Gustav Düsing (AADipl 2011) has recently been granted a prestigious fellowship at the German Academy in Rome, Villa Massimo, which includes a 10 month stay in Rome starting next September.

Gustav’s research focus ranges from the global distribution of building materials and associated spatial, cultural and social changes, to cycles of destruction and reconstruction and the associated landscape changes using the example of rubble mountains.

Through the unique architectural and archaeological environment of Rome, Gustav will investigate the role of architecture in the transformation of the earth's surface from ancient times to the present. The main focus will be on testing and presenting spatial-structural material systems on a 1: 1 scale.

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