Profile
The metal workshop was not only an elementary component of architectural training at the Bauhaus, even pioneers of metal construction such as Jean Prouvè or Hugo Junkers would not have been able to achieve anywhere near the quality of workmanship without the practical possibilities.
The metal laboratory focuses on the creation of lightweight metal constructions and enables a practical examination of metal as a material. Students on Bachelor's and Master's degree courses can learn this and many other metalworking and processing skills here, gain experience and new ideas and apply them in practical projects. With the support of competent staff, 1:1 models, experimental facades and demonstrators are also created for the semester and final theses to prove the constructability of the designs. The range of services is supplemented by a universal testing machine, which can be used to carry out tests relevant to façade development, as well as numerous surface measuring devices.
Equipment
Flat metal façade elements that are bent, edged and folded to significantly increase their stability are the focus of practical teaching. The equipment includes numerous forming machines, such as a large die bending machine, stretch upsetting machines, presses, milling machines, various metal saws, roll formers or beading rollers as well as guillotine shears and a lathe. Furthermore, materials can be characterized and tested for their various mechanical properties in the metal laboratory, e.g. with the universal testing machine.
Service & Offer
The Master's degree program "Metal Building Envelopes" has links to all relevant metal material manufacturers and suppliers of metal construction systems for building facades.
