About the project
As part of an internationalization programme, a "Bali Summer School 2024" took place at the beginning of the winter semester 2024/25 from 14 to 25 October 2024 under the direction of Prof. Christine Remensperger. As part of this two-week workshop, Prof. Gusti Ayu Made Suartika, PhD. - lecturer at Udayana University in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia (as Head of the "International Program of Tropical Engineering") - was a guest at the Faculty of Architecture.
Together with Prof. Christine Remensperger, she taught the module "Special Areas of Architecture" in an intensive seminar. Thirteen students each worked in groups to develop a design for a "Sustainable Resort - Bali" in the context of Balinese culture and landscape. In addition to the use of local resources, the focus was on the traditional architecture and building culture of Bali. The focus was also on the tropical climate, dealing with the topography and incorporating views of the water and the attractive landscape.
The students were highly motivated and worked daily on models, sketches and CAD drawings and were guided and supervised by us lecturers on a daily basis. As input, there were several lectures on "traditional Balinese building culture and construction" and its rules - which are very often based on religious rituals. At the same time, Balinese students from Udayana University were working on other construction tasks, some of them on the same site. Our students had an insight into their working methods and project status via a digital conference. The results of our students' designs were also examined at the end of the semester and could therefore be credited towards the course. All the results of the work were summarized and documented in this printed and digital brochure. Each work result is presented in detail on four double pages.
At the end and as a sign of friendship and solidarity - also in the context of the discussions on the topics of "global climate change and scarce resources" - we planted a few trees on the "Ersttrees - Gelände" of the FB1 in DO-Dorstfeld together with Prof. Dr. Gusti with the participation of students - accompanied by Guido Kollert and Laura Wiederhold, who generally supported the workshop with advice and action. We agreed that the topics - a traditional, local and low-resource building culture - should be given more attention in teaching in the future and that we should work together on joint teaching and projects in another event. An invitation to teach at Udayana University Denpasar will therefore be focused on - so that we can continue the cultural and professional exchange and discourse in the country. We will also remain in friendly contact.
