Silke Langenberg


Last Name

Langenberg

First Name

Silke

ORCID

0000-0001-6114-2369

Organisational unit

09724 - Langenberg, Silke / Langenberg, Silke

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  • Von konventionell bis rationell
    Item type: Book Chapter
    Langenberg, Silke (2019)
    Die neue Heimat (1952–1982). Eine sozialdemokratische Utopie und ihre Bauten
  • Bewahren ist Fortschrittlich
    Item type: Book Chapter
    Langenberg, Silke; Wülfert, Stefan (2023)
    SAY 2023: Schweizer Architektur Jahrbuch 2023/24
  • Bauen im Bestand. Stadtpotenziale definieren und fördern
    Item type: Presentation
    Langenberg, Silke; Auer, Moritz; Habermeyer, Sebastian; et al. (2015)
  • The hidden potential of building systems: the Marburg Building System as an example
    Item type: Review Article
    Langenberg, Silke (2013)
    Construction History
    Many system-built buildings of the 1960s have come under criticism lately, while the reasons for their development have fallen into oblivion. Many of the buildings appear incomprehensible or even absurd if their basic concepts are ignored and the main influence of strategies for optimisation and rationalisation are not taken into consideration. In addition, the physical ageing of the buildings is often very poor. While expressive individual buildings and prototypes, as well as the creations of famous architects and large-scale utopian visions from the boom years, seem to gain more and more recognition, the large mass of system buildings, constructed at the same time or subsequently, are hardly appreciated - despite the fact that their underlying core concepts aimed at openness, growth and modification, and were therefore intrinsically sustainable and long-lasting. The buildings at the Lahnberge Campus of Marburg University were the first to use the building system devised by Helmut Spieker, known as the Marburg Building System, based on the tartan grid. These buildings are used as a basis for the investigation of the hidden potential of building systems and to discuss opportunities for their continued use and development in the 21st century.
  • Use the potential! Preserving intangible qualities in existing neighborhoods, Altstetten/Zurich
    Item type: Conference Paper
    Kasap, Orkun; Schepers, Salome; Grabski, Monika; et al. (2023)
  • Die Altstadt von Bern
    Item type: Presentation
    Langenberg, Silke (2015)
  • Das Marburger Bausystem. Offenheit als Prinzip / Open as a Matter of Principle
    Item type: Edited Volume
    Langenberg, Silke; Wirth, Andreas; Spieker, Helmut (2013)
  • The Potential of Reverse Engineering and Digital Fabrication for the Repair of High-Tech Architecture
    Item type: Conference Paper
    Brenner, Matthias; Vandenabeele, Louis; Langenberg, Silke (2023)
    International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
    Novel façade constructions and innovative load-bearing structures of the second half of the 20th century pose new challenges for maintenance and repair. The use of advanced technology, especially in High-Tech architecture, calls for the development of specific repair methods adapted to specific building materials and construction techniques. The conservation of these aging facades, often composed of custom-made metal components, requires the production of intricate spare parts to avoid unduly replacements. Digital fabrication presents a possible solution as it allows for the resource-efficient production of complex and non-planar geometries in small numbers while remaining cost-effective. The paper explores the use of photogrammetry and laser scanning to reverse engineer spare parts, as original plans are often missing or incomplete. A complete workflow for the fabrication of bespoke metal components is described using two examples of Swiss High-Tech architecture featuring challenging structural nodes and planar aluminum panels. Finally, the feasibility of remanufacturing spare parts is demonstrated with 3d-printed models.
  • High-Tech Architektur: Herausforderungen und Möglichkeiten der Erhaltung
    Item type: Book Chapter
    Brenner, Matthias; Langenberg, Silke (2024)
    Denkmal Postmoderne: Bestände einer (un)geliebten Epoche
  • Adoption of Life Cycle Thinking: Impact-driven comparative assessment of Japanese construction corporations’ trends in practices
    Item type: Journal Article
    Kastner, Fabian; Zea Escamilla, Edwin; Langenberg, Silke; et al. (2025)
    Building and Environment
    Although life cycle thinking offers a well-founded set of concepts, methods, and tools for organizational contexts, only little is known about its relevance in the construction sector. In this sector, construction corporations are key players. In this work, a novel impact-driven method to assess the adoption of life cycle thinking by construction corporations is introduced. Japan, as a high-income country with a relatively long history of environmental policies informed by material flow analysis, is chosen as the context. Five Japanese construction corporations and respective reporting are used as case studies. Trends in environmental impacts over time of the case study corporations are assessed using two indicators: resource and carbon productivity. In comparison, an automated text corpus analysis workflow is presented to explore the corporate report’s life cycle thinking-related content in a meaningful way. Comparing the period of 2014–2018 and 2019–2023, an overall relative increase in framework adoptions (77%) and their integration in corporate categories (85%) in corporate reports indicates its increased procedural relevance among Japanese construction contractors. Findings show how the carbon indicator is embedded in various frameworks and, for instance, reveal an increased relevance of Scope 3 emissions as a framework on a low level. However, Scope 3 is also utilized as a performance indicator. To this end, considerable temporal differences in adoption practices are observed. Finally, a potentially effective corporate adoption model is identified through the comparative research design. The proposed method can be applied to other construction corporations and regional contexts.
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