Sonja Schelbach studied architecture at the universities of Oldenburg and Hamburg. The practical semester she did in an architect´s office in Mooloolaba in Queensland, Australia.
After graduating in 2000 she worked as a freelancer in planning and architectural firms. From 2006 she studied the four-semester master's degree “Restoration of old buildings” at the University of Karlsruhe. The Master Thesis was the conversion of a church in Saarbrücken build in the 1950's.
Afterwards, she was a freelancer in an architectural office and at the Heritage Office Hamburg.
Since February 2009 Sonja Schelbach works at the HCU Hamburg. First as a coordinator in the department of architecture, since April 2010 as a research assistant of Professor Dietrich in the research project USE efficiency and as his Ph.D. student.
Dissertation
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Dissertation started in October 2010. The working title is: Learning from traditional architecture Investigation into the applicability of resource-efficient strategies of planning and building, drawing on the example of traditional houses in Thessaloniki, Greece Supervisor is Prof. Dr. rer. nat Udo Dietrich - more ... |
Teaching
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MA Architecture in WS 2010/11: Seminar: Construction and Technology, Redevelopment concept and improvement of the energy efficiency of the university buildings in Hebebrandstraße 1, CityNord |
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MA REAP in WS 2010/11: Project III, Sustainable Campus Design at Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Greece |
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BA and MA Architecture in SS 2010: Elective course: Climate Responsive Architecture, looking at historic buildings |
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BA and MA Architecture in WS 09/10: Elective course: Climate Responsive Architecture, looking at historic buildings |
HafenCity University Hamburg
REAP Research Group
Überseeallee 16
D-20457 Hamburg
Room 4.107
Tel.: +49 40 42827-5096
sonja.schelbach(at)hcu-hamburg.de