Cluster Sustainable Real Estate (CSRE)

As part of the annual TUM project weeks, the CSRE, together with its partner company Stadtwerke München (SWM), offers the opportunity for master's students from architecture, urbanism, civil engineering and the Department of Governance of the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology to work on a current Case Study from the municipal utilities portfolio to work together in an interdisciplinary manner. 

The question of how the real estate industry can implement sustainability requirements as a result of increasing political regulation at the real estate level is extremely topical and at the same time complex. It affects ecological, social, economic and, last but not least, entrepreneurial aspects. At the same time, work on real estate tasks involves many different players. During the project week, we bring these various players from planning and development together to honestly discuss the dispute in real terms. 

The Munich municipal utility company is working on the development of new sustainable properties and neighborhoods on its own properties. From their portfolio, they provide participants with a current Case Study, which the students use to develop scenarios for a new district between HP8 and Flaucher in thematic group work. Expert inputs and the expertise of the owner (Munich municipal utilities) provide important input for processing the case study. 

The project week begins with an on-site visit. At the end of the week, the results will be presented to the municipal utilities. The results will then be published in a brochure and online.

Dates: January 13th - January 17th, 2025

Course number: 0000000664

Registration via TUM online

Contact: Mathieu Wellner

On Monday (November 9, 2024), the lecture series “Sustainability in Real Estate” continues. Melanie Hammer (BHB Unternehmensgruppe) will discuss the female perspective in promoting the European Green Deal. In the upcoming talk, she will explore how women are playing a key role in the implementation of the Green Deal. Successful examples and innovative approaches will be presented, highlighting the importance of the female perspective for sustainable solutions. Join us and learn how women can drive the Green Deal forward.
We look forward to an exciting exchange!

Mo 09.12.2024, 1:15 PM–2:45 PM
Room 0601 (TUM Main Campus, Theresianum)
Open to guests

Why Does the "E" Play a Key Role in the Sustainable Development of Real Estate? Dr. Benno Vocke and Paul Wissel from Sedlmayr AG will provide us with valuable insights into this fascinating topic. With the ever-growing demands of ESG criteria, the real estate industry faces the challenge of meeting these requirements. In their presentation, they will not only highlight the numerous obstacles but also emphasize the significant opportunities, such as strengthening long-term resilience and securing competitiveness. Using a practical example, they will demonstrate how this transformation can be successfully implemented. Join us and discover how the future of the real estate industry can be shaped more sustainably!

Mo. 25.11.2024, 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Room 0601 (TUM Theresianum)
open to guests

Maria-Theresa Caroli, Head of Investor Relations at AIF Capital, shows how ESG criteria can be successfully implemented in the real estate sector and in fund companies.

The lecture examines the role of the EU Green Deal and how legal frameworks such as the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and the EU taxonomy shape the real estate industry. It explains how companies can strategically implement ESG criteria, what challenges they face and what opportunities sustainable investing offers.

We look forward to an exciting discussion!

Mo. 11.11.2024, 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Room 0220 (TUM main campus) 
open to guests

With the start of the new winter semester, the time has finally come again: Our popular lecture series “Sustainability in Real Estate” under the direction of Prof. Bing Zhu brings together exciting experts from the real estate industry with our master's students in civil engineering, architecture and urban planning.

This semester, Prof. Shaun Bond (University of Queensland), Karin Barthelmes-Wehr (ICG Institute), Maria-Theresa Caroli (AIF), Dr. Benno Vocke & Paul Wissel (Sedlmayr AG), Melanie Hammer (BHB Unternehmensgruppe) and Hannah Salzberger (IREBS) will give a lecture on a current topic in the field of sustainable real estate and then discuss it with the students. A great opportunity for knowledge exchange and networking!

The lectures take place on Mondays between 1:15 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. in room 0601 (TUM main campus, Theresianum) and are open to guests.

To the schedule overview

Prof. Dr. Konrad Nübel and Mathieu Wellner will engage with students in the summer semester in the "Master Class in Construction Management," discussing with experts topics including conflict management, communication, and mediation. Additionally, the seminar will explore the complexity of Munich's pedestrian zone as a case study.

“Schwanthalerstraße Promenade – Transformation of a Thoroughfare”: Under this title, an exciting seminar took place in the summer semester. Students engaged with Prof. Dr. Matthias Ottmann and collaborated with UNStudio, sharing experiences from the “The Green Mile” project in Amsterdam, exploring Munich's Schwanthalerstraße. Involving stakeholders and local voices, they examined the urban space and its central role in the development of the southern railway district. Through workshops at TUM Venture Lab Built Environment and group work, measures were developed to create added value in Schwanthalerstraße. The outcome includes a brochure filled with insights and ideas, and this video. We thank all participants!

The growing interest on web3 developments and metaverse concepts is driven by technology/ social media/ game engineering companies. Though 3-dimensional immersive environments have been part of architectural practice in the past decades, architects remain rather absent in the discussions on building a metaverse. The metaverse design lab seeks to raise awareness in higher education in architecture and foster the engagement and active involvement of architects in a field, which could fundamentally redefine the future profession and practice. It is a testing ground for interdisciplinary work to uncover potentials as well as gaps in current higher education for architecture. In designing the real world, architects, civil engineers and urban planners are taking significant responsibility for buildings, urban quarters, cities and open spaces. With the advent of the metaverse a new area is opening up for designing and building immersive experiences. What role will architects, civil engineers and urban planners play in developing jointly with game engineers, programmers, web3 experts, VR/AR specialists and others these new virtual worlds. What responsibility shall they take, what definition of a metaverse will they foster, and what opportunities will they seize? Discuss in an interdisciplinary three-days design workshop these questions. Define a concept of a metaverse for creative and sustainable human interaction in a frame of 10x10x10. Prototype the metaverse using your tools of architecture, engineering and design. Present your 3-dimensional model at an international conference in Munich with world-leading experts from web3, gaming, 3D animation, visual effects, sociology, management and architecture with the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).

With Experts and Jury from Public Administration, Software and Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) 
Apply until 30.09.2022: be-venturelab(at)tum.de (Master’s degree student of architecture, engineering, management, informatics, sociology) 3 ECTS 
October 13 – 15, 2022 / 8:00 - 17:00 / Workshop @TUM Venture Lab Built Environment, Room 2345@0503 
November 8, 2022 / 17:00 - 18:30 / Pitch @Kick-off: MUC.XYZ WEB3 INNOVATION FORUM 
TUM Venture Lab Built Environment | TUM Cluster Sustainable Real Estate | MUC.XYZ

At the Chair of Design and Architecture by Prof. Uta Gaff, architecture students under the supervision of visiting professor Martin Pool will explore vertical housing forms in timber construction during the summer semester of 2022. The current planning of the Garden Quarter in Unterschleißheim by our partner company DV Immobiliengruppe serves as a case study. A publication on the project is available at Prof. Uta Graff's chair.

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