International Summer School Sustainable Design and Circular Constructions from Renewable Materials (sus^cool)

Project duration: September 01^st, 2022 to January 31^st,2027

The construction industry is changing, and skills and knowledge transfer in the field of sustainable construction need to be promoted and expanded at an international level. In the project sus^cool, university education for students in the field of sustainable, high-quality construction is to be placed on a broad basis throughout Europe through transnational and transdisciplinary, practical learning approaches. The focus is on transcultural and transnational learning, a global understanding of the discipline for students and teachers and comprehensive specialist knowledge viewed from multiple international perspectives.

To this end, 3-week modules/workshops in English, each with 4-5 ECTS credits, will be set up for both Bachelor's and Master's students. At the end of the project, these will be integrated into the curricula of Architecture - Green Building and Civil Engineering and Construction Management as elective specialization modules. 

The summer academy uses didactic methods such as problem-based learning and project exercises that create practical relevance in cooperation with specialized construction companies from the Vienna region. International and transdisciplinary cooperation and dialog is also achieved through e-learning tools and digital integration of international experts.

With this project, FH Campus Wien is further consolidating its role as a pioneer in the field of sustainable construction and promoting internationalization. The modules to be developed are aimed at European higher education institutions and vocational schools, in particular BSc/BA and MSc/MA students and teachers from the fields of architecture and civil engineering: 

• Development of a tailor-made curriculum for two English-language specialization modules in the field of sustainable building materials for the Bachelor's and Master's degree programs Architecture - Green Building and Civil Engineering and Construction Management. 
• Competence and networking: The competence of teachers and researchers is to be built up through topic-related workshops and specialization courses with leading partner universities, in which innovative content and methodological-didactic approaches are acquired. 
• Integration of the Summer Academy into the regular curricula of the degree programs Architecture - Green Building and Civil Engineering and Construction Management in the form of parallel, elective specialization modules with the aim of sustainable and long-term internationalization.

Research Center Building and Design