The board of trustees of the Schelling Architecture Foundation has decided to award the two winners of the Schelling Study Prize 2025, Johann Kuhn and Emilia Sendelbach, the full prize money of €2,00…read more
On 19 November 2025, the Schelling Student Prize was awarded for the sixth time at KIT, Faculty of Architecture. Since 2015, this prize has been awarded every two years to the best final theses. Ten …read more
Nominated Student Award
“Nachhaltige Quartiersentwicklung im ländlichen Raum”
Master thesis supervised by Prof. Dirk Hebel and Prof. Andreas Wagner
Appreciation Student Award
In an era characterised by climate change, a shortage of skilled workers and a scarcity of raw materials, the master design ‘Forschungszentrum Zukunftsbau – Wie bauen wir die Zukunft?’
by Vincent Johannes Witt sees itself as a catalyst for a paradigm shift in architecture in favour of sustainable building technologies. As a large-scale research infrastructure on KIT’s West Campus, the design creates space for interdisciplinary collaboration, enables the development of new building technologies and positions KIT as a pioneer in sustainable building research. The research centre itself is an example of sustainable construction. The use of reused components, flexible and reconfigurable spatial structures and modular utilisation scenarios creates a process-oriented, multifunctional and public building. The work contributes significantly to the development of a sustainable building culture and illustrates how a sustainable future can be shaped through research and innovation in architecture. It was supervised by Prof Moritz Dörstelmann and Prof Dirk Hebel.
The decision not to award the prize to James Bridle as a signatory of the call to boycott all Israeli cultural institutions was explained in detail by the Foundation – see press release dated 18 Nove…read more