This year's Archdiploma, opens an external URL in a new window exhibition featured diploma theses in architecture and spatial planning that dealt with the management of existing buildings.

The biennial exhibition took place this time from November 20 to 22, 2025, at the Funkhaus in Vienna.

Among those participating were:

… on the topic of “Preserving existing buildings is based on appreciation”:

• Our graduate student Karner, Lina: Guidelines for creating a management plan for the cultural landscape of cellar lanes and cellar districts
• Our graduate student Santner, Stefan: The soil is everything. Analysis of the interactions between biodiversity, land use and the use of biomass for energy in the context of climate change in the Lungau model region

… on the topic of “Encountering the existing with wonder”:

• Our graduate student and former employee Janesch, Theresa: Help, the Alps are glowing! Considerations for a climate space plan for the city of Lienz

… on the topic of “Strengthening the existing through relationships”:

• Our former employee Pescatore, Elio: Regional redesignation of industrial areas. Requirements and framework conditions using the example of Vorarlberg and St. Gallen

We congratulate you on your outstanding theses!