People
The Energy and Building Teaching-Research Group is composed by a number of Individuals, mostly Faculty members at TUB and PUC.
Prof. Juan Ignacio Baixas Director of the Universidad Católica de Chile. Teaching and research work among others on structures and sustainable architecture design. Practice in Baixas - del Río Arqtos., one of the most reputed architectural firms in Chile, winner of several design awards and recognitions.
Prof. Dr. Peter Herrle Chairman of the Habitat unit and initiator of the Urban management master Course. Recognized expert in the area of town development and housing supply in the developing countries. Since 2002 consulting professor of Tongji University Shanghai.
Prof. Rainer Hascher since 1989 Chairman for "Konstruktives Entwerfen und Klimagerechtes Bauen" at TU-Berlin; since 1979 has own architectural practice, Hascher-Jehle Architektur; in 2000 was appointed as member of the "Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften".
Dr. Margarita Greeneis a Qualified Architect and Master in Sociology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; and PhD at University College London. She is renowned expert in the area of housing and has been consultant to national and international organizations. She is currently Director of Academic Relations of FADEU.
Prof. Dr. Waldo Bustamante Civil Engineer (Mechanical), Master in Urban Development and Doctor in Applied Sciences. He has conducted extensive research in the field of energy efficiency in buildings and has been a consultant of the Chilean government in the thermal regulations.
Dr.-Ing. Arch Khaled Saleh-Pascha Since 1997 at TU-Berlin in the Chair of Prof Hascher. Invited Professor at Universidad Católica de Chile. Research work on timber construction, energy-efficiency in building, new building materials, late 19th - early 20th century architectural theory.
Dipl.-Ing. Arch. Paola Alfaro d'Alençon Since 2002 at TU-Berlin in the Habitat Unit. Guest Professor at Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago. Main points of work: Transport infrastructure development, settlement and town development. PhD Thesis at TUB and PUC on transport infrastructures within the city.
MSc. Arch. Felipe Encinas since 2002 at Universidad Católica de Chile. Main interests: energy-efficiency in building, climate and building context, thermal modeling and passive cooling techniques. Master at Nottingham Univ., U.K., 2004. Currently pursues a Doctoral degree at the U. Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
M.Arch. Roberto Moris Universidad Católica de Chile, teaching and research in the area of urban development and policies, Technical Assessor for the Urban Ministry in Chile. Several research works related with sustainable urban development in Chile. Master thesis at LSE 2001.
M.Arch. Renato D'Alençon Universidad Católica de Chile. Teaching: material, sustainable building solutions and energy efficiency in architecture. Research work in housing quality and comfort conditions. Invited Professor TUB 2006, 2008. Chairman SET 07.
Contact
If you wish to contact us, please use any of the following references:
Paola Alfaro d'Alençon Habitat Unit, Sekr. A 53, Strasse des 17. Juni 152, 10623 Berlin, Germany. Phone: +49.30.314 21908. paola.alfarodalencon@tu-berlin.de
Khaled Saleh-Pascha Lehrstuhl Konstruktives Entwerfen und Klimagerechtes Bauen, Sekr. A 44, Raum A 602, Strasse des 17. Juni 152, 10623 Berlin, Germany. Phone: +49.30.314. khaled.saleh.pascha@tu-berlin.de
Renato D'Alençon Castrillón Habitat Unit, Sekr. A 53, Strasse des 17. Juni 152, 10623 Berlin, Germany. Phone: +49.30.314 21833. dalencon@uc.cl
News
TU-Berlin students win the Haiti Ideas Challenge competition
(Berlin, September 30th 2011) The design project "Reclaiming Heritage" by TUB students Holly Au, Eduardo Barros, Miguel Delso Páez, Federico Rota, Alejandro García Gadea, and Carmen Gómez Maestro, Faculty Sponsors Renato D'Alençon and Luis Beltrán del Río, has won the Housing Category in the Haiti Ideas Challenge, organized by ACSA, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, USAID, United States Agency for International Development, and Howard University's School of Architecture and Design.
New Book "Lateinamerikanische Städte im Wandel"
(Berlin, June 15th 2011) A new volume entitled "Lateinamerikanische Staedte im Wandel" (Latin American Cities in transformation), edited by researchers Paola Alfaro - d'Alencon, Walter A. Imilan and Lina María Sanchez, was presented in the Habitat-Unit of TU-Berlin. The publication is the product of the Seminar of the same name in November 2008 organized jointly by the Technische Universitaet Berlin and Weimar Bauhaus-Universität.
German Architecture and Migration in Chile, 1852-1875
(Berlin, May 23rd 2011) The Exhibition "EINGEWANDERTE BAUMEISTER - Architekturtransfer zwischen Deutschland und Chile 1852-1875. Bauen und Ursprungshäuser", will be open between June 6th and June 24th (10.00 to 17:00) in the Fakultätsforum, Architecture Building of TU-Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 152, 10623 Berlin. The Exhibition explores the architecture of the 19th century German immigrants in Chile, and the influence in it of their original houses in Germany.