Architecture: Residential Building

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Architecture: Residential Building M.Sc.

The master's degree program of Architecture: Integrated Housing Development offers an attractive opportunity for specialization to graduates of an architecture degree program of at least eight semesters (bachelor's degree/diploma). This degree program deals with influencing factors and demand situations for sustainable renewal strategies in housing construction and specializes you in the area of strategic housing construction development in a application-oriented manner. Upon successfully completing the program you acquire the academic degree Master of Science (M.Sc.).

What's in Store for You

The master's degree program of Integrated Housing Development focuses on a one-year project in the area of housing construction, which is analyzed, scrutinized and further developed conceptually in a process-based manner in close cooperation with experts and executives from the scientific, business and political arenas. An important objective is the acquisition of a comprehensive perspective that discerns the complex realities of housing construction. This enables you to design sustainable concepts for the development of new forms of housing and devise the updating of existing buildings. Further, you will relate spatial, typological and economical aspects of housing construction with sociological, psychological and historical circumstances.

At a Glance

Degree: Master of Science (M.Sc.) 
Type of program: full-time
Standard period of study: 2 semesters
ECTS credits: 60 
Starting semester: winter semester
Language: German

Application period

Winter semester 2024/2025: estimated as of now from mid-May 2024 to July 15th, 2024

Program Structure

M100 PROJECT
18 ECTS
M200 DEVELOPMENT
10 ECTS
M300 SOCIETY
8 ECTS
M400 ECONOMY
8 ECTS
M500 THESIS
16 ECTS
AnalysisSocial Space
TypologyTypological AnalysesSociologyThe Psychology of Housing
PoliticsHousing Policies
Masters SeminarProseminar: Exposé
Urban Space
Typological DesignHousing Sociology
Housing Law
Master's ThesisThesis
PlanningMaster PlanUrban PlanningUrban Development
Cultural HistoryThe Culture of the Home
EconomyThe Housing Industry
Documentation
Case Studies
Urban Development Design
Residential History
Workshop
Lectures
Excursion

Who to contact

Prof. Susanne Reiß
Degree program director
T +49 6131 628-1229
susanne.reiss (at) hs-mainz.de