Martin Kläschen

Office

3360 S. State Street Chicago, IL 60616

Office Hours

By appointment

Phone 312.567.3230
Fax 312.567.5820
klaeschen@iit.edu
HouseHaus

Courses taught

ARCH 306 Architecture VI Studio (S12, S13, S14, S16)
ARCH 305 Architecture V Studio (F11, F12, F15)
ARCH 419 Architecture IX Studio (F14)
ARCH 545 Community-Based Bldg Project Studio (F14)
ARCH 590 Spec Research&Thesis Devlpmnt Studio (F14)
ARCH 497 Berlin Travel Studio (S14)
ARCH 509 Topics in Advanced Technology (F11, F13)

Expertise

Recognized scholar in Sustainable & Low-Thermal Design, CAF featured in 2005 and 2012

Education

PHD Candidate at Brandenburgische Technische Universität (BTU), Germany, Present

Fulbright Scholar, IIT College of Architecture & Institute of Design, 1999-2001

Dipl.-Ing.(TU) at Brandenburgische Technische Universität (BTU), Germany,1998

Erasmus Student, Escuela Polytecnica Superior D'Arquitectura De Barcelona (ETSAB), Spain, 1993-1994

Teaching Experience

Adjunct Professor, College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), US, 2000-Present

Lecturer, Chicago Center of Green Technology, USA 2004-2015

Visiting Artist, School of the Art Institute Chicago, USA 2001-2002; 2013-2015

Visiting Professor, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff, Great Britain, 2011

Visiting Professor, Universidad de Los Andes, in Bogotá, Colombia, 2009

Lehrbeauftragter, Brandenburgische Technische Universität (BTU), Germany, 1999

Professional Experience

Principal Architect, HouseHaus, 2004-Present

Principal Architect, Studio Kläschen, 1999-2004

Project Architect, Architekturwerkstatt Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany, 1999

Licenses

Hamburg, Germany 1998 to present

Selected Publications, Exhibits, and Recent Research

Erleben und Architektur, Research project for dissertation, Brandenburgische Technische Universität, Germany, Present

Interrogating Density; Cloud Studio Studio 2014, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), USA, College of Architecture, 2015.

Wisconsin Lake House; in Chicago Home and Garden of Chicago Magazine, Summer Edition, 2013

Panoptic Void in Reconsidering an Icon, exhibit at the Chicago Architecture Foundation, 2013

Changing Parameter of the Tough City; Paper in Made Issue 8: “Post-Industrial Transformations,” Wales School of Architecture Journal , Cardiff, Great Britain, 2012

New Developments in Advanced Technology in Architecture; Research Paper Collection of IIT Arch 509 Class (Fall 2011), Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), USA, College of Architecture, 2012

Brazil Studio; Documentation of work and research of the IIT Brazil Studio, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, College of Architecture, 2008.

Preface in Die unbekannte Moderne. Von Eberswalde nach Wałbrzych, Institut für Neue Industriekultur INIK, Forst (Lausitz), 2006

House Meiners in Big+Green Chicago; exhibit on sustainable architecture at the Chicago Architecture Foundation, 2005

The Art of Materiallizing the Mark, Article in Influence across Fields: ‘Chicago Architectural Journal 10.’ Chicago Architectural Club, 2002

Preface in Agra: Documentation of contemporary modernist architecture in Phoenix, Arizona, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, College of Architecture, 2002