Building Archaeology

 
 
Reconstruction of the floor plan of the Aachen Palatine Chapel © Bruno Schindler

Aachen Palatine Chapel – Reconstruction of the Floor Plan

 

The research project on the Aachen Palatine Chapel reconstructed the geometry of the building's ground plan.

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Logo baureka.online © Felix Martin

baureka.online (DFG)


The DFG-funded research project baureka.online will develop an overarching digital platform that connects the field of building archaeology.

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The Casino at Marino in Dublin © Tim Scheuer

Casino at Marino in Dublin


The PhD project examines the Casino at Marino in Dublin and traces the emergence of public monumental architecture in the Enlightenment.

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The Fontana dell'Acqua Felice in Rome © Public Domain

Fontana dell'Acqua Felice in Rome


The PhD project examines the creation and genesis, typology and significance of a core building of counter-reformatory urban water architecture.

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Maria Laach Monastery Church © Tobias Glitsch

Maria Laach Monastery Church


The PhD project on Maria Laach analyzes the design history of the romanesque monastery church.

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The Koepelkerk of Willemstad © Sara Dolls

Koepelkerk of Willemstad


The PhD project deals with the history of architecture and the design concept of the Koepelkerk in Willemstad.

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Bird's eye view of the former Kornelimünster Abbey © Carsten Hensgens

Kornelimünster. The Early Modern Buildings of the Imperial Abbey

 

The research project deals with early modern buildings at the Imperial Abbey of Kornelimünster, the display of relics and imperial representation at a foundational site of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Roma Sotterranea © Tobias Glitsch

Roma Sotterranea

 

The project will systematically examine the subterranean parts of the sacred buildings of Renaissance and Baroque Rome and capture them in all their functional and iconological complexity.

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The church S. Andrea al Quirinale in Rome © Tobias Glitsch

S. Andrea al Quirinale


The PhD project on S. Andrea al Quirinale has produced the first wide-ranging monography covering the architecture of Gian Lorenzo Bernini's oval church.

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Pilgrimage church in Scherpenheuvel © Tobias Glitsch

Scherpenheuvel. Church and City in a Heptagon (DFG)

 

The DFG-funded research project on Scherpenheuvel analyzes the genesis, shape and concept of said pilgrimage site at different scales.

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The Church of San Lorenzo in Miranda in the Temple of Antoninus Pius and Faustina © Yannick Ley

Temple to Church

 

The PhD project deals with the conversion of ancient roman buildings into counter-reformation churches in Rome around 1600.

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