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Hello. Nice to meet you! The international, non-consecutive, interdisciplinary Master’s
The program prepares students in specific social and intercultural
degree program Open Design / Diseño Abierto para la
competencies, including critical reflection in collaboration with an
Fees and requirements Tuition fees are 1,100 euro per Semester.
Innovación is a double-degree program organized by the
interdisciplinary team; linguistic skills (English, German, Spanish);
Applicants must have completed a university degree earned over
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) and the Universidad de Buenos
and experience in communication between internationally
no less than four years of study, with an attendance of no less
Aires (UBA). The program is organized in four semesters, the first
differentiated cultures of knowledge.
than 2,600 sixty-minute attendance hours. If the applicant has a
two semesters taking place in Buenos Aires at the UBA and
Bachelor’s Degree with less than four years in duration, he/she
the third semester in Berlin at the HU. For the fourth semester,
• Intercultural and interdisciplinary communication
must submit proof of at least one year’s work and/or research
Master´s degree program
students may choose to work on their Master’s thesis in either
and mediation
experience in their field of study.
Open Design/ Diseño Abierto para la Innovación
Buenos Aires or Berlin. Successful graduates will be awarded a
• Interdisciplinary problem-solving, development and
Double Degree by the two universities.
innovative research
For detailed information please visit our website under
• Conceptual work and project development for
Applications: www.master-open-design.org/applications
The Master’s degree program focuses on the »design turn«
the industrial, scientific and social sectors
in interdisciplinary research, thus placing the concept of
• Research and research facilitation
Gestaltung at the center of research. In German Gestaltung is
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more than design. It‘s not just about changing the aesthetic of things. Gestaltung is a creative process in which the work of
Partner Institutions
the researcher changes the matter, it is created, modified or
Coordination Universidad de Buenos Aires:
developed, hence Gestaltung is a deliberate intervention.
Rodrigo Martín Iglesias The program prepares students in a broad spectrum of empirical
The master´s degree program Open Design /Diseño Abierto para
Telephone: +54 11 4789 6361
methodologies that encompass cultural studies and humanities
la Innovación is organized by the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
E-Mail:
[email protected]
through analysis and historicizing, scientific experimentalisation
(HU) and the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). Coordination Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:
from the natural sciences, and creative synthesis from the design disciplines, giving students the opportunity to reflect on
UBA
Andrea Salerno-Schwarz
complex problems that require input from multiple disciplines.
Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo
Telephone: +49 30 2093 66175
Through the intensive exchange program between Argentina and
(School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism)
E-Mail:
[email protected]
Germany, students acquire intercultural skills understanding the
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
different cultural practices and local knowledge as productive
(School of Natural Sciences)
inter-culturality.
Facultad de Ingeniería (School of Engineering)
The main language of the Master’s degree program is English.
In collaboration with Centro Tomás Maldonado, Ministerio de
Basic knowledge of Spanish and German are also required,
Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva, Argentina.
www.master-open-design.org
nevertheless students will have the opportunity to acquire or improve their knowledge of Spanish and/or German during their
HU
studies through language courses.
Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät (Faculty of Humanity and Social Sciences);
The master’s degree program will begin on August 2015 subject
Cluster of Excellence »Image Knowledge Gestaltung« ;
to it‘s establishment and the attainment of the minimum number
Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik.
of students.
Image: Globe © Kerstin Kühl, Image Knowledge Gestaltung 2014
Structure of the master’s degree program Module 7 Intercultural & Interdisciplinary Competence
Module 5 Projects
Module 6 Laboratory Projects
3. Semester
Master Thesis 12
4. Semester
UBA HU Humbolt-Univrsität zu Berlin (HU)
To be more specific …
1st Semester - UBA
Language Course II
Elements
Students acquire language skills in English, Spanish, and/or
Based on their acquired knowledge of historical, theoretical
German. The course level is defined by the student’s previous
and material properties as basic elements of Gestaltung in the
knowledge of the language.
The first three semesters of the Master’s degree program each
different disciplines, students interpret spatial structures and
focus on a semester theme which addresses current social,
analyze their importance as interdisciplinary distributors of
economic and scientific processes. This semester theme is
knowledge. Laboratory Elements
Students analyze specific interdisciplinary design processes
On the basis of the foundation elements of Gestaltung and
that integrate analytical-historical and experimental procedures
The core of each of the first three semesters is the laboratory
research processes (draft, concept, model, etc.), students gain
in a complex manner. They apply design strategies for the
module, which involves a laboratory project and exercise. These
interdisciplinary project skills and extensive experience of
development of innovative projects, thus bringing together the
complement the seminars and allow students to develop
software programs.
various elements of Gestaltung and empirical methods.
the first three semesters.
project-oriented research on the corresponding semester theme. Elective I
Laboratory Projects
During the fourth semester, students develop and realize their
In this module, students study and gain insight into the
The module offers the students course-specific, practical,
Master’s thesis, applying the acquired interdisciplinary skills to
perspectives and research methods of other disciplines.
and subject-oriented research and project work focused on a semester theme. Students solve given problems in
develop and solve, theoretically and methodically, a chosen thesis reflecting current scientific research.
Language Course I
Key Theme I: Spatial Structures
German. The course level is defined by the student’s previous
Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Competence
Students acquire expertise in historical and theoretical
knowledge of the language.
Students examine the differences between disciplines and cultures and reflect on intercultural experience from historical
Module 10 or 11 Elective II or Language course II
Module 4 Laboratory Experiments
different sciences, thus synthesizing this knowledge into new
2 nd Semester - UBA
and theoretical perspectives. Students acquire knowledge on
spatial structures in different disciplines such as physics and
Experiments
different cultural practices as productive inter-culturality.
architecture, materials research and design.
Students acquire basic knowledge of experimentation and the development of experimental systems in the distinct disciplines.
4 th Semester - UBA or HU
Key Theme II: Media Technologies
They study the use of basic media technologies and analyze the
During the fourth semester students work on their Master’s
Students acquire expertise in the history and theory of media
structure of scientific and humanistic experimental systems as
thesis in either Buenos Aires or Berlin.
technologies, including the transfer, processing and conservation
well as those concerning Gestaltung.
of data and objects. Students learn about media technologies from a historical perspective and apply their knowledge
Laboratory Experiments
productively in processes of Gestaltung.
On the basis of the foundation elements of experimentation
Module 8 or 9 Elective I or Language course I
and the structure of experimental systems, students master
Module 2 Laboratory Elements
Key Themes III - Design Strategies
Key Themes II - Media Technologies
Module 1 Elements
Key Themes I - Spatial Structures
Module 3 Experiments
2. Semester 1. Semester
interdisciplinary groups, developing project management skills.
Students acquire language skills in English, Spanish, and/or
description and application of spatial structures within
Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
3rd Semester - HU Projects
approached through three key theme seminars taking place over
Key Theme III: Design Strategies
interdisciplinary methods and acquire extensive user experience
Students acquire expertise in diverse design strategies within the
in media technology, design strategy and the methods, structure
different disciplines analyzing these as comparative processes of
and evaluation of experiments.
Gestaltung. Furthermore, students realize concrete projects in a special nexus of Gestaltung and interdisciplinary knowledge.
Elective II In this module students examine other fields of study in order to understand the perspectives and research methods of other disciplines.
