AHB - Division Architecture

Mission Statement

Prof. Daniel Boermann,
dipl. Arch. ETH SIA,
Head of division Bachelor Architecture

The planning and real estate industry is in a progressive changeover from commercial local structures to a heterogeneous market in which global investors, companies which operate throughout the world and top international architects are playing a forever increasingly important role.
That is why we train architects who can play an active part in the profession's process of change and can handle the large number of everyday tasks with a high degree of creative, technical and organisational ability.
We offer something unique in Switzerland, three clearly defined areas of specialisation, namely design, management and technology. This way we promote individual specialisation and profiling of our students and increased opportunities in the market place.

Facts and Figures

Change of the times

In 2003 the three established architectural divisions of HTA Bern, HTA Burgdorf and HTA Biel in the canton of Berne were incorporated with the SH Wood Biel into the Department of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering at the Bern University of Applied Sciences. With the incorporation of the architectural divisions the content and emphases changed and so led to fundamental modernisation in the study of architecture. In 2005 the Bologna process was implemented. Because of the very early specialisation in the first term, the BA in Architecture course in Burgdorf is unique among courses at Swiss universities.

Facts and Figures - Bachelor of Architecture division

Diplomas awarded 06                            50

Number of students                              191

Number of students NDS/NDK             94

Number of foreign students                     7

Campus

Bern University of Applied Sciences

Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering

Pestalozzistrasse 20

Postfach 1058

CH-3401 Burgdorf

Tel     +41 34 426 41 01

Tel     +41 34 426 43 94

e-mail

Training courses

Bachelor

of Arts BUAS in Architecture

Master

of Arts in Architecture

Postgraduate studies

in Preservation of Monuments & Conversion
in Facility Management
in Valuation of Real Estate
in Architectural Discourse
in Strategic Management
in Transcultural Design India

Studies

Full-time study: 6 terms

Part-time study: max. 12 terms

Partners

Bergen Arkitekt Skole, Bergen, Norway

Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

CEPT Ahmedabad, India

SRISHTI School of Design Bangalore, India

SANGATH, Vastu Shilpa Foundation, Ahmedabad, India

ISCTE Lisbon, Portugal

École de Paris-Belleville, France

Tongji University Shanghai, China

University of Edinburgh, UK

Ecole d’architectes et d’ingénieurs de Genève (EIA-GE)

Ecole d’architectes et d’ingénieurs de Fribourg (EIA-FR)

Partners (Process management specialisation)

Fachhochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, Berlin, Germany

Bauhaus Universität Weimar, Germany

Technical University of Danmark DTU, Denmark

Aalborg Universitet, Denmark

NTNU Trondheim, Norway

University Malmö, Sweden

University of Sydney, Australia

San Diego State University, USA

POLE Partner Universities (Process management specialisation)

Aalborg Universitet, Denmark

Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

Bauhaus Universität Weimar, Germany

Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Eidgenössische technische Hochschule Zürich ETH

Fachhochschule Trier, Germany

NTNU Trondheim, Norway

Stanford University, USA

Fachhochschule Zentralschweiz

Uni. Politècnica de Catalunya / Escuela de Arquitectura, Spain

Lichtakademie Bartenbach, Austria

University of Edinburgh, UK

Hochschule Wädenswil, CH

Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

Architecture – an indicator of our culture

Mission Statement

Facts and Figures

Training courses

Partners