in Venice. In 2007, she took a PhD grant in Architecture at Polytechnic University of Turin and started her collaboration with Luciano Motta in their own architectural practice Studio Motta-Stapenhorst. […]
Carolin Stapenhorst studied architecture at RWTH Aachen and IUAV Venice. After her diploma degree at RWTH in 2003, she worked as architect with C+S Associati in Venice. In 2007, she took a PhD grant in Architecture at Polytechnic University of Turin and started her collaboration with Luciano Motta in their own architectural practice Studio Motta-Stapenhorst. She concluded her doctoral studies in 2012 and was appointed with the Junior Professorship “Tool-Culture” at RWTH Aachen in 2014.
Andrea Alberto Dutto graduated in 2010 with a dual degree at Polytechnic University of Turin and the ENSA Marseille. Since 2013 he is a PhD candidate in Architecture at Polytechnic University of Turin and since 2015 he is developing his PhD thesis within a co-tutelle program between Turin and RWTH Aachen University where he is collaborating at “Tool-Culture”.
The Junior Professorship “Tool-Culture” considers its research fields as tightly connected to its teaching activities and focusses on the instruments and methods of architectural designing. We investigate the impact of specific methodical approaches on the results of design processes, the interdependencies between a changing professional profile and the selection of design tools, and the potential of knowledge transfer between architecture and other disciplinary or scientific fields. In our didactical activities, we develop experimental setups and methods to convey productive design thinking and a general reflexivity to student.