BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Architekturnovember\, das BDA Architekturfestival in Baden-Württemberg im November 2025//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Architekturnovember\, das BDA Architekturfestival in Baden-Wü rttemberg im November 2025 BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7359 DTSTART:20251106T000000 DTEND:20251107T240000 DTSTAMP:20260306T204748Z LOCATION:KIT Fakultät für Architektur | Englerstr. 7 | 76131 Karlsruhe DESCRIPTION:Two centuries ago\, engineer Johann Gottfried Tulla and archite ct Friedrich Weinbrenner played pivotal roles in establishing the Polytech nische Schule in Karlsruhe. Their efforts were preceded by Tulla’s offic ial study tour to France between 1801 and 1803\, during which he observed state infrastructure projects in water management\, dike construction\, an d lock engineering. Most influential\, however\, was his time as a student at the École Polytechnique in Paris—founded in 1794—where he gained lasting insights that would profoundly shape the curriculum and methods at the new Karlsruhe Institute.\nIt was at this intersection that the distin ct travel traditions of Tulla’s Ingenieurschule (engineering school) and Weinbrenner’s Bauschule (architecture school) converged. During a perio d of profound societal transformation\, scientific and technological revol utions also redefined the nature of travel culture. The aristocratic Grand Tour rapidly evolved into bourgeois tourism\, spurred by the expansion of the European railroad network and the advent of steam navigation. As Orla ndo Figes explores in The Europeans (2019)\, this shift contributed to the emergence of new cosmopolitan identities within the framework of increasi ngly global nation-states. These identities were reflected in the architec ture of elite travel destinations such as Baden-Baden\, which became hubs of cultural innovation. In an age of political\, social\, and technologica l upheaval\, the newly compact travel guidebooks offered a normative educa tional canon that inspired the reform of cultural institutions across Euro pe—including schools of architecture and engineering. Polytechnic univer sities were deeply embedded in this cultural transformation. The rise of c osmopolitan identities influenced the development of architecture and engi neering as both scientific and artistic disciplines.\nOver the broad span of time from the late eighteenth century to the late twentieth century\, h ow did the gaze of architects and engineers trained at polytechnic schools evolve through travel? What were the points of convergence and divergence between architects and engineers in observing the material\, technical\, and structural aspects of buildings or infrastructures? And what types of travel were involved? Beyond educational journeys\, architects and enginee rs trained at polytechnic institutions often undertook professional travel s—among them\, missions commissioned by private clients or public bodies .\nOn the occasion of the bicentenary of the Karlsruhe Polytechnic School (now the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) the conference invites part icipants to explore the evolution of the polytechnic travel culture throug h international case studies\, focusing on the role of travel as a dynamic cultural practice. Since 1794\, architect’s and engineer’s journeys h ave helped to shape polytechnic culture in the midst of tensions between r evolution and tradition\, nationality and cosmopolitanism\, technology and art\, as well as general education and vocational training. SUMMARY:6th International Meeting: “The Architect’s Journeys”
\n Architects and Engineers: Journeys in the Polytechnic Culture
\nNetwo rks\, Media\, and New Destinations Since 1794 URL;VALUE=URI:https://architekturnovember.de/event/6th-international-meetin g-the-architects-journeysarchitects-and-engineers-journeys-in-the-polytech nic-culturenetworks-media-and-new-destinations-since-1794/ TRANSP:OPAQUE BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY TRIGGER:-PT15M DESCRIPTION:Erinnerung: 6th International Meeting: “The Architect’s Jou rneys”
\nArchitects and Engineers: Journeys in the Polytechnic Cult ure
\nNetworks\, Media\, and New Destinations Since 1794 END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR