New professorship for BIM in landscape architecture

BIM is the central key technology for the digital transformation of the construction industry. In fall 2018, the Federal Council adopted the "Digital Switzerland Action Plan". The goal: The federal government and all federally affiliated companies are to use the Building Information Modeling (BIM) planning method as of 2021 for real estate and as of 2025 for infrastructure facilities on a mandatory basis. The planning, construction and management of a newly designed Open space is changing fundamentally and must be rethought accordingly.

HSR is dedicating itself to this strategic branch of research in the construction industry with a new professorship in the Landscape Architecture program: Prof. Christian Graf will take on the new educational and research topic starting in the fall semester of 2019 and teach project planning and BIM in landscape architecture. Christian Graf, originally trained in civil engineering, studied landscape architecture at HSR and then earned his master's degree in Germany. After his education, he gained experience in various landscape architecture firms in Zurich and has been successfully present with his own planning office for ten years.

The aim of the new professorship is to gain knowledge in applied research and development in the "BIM Levels 1-4" of the Swiss Stage Plan. The Step-by-step plan Switzerland is a guide developed by Bauen digital Schweiz, an organization dedicated to the digital transformation of the Swiss construction and real estate industry. The plan summarizes in four steps what the digital transformation should look like.
We warmly welcome Prof. Christian Graf to HSR and wish him a good start into the semester.

Are you interested in studying landscape architecture? Here you can find more information about the study program.