Dessau Institute of Architecture
Dessau Institute of Architecture (DIA) is a graduate unit within the Faculty of Architecture and Building Engineering in Anhalt University of Applied Sciences(Hochschule Anhalt) in Dessau, Germany. The institute runs a four semester professional masters program in architecture, which is taught in English. The institute is located partly within the historic Bauhaus building designed by Walter Gropius. DIA's students come from more than thirty different countries, making it one of the most international schools in Europe. The institute was run by Alfred Jacoby until 2017. The current director is Prof. Dr. Jasper Cepl.
As of the 2012-2013 academic year, some of the current Faculty include:
- Johannes Kister (Kister Scheithauer Gross - Architekten und Stadtplaner)
- Liss C. Werner (Tactile Architecture - Office for SystemArchitektur)
- Omar Akbar
- Sam Chermayeff (June14 Meyer-Grohbrügge&Chermayeff)
- Johanna Meyer-Grohbrügge (June14 Meyer-Grohbrügge&Chermayeff)
- Gunnar Hartmann
- Sandra Manninger (SPAN architects)
- Peter Ruge (Peter Ruge Architekten)
Some of the current visiting professors include:
- Gabriel Feld (RISD)
- Roger Bundschuh (Bundschuh Architekten)
- Neil Leach (USC)
- Lara Schrijver (TU Delft)
- Arie Graafland (TU Delft)
- Max Cohen de Lara and David Mulder (XML Architecture Research Urbanism)
- Jasper de Haan (Jasper de Haan Architecten)
- Joris Fach (Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge)
- Mathias del Campo (SPAN architects)
Some past visiting professors include:
- Lars Lerup (Rice University)
- Christos Passas (Zaha Hadid Architects)
- Daniel Dendra (Another Architect)
- Immanuel Koh
- Andong Lu (Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge)
- Senan Abdelqader (Senan Abdelqader Architects)
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