Reality Check. Yearbook 2018 of the Department of Architecture

Just in time for the annual exhibition "Reinschauen" in July 2018, the new yearbook of the department was published: 400 pages of discourse, documentation and data from teaching, research and department life. In German and English.

"With the 2018 Yearbook, the KIT Department of Architecture once again offers a look at the work of its students and teachers. In a new format, the approach was taken to present the work in the individual disciplines in a more pointed way and at the same time to create space for discussion contributions by members of the department.
This resulted in the new Discourse section, in which eleven authors express their thoughts or take a stand on the topic of Reality Check - How much practice do we need? What is interesting here is the different ways in which the topic is dealt with - ranging from the personal experience of students with practice-oriented projects during their studies to the presentation and discussion of their own teaching concepts and events by lecturers to more fundamental discussions of the question. All in all, in my view, a successful introduction to a necessary open discussion on architectural topics, which is also carried outward through the yearbook. The documentation section covers a broad range of exemplary courses and selected research projects, which impressively demonstrates the diverse range of topics covered in the individual disciplines.
It reflects content from historical and humanities subjects, design and creative subjects, as well as engineering and planning subjects, and combines a fund of discipline-specific knowledge with a variety of competencies and skills. It documents the period from April 2017 to March 2018.

The yearbook is supplemented by information on events, personalia, prizes and awards, publications, etc., as well as an overview of the department's facilities. A special highlight is the picture essay about Frei Otto's models, which at the same time refers to the great fund of the Southwest German Archive for Architecture and Civil Engineering (saai), which belongs to the KIT Department of Architecture.
With this, I now cordially invite you to look at and read the book - but not without first expressing my great thanks to all those who have contributed to the redesign and publication of the book with their commitment far beyond the daily business."

Andreas Wagner, Associate Dean of the Department

Yearbook 2018
Reality Check
400 pp.
17 x 24 cm
German/English
ISBN 978-3-9816504-3-3


Here is an excerpt: