Early Modern Architecture

 
 
The Fontana dell'Acqua Felice in Rome Copyright: © 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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The Koepelkerk of Willemstad Copyright: © 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 Copyright: © 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 Copyright: © 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 Copyright: © 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 Copyright: © 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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Villa Rotonda of Andrea Palladio in Vincenza Copyright: © Bruno Schindler

Villa Rotonda – Reconstruction of the Ground Floor Plan

The research project on the Villa Rotonda dealt with the plan layout of the villa.

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The Church of San Lorenzo in Miranda in the Temple of Antoninus Pius and Faustina Copyright: © 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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