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Here you’ll find all news from both programs in one place. The page brings together updates, events, and stories from MID and CAAD. Browse through what’s happening in the programs, see recent activities, and use the filters to view news from each program individually.
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Kick off of CoSiMo – Open Concierge System for Inclusive Mobility is a research project co-funded by the European Union and the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (EFRE – Next.In.NRW). The
7 months ago
CoSiMo Research Project

Our MID programm is calling architectural design innovators! We’re now accepting applications for our Master of Integrated Design program with specializations in: • Facade Design • Computational Design Join us
8 months ago
APPLY NOW for MID

Congratulations to Our Master of Integrated Design Graduates We are delighted to congratulate our graduates of the Master of Computational Design (MID) program who successfully completed their thesis work this
9 months ago
MID GRADUATION WS 2025/26

As an architectural designer and current student at TH OWL, Soroush explores the emotional potential of form through additive manufacturing. On the Detmold Design Week in 2025 the MID student
9 months ago
Rhythm of the WIND

Students and professors from the MID 3000 project module recently visited the Smart Factory at the Fraunhofer IOSB-INA and TH OWL in Lemgo for an inspiring excursion. Patrick Spanier (TH
9 months ago
EXCURSION to Smart Factory Lemgo

Cities and municipalities face the urgent task of adapting to the consequences of climate change. But how can we bridge the gap from awareness to implementation? The IDS Conference 2025
11 months ago
IDS CONFERENCE – Design Strategies for Climate Adaptation

Revolutionary mobility on historic rails: The European Commission has honored the EU-funded MONOCAB project from North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany, with the prestigious Regiostars Award. This prize recognizes EU-supported projects with
1 year ago
EU COMMISSION Honors MonoCab

The Department of Civil Engineering at the Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences and Arts (TH OWL) invites you to the Symposium on Sustainable and Digital Planning, Construction and Operation Kreativ
1 year ago
SYMPOSIUM for Sustainable and Digital Planning, Building and Operations

Grid-2-Shell & Add-On Construction Second-semester students from the Master of Integrated Design (MID) Façade program at TH-OWL participated in an engaging one-day workshop at Schüco’s headquarters in Bielefeld. The event,
1 year ago
Facade Workshop: Grid-2-Shell & Add-On Construction at Schüco Bielefeld

What if bricks could grow, adapt, and disappear when no longer needed? This is not science fiction—it’s the future of sustainable architecture. In Sustainable Facades vol.3, Luis Alfonso Gutierrez Suarez
1 year ago
Exploring the Potential of 3D-Printed Clay Components for Sustainable Building Construction

Can you capture high-quality 3D scans without professional hardware? MID student Aram Badr set out to answer this question by experimenting with 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS)—a cutting-edge technique for rendering
2 years ago
Exploring 3D Gaussian Splatting

Apply now… …for our interdisciplinary and international four semester MID program (Master of Integrated Design) at the TH OWL. We offer two specializations: COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN and FACADE DESIGN starting each
2 years ago




