---
_id: '12740'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "The high-tech architecture of the 1970s–1990s is typically characterized
by the use and exhibition of advanced technologies. In terms of appearance, these
buildings often have innovative façades, supporting structures accentuated in
color, and expressively displayed technology systems. Unfortunately, however,
the rapid obsolescence of technology has often led to the complete replacement
of the very systems that defined the architectural form. In 2023, an international
conference at ETH Zurich in collaboration with Bauhaus-Universität Weimar explored
the question of how best to deal with the structural legacy of technologically
innovative architecture. This book summarizes the results and provides an overview
of the current state of research.\r\n\r\nCurrent state of research on high-tech
architecture and its conservation\r\nOverview of the opportunities and challenges
of high-tech buildings\r\nNew findings on the topic of building within existing
structures\r\nAlso available as a set with the congress volume Denkmal Postmoderne
978-3-0356-2783-1"
author:
- first_name: Uta
full_name: Pottgiesser, Uta
id: '27166'
last_name: Pottgiesser
orcid: 0000-0002-8594-3168
citation:
ama: 'Pottgiesser U. Retracted: Structural Sealant Glazing (SSG): History, Construction,
and Conservation Challenges. In: Brenner M, Langenberg Silke , Angermann Kirsten
, Meier HR, eds. High-Tech Heritage : (Im)Permanence of Innovative Architecture.
Birkhäuser; 2024:109-116. doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035627862-016'
apa: 'Pottgiesser, U. (2024). Retracted: Structural Sealant Glazing (SSG): History,
Construction, and Conservation Challenges. In M. Brenner , Silke Langenberg, Kirsten Angermann
, & H.-R. Meier (Eds.), High-Tech Heritage : (Im)permanence of Innovative
Architecture (pp. 109–116). Birkhäuser. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035627862-016'
bjps: 'Pottgiesser U (2024) Retracted: Structural Sealant Glazing (SSG):
History, Construction, and Conservation Challenges. In Brenner M et al. (eds),
High-Tech Heritage : (Im)Permanence of Innovative Architecture. Basel:
Birkhäuser, pp. 109–116.'
chicago: 'Pottgiesser, Uta. “Retracted: Structural Sealant Glazing (SSG): History,
Construction, and Conservation Challenges.” In High-Tech Heritage : (Im)Permanence
of Innovative Architecture, edited by Matthias Brenner , Silke Langenberg, Kirsten Angermann
, and Hans-Rudolf Meier, 109–16. Basel: Birkhäuser, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035627862-016.'
chicago-de: 'Pottgiesser, Uta. 2024. Retracted: Structural Sealant Glazing (SSG):
History, Construction, and Conservation Challenges. In: High-Tech Heritage :
(Im)permanence of Innovative Architecture, hg. von Matthias Brenner , Silke Langenberg, Kirsten Angermann
, und Hans-Rudolf Meier, 109–116. Basel: Birkhäuser. doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035627862-016,
.'
din1505-2-1: 'Pottgiesser, Uta: Retracted:
Structural Sealant Glazing (SSG): History, Construction, and Conservation Challenges.
In: Brenner , M. ; Langenberg, Silke
; Angermann , Kirsten
; Meier, H.-R. (Hrsg.): High-Tech
Heritage : (Im)permanence of Innovative Architecture. Basel : Birkhäuser,
2024, S. 109–116'
havard: 'U. Pottgiesser, Retracted: Structural Sealant Glazing (SSG): History, Construction,
and Conservation Challenges, in: M. Brenner , Silke Langenberg, Kirsten Angermann
, H.-R. Meier (Eds.), High-Tech Heritage : (Im)Permanence of Innovative Architecture,
Birkhäuser, Basel, 2024: pp. 109–116.'
ieee: 'U. Pottgiesser, “Retracted: Structural Sealant Glazing (SSG): History, Construction,
and Conservation Challenges,” in High-Tech Heritage : (Im)permanence of Innovative
Architecture, M. Brenner , Silke Langenberg, Kirsten Angermann , and H.-R.
Meier, Eds. Basel: Birkhäuser, 2024, pp. 109–116. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035627862-016.'
mla: 'Pottgiesser, Uta. “Retracted: Structural Sealant Glazing (SSG): History, Construction,
and Conservation Challenges.” High-Tech Heritage : (Im)Permanence of Innovative
Architecture, edited by Matthias Brenner et al., Birkhäuser, 2024, pp. 109–16,
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035627862-016.'
short: 'U. Pottgiesser, in: M. Brenner , Silke Langenberg, Kirsten Angermann
, H.-R. Meier (Eds.), High-Tech Heritage : (Im)Permanence of Innovative Architecture,
Birkhäuser, Basel, 2024, pp. 109–116.'
ufg: 'Pottgiesser, Uta: Retracted: Structural Sealant Glazing (SSG): History,
Construction, and Conservation Challenges, in: Brenner , Matthias u. a. (Hgg.):
High-Tech Heritage : (Im)permanence of Innovative Architecture, Basel 2024, S.
109–116.'
van: 'Pottgiesser U. Retracted: Structural Sealant Glazing (SSG): History, Construction,
and Conservation Challenges. In: Brenner M, Langenberg Silke , Angermann Kirsten
, Meier HR, editors. High-Tech Heritage : (Im)permanence of Innovative Architecture.
Basel: Birkhäuser; 2024. p. 109–16.'
conference:
end_date: 2023-09-16
location: Zürich
name: 'Conference on "High-Tech Heritage: (Im)permanence of Innovation"'
start_date: 2023-09-14
date_created: 2025-03-27T20:39:04Z
date_updated: 2025-03-28T07:31:52Z
department:
- _id: DEP1620
- _id: DEP1055
doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035627862-016
editor:
- first_name: 'Matthias '
full_name: 'Brenner , Matthias '
last_name: 'Brenner '
- first_name: ' Silke '
full_name: 'Langenberg, Silke '
last_name: Langenberg
- first_name: ' Kirsten '
full_name: 'Angermann , Kirsten '
last_name: 'Angermann '
- first_name: 'Hans-Rudolf '
full_name: 'Meier, Hans-Rudolf '
last_name: Meier
keyword:
- preservation
- maintenance
- conversion
- building culture
- postmodern architecture
- high-tech architecture
- postmodernism
- cultural heritage
- architectural monument
- historical monument
- monument preservation
language:
- iso: eng
page: 109-116
place: Basel
publication: 'High-Tech Heritage : (Im)permanence of Innovative Architecture'
publication_identifier:
eisbn:
- 978-3-0356-2786-2
isbn:
- 978-3-0356-2784-8
publication_status: published
publisher: Birkhäuser
quality_controlled: '1'
related_material:
link:
- relation: original
url: 'https://birkhauser.com/en/book/9783035627862 '
status: public
title: 'Retracted: Structural Sealant Glazing (SSG): History, Construction, and Conservation
Challenges'
type: book_chapter
user_id: '83781'
year: '2024'
...
---
_id: '12677'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'After the two 2022-issues of the Docomomo Journal, number 66 on ‘Modern Plastic
Heritage’ and number 67 on ‘Multiple Modernisms in Ukraine,’ this issue reveals
another chapter of an often and diversely described theme of Modern Movement and
a pressing subject worldwide: Housing.'
article_type: review
author:
- first_name: Uta
full_name: Pottgiesser, Uta
last_name: Pottgiesser
- first_name: Wido
full_name: Quist, Wido
last_name: Quist
citation:
ama: Pottgiesser U, Quist W. Towards a Housing Preservation Culture. Journal
/ Docomomo International. 2023;(68):2-3. doi:10.52200/docomomo.68.ed
apa: Pottgiesser, U., & Quist, W. (2023). Towards a Housing Preservation Culture.
Journal / Docomomo International, 68, 2–3. https://doi.org/10.52200/docomomo.68.ed
bjps: Pottgiesser U and Quist W (2023) Towards a Housing Preservation Culture.
Journal / Docomomo International 2–3.
chicago: 'Pottgiesser, Uta, and Wido Quist. “Towards a Housing Preservation Culture.”
Journal / Docomomo International, no. 68 (2023): 2–3. https://doi.org/10.52200/docomomo.68.ed.'
chicago-de: 'Pottgiesser, Uta und Wido Quist. 2023. Towards a Housing Preservation
Culture. Journal / Docomomo International, Nr. 68: 2–3. doi:10.52200/docomomo.68.ed,
.'
din1505-2-1: 'Pottgiesser, Uta ; Quist, Wido: Towards a Housing Preservation
Culture. In: Journal / Docomomo International. Eindhoven, University of
Technology (2023), Nr. 68, S. 2–3'
havard: U. Pottgiesser, W. Quist, Towards a Housing Preservation Culture, Journal
/ Docomomo International. (2023) 2–3.
ieee: 'U. Pottgiesser and W. Quist, “Towards a Housing Preservation Culture,” Journal
/ Docomomo International, no. 68, pp. 2–3, 2023, doi: 10.52200/docomomo.68.ed.'
mla: Pottgiesser, Uta, and Wido Quist. “Towards a Housing Preservation Culture.”
Journal / Docomomo International, no. 68, 2023, pp. 2–3, https://doi.org/10.52200/docomomo.68.ed.
short: U. Pottgiesser, W. Quist, Journal / Docomomo International (2023) 2–3.
ufg: 'Pottgiesser, Uta/Quist, Wido: Towards a Housing Preservation Culture,
in: Journal / Docomomo International (2023), H. 68, S. 2–3.'
van: Pottgiesser U, Quist W. Towards a Housing Preservation Culture. Journal / Docomomo
International. 2023;(68):2–3.
date_created: 2025-03-09T19:13:02Z
date_updated: 2025-03-10T08:54:33Z
department:
- _id: DEP1055
- _id: DEP1620
doi: 10.52200/docomomo.68.ed
issue: '68'
keyword:
- Mass Housing
- preservation
- Neighborhoods
- MCMH-EU
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
url: https://docomomojournal.com/index.php/journal/article/view/652
oa: '1'
page: 2-3
place: Eindhoven
publication: Journal / Docomomo International
publication_identifier:
eissn:
- 2773-1634
issn:
- 1380-3204
publication_status: published
publisher: University of Technology
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Towards a Housing Preservation Culture
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83781'
year: '2023'
...
---
_id: '13372'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: "This bachelor thesis explores the adaptive reuse of the former Telekom high-rise
at Kesselbrink in Bielefeld, a vacant modernist office tower awaiting new purpose.
The project proposes a mixed-use transformation that reinterprets the building
as a “city within the city,” inspired by Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation in
Marseille. The existing structure is strategically reduced to its essential load-bearing
concrete frame and floor slabs, preserving the structural skeleton while enabling
radical spatial reconfiguration.\r\nPrefabricated timber modules are inserted
and cantilevered between the reinforced-concrete columns, extending the usable
floor area and introducing a warm, contemporary material contrast to the original
façade. This intervention not only increases density and flexibility but also
redefines the tower’s appearance, giving it a cosmopolitan and forward-looking
architectural identity. The ground floor is conceived as an open and publicly
accessible urban platform, activating the surrounding plaza and strengthening
social interaction. Upper floors are redesigned as affordable and attractive living
spaces for young residents, encouraging a diverse and vibrant community within
the building.\r\nA newly designed park-like rooftop landscape provides recreational
space and panoramic views over the city, enhancing environmental quality and urban
connectivity. By combining structural preservation, modular timber construction,
public programming, and residential reuse, the proposal demonstrates how high-rise
retrofitting can generate social, ecological, and economic value simultaneously.
The project positions adaptive reuse as a viable strategy for sustainable urban
regeneration and architectural longevity."
author:
- first_name: Leon
full_name: Konschake, Leon
id: '84541'
last_name: Konschake
orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5181-1573
citation:
ama: Konschake L. TreeTower. Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe; 2020.
apa: Konschake, L. (2020). TreeTower. Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe.
bjps: 'Konschake L (2020) TreeTower. Detmolder Schule für Gestaltung:
Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe.'
chicago: 'Konschake, Leon. TreeTower. Detmolder Schule für Gestaltung: Technische
Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe, 2020.'
chicago-de: 'Konschake, Leon. 2020. TreeTower. Detmolder Schule für Gestaltung:
Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe.'
din1505-2-1: 'Konschake, Leon: TreeTower.
Detmolder Schule für Gestaltung : Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe, 2020'
havard: L. Konschake, TreeTower, Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Detmolder
Schule für Gestaltung, 2020.
ieee: 'L. Konschake, TreeTower. Detmolder Schule für Gestaltung: Technische
Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe, 2020.'
mla: Konschake, Leon. TreeTower. Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe,
2020.
short: L. Konschake, TreeTower, Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Detmolder
Schule für Gestaltung, 2020.
ufg: 'Konschake, Leon: TreeTower, Detmolder Schule für Gestaltung 2020.'
van: 'Konschake L. TreeTower. Detmolder Schule für Gestaltung: Technische Hochschule
Ostwestfalen-Lippe; 2020.'
date_created: 2026-02-12T11:47:28Z
date_updated: 2026-02-20T07:09:36Z
department:
- _id: DEP1600
extern: '1'
keyword:
- Adaptive Reuse
- Mixed-Use Development
- High-Rise Transformation
- City within the City
- Modular Timber Construction
- Prefabrication
- Structural Preservation
- Concrete Skeleton
- Cantilevered Modules
- Urban Regeneration
- Public Ground Floor
- Youth Housing
- Rooftop Landscape
- Sustainability
- Social Impact
- Ecological Design
- Economic Viability
- Cosmopolitan Architecture
language:
- iso: eng
place: Detmolder Schule für Gestaltung
publication_status: published
publisher: Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe
status: public
supervisor:
- first_name: Hans
full_name: Sachs, Hans
id: '64589'
last_name: Sachs
title: TreeTower
type: bachelor_thesis
user_id: '83781'
year: '2020'
...