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sector for contextual construction, faculty planning-building-environment, institute of architecture, technical university of berlin


CoCoon started in april 2005 as a sector for teaching, research and practice
in an intercultural and interdisciplinary context at the institute of architecture
at the technical university of berlin. CoCoon emerged from the practice- related
projects "Students building in Mexico/ Ecuador" , and "Students building in Kabul" at the FG Prof. Mertes.


  • Teaching: CoCoon offers seminars related to the theory, the design, and the construction of architecture and settlements in a mainly vernacular context.
    It assists student-research and investigation and stimulates intercultural exchange.
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  • CoCoon is initiating and cooperating in international academic exchange and interdisciplinary practice work stages in developing countries.
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  • Research: CoCoon claims to investigate and research forms of vernacular architecture all over the world and to analyse its contextual, social and sustainable aspects.
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  • Practice: CoCoon is based on and related to the design, planning, calculation, and erection of buildings for poor communities in a vernacular, rural and periurban context, done by students. The work bases on interdisciplinary, international and intercultural cooperation.
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Praktikumsseminar Mexiko

Praktikumsseminar Mexiko Inauguration of the auditory of the music-school in Ocotlan, Oaxaca-Mexico, 13th of april 2007.

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