Uta Graff – författare

»Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge« is an academic journal in, on and from the discipline of architecture, addressing the creation, constitution and transmission of architectural knowledge. It explores methods genuine to the discipline and architectural modes of interdisciplinary methodological adaptions. Processes, procedures and results of knowledge creation and practice are esteemed coequally, with particular attentiveness to the architectural design and epistemologies of aesthetic practice and research.Issue 1, »Research Perspectives in Architecture«, explores different lines of enquiry with specific focus on their methodology. Design-based, reflexive, qualitative, experience-based, archival and interdisciplinary perspectives are investigated.

"Dimensions. Journal of Architectural Knowledge" is an academic journal in, on and from the discipline of architecture, addressing the creation, constitution and transmission of architectural knowledge. It explores methods genuine to the discipline and architectural modes of interdisciplinary methodological adaptions. Processes, procedures and results of knowledge creation and practice are esteemed coequally, with particular attentiveness to the architectural design and epistemologies of aesthetic practice and research. Hans Döllgast's architectural works of reconstruction and repair have become seminal, resonating with the contemporary prioritisation of reuse at times of climate emergency. Issue 09/2025 reflects on the nature of his relevance today, addressing unexplored questions about his reception and legacy. An international group of architects and architectural historians examine his pedagogy, writings and buildings. The contributors explore what Döllgast shared with contemporary architects, and how this legacy could speak to current challenges. They ask how we can fathom the architectural knowledge - regarding the process, thinking, approach, conception and making - contained in Döllgast's work.

Die Publikation »Schwarze Räume« thematisiert das Phänomen des lichtleeren Raums. Wie ist ein solcher, scheinbar grenzenloser Raum begreifbar? Wie kann Raum gedacht und entworfen werden, wenn die Parameter dem Räumlichen eigentlich widersprechen? Eine Projektgruppe an der Technischen Universität München hat das Thema aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln untersucht. Anhand konkreter Entwurfsaufgaben wie einem Kino, einem Refugium und einem Kolumbarium wurden diese »Schwarzräume« prozesshaft analysiert und erarbeitet.Gespräche mit den Architektinnen Donatella Fioretti, Astrid Staufer und Francesca Torzo erörtern dieses architektonische Phänomen. Weitere kürzere Aperçus und Zitate stammen von Architekten, Künstlern und Filmemachern, die das Thema sehr unterschiedlich beleuchten.