Many understand ‹modern architecture› to mean the buildings of classical modernism, which incorrectly also come under the label ‹Bauhaus style›. Using selected buildings in Hesse as an example, Kai Buchholz, professor at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, suggests a different concept of modernity - modernity as technical civilization. The spectrum of examples ranges from residential buildings to traffic infrastructure and natural facilities to sacred buildings. The architecture guide published by Kai Buchholz and Philipp Oswalt ‹100 Years of Modernism in Hesse. From the founding of an empire to the oil crisis› recently appeared on the subject.

Prof. Dr. Kai Buchholz (* 1966 in Berlin) studied philosophy, art history and Romance studies in Berlin, Rennes, Saarbrücken, Utrecht and Aix-en-Provence. Among other things, he was a research assistant and lecturer at Saarland University as well as at the Mathildenhöhe Institute in Darmstadt and the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. In 2009 he took over the professorship for art and design science at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in Krefeld, and from 2010 to 2012 he was professor for design theory at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Dessau. Since his appointment at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, he has held the professorship for the history and theory of design in the design department.

The lecture will be held in German.