FOUNDATIONS

Current project

2022-2025: FWF Project P 35897 Buddhist Architecture of the Western Himalayas: Architectural Research in Dolpo/Nepal II, Institute of Architectural Theory, Art History and Cultural Studies, Graz University of Technology. Project leader: Anselm Wagner. In cooperation with the Institute of Engineering Geodesy and Measurement Systems. Scientific co-workers: Carmen Auer, Peter Bauer, Natalie Resch, Vera Schabbon and Moritz Zachhuber. Involved experts: Helmut Woschitz and Holger Neuwirth.

Previous projects

2018-2021: FWF Project P 30685 Buddhist Architecture of the Western Himalayas: Architectural Research in Dolpo/Nepal I, Institute of Architectural Theory, Art History and Cultural Studies, Graz University of Technology. Project leader: Anselm Wagner. Scientific co-workers: Birgit Androschin, Carmen Auer, Dieter Bauer. Involved experts: Amy Heller, Christian Luczanits and Holger Neuwirth.

2011-2014: FWF Project P 22857 Early Buddhist architecture of the Western Himalayas, Institute of Architectural Theory, Art History and Cultural Studies, Graz University of Technology. Project leader: Holger Neuwirth. Scientific co-workers: Dieter Bauer, Bettina Paschke, Martina Rössl, Claudia Wrumnig. Involved expert: Carmen Auer.

2010-2014: Save Dangkhar. Research and Restoration Project, financed by Markus Weisskopf (Basel, Switzerland), Institute of Architectural Theory, Art History and Cultural Studies, Graz University of Technology. In cooperation with the Achi Association (2010), the Institute of Conservation of the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the Institute of Applied Geosciences of the Graz University of Technology. Project leader: Carmen Auer. Scientific co-worker: Bauer Dieter. Involved experts: Tanja Bayerova, Maria Gruber, Scott Kieffer, Gabriela Krist, Yannick Laurent, Holger Neuwirth, Christoph Steinbauer, Kathrin Schmidt, Jitender Yadav.

2007-2010: FWF Project P 19698 Early Buddhist architecture of the Western Himalayas, Institute of Architectural Theory, Art History and Cultural Studies, Graz University of Technology. Project leader: Holger Neuwirth. Scientific co-workers: Carmen Auer, Dieter Bauer, Dagmar Ley, Bettina Paschke, Martina Rössl. Involved experts: Christian Luczanits, Anton Reithofer.

2001-2006: FSP-Sub Project S 8703 Buddhist architecture of the Western Himalayas, Institute of Architectural Theory, Art History and Cultural Studies, Graz University of Technology. Project leader: Holger Neuwirth. Scientific co-workers: Carmen Auer, Hubert Feiglsdorfer, Gerald Kozicz, Marianne Pecnik, Erich Rieger, Heinrich Sickl. Involved experts: Christian Luczanits, Anton Reithofer.

1999-2001: FWF Project P 13249 Monastery architecture in the Kingdom of Guge, (Bauaufnahmen, Bauforschung und Denkmalpflege am Beispiel der Klosteranlagen von Tholing und Tsaparang im ehemaligen Königreich von Guge/Tibet. Ergänzungsprojekt zum Antrag des Institutes für Tibetologie, Universität Wien), Institute of “Baukunst”, Graz University of Technology. Project leader: Holger Neuwirth. Scientific co-worker: Gerald Kocziz. Involved experts: Wolfgang Heusgen, Christian Luczanits.

1998: Field Resarch in Ladakh. Financed by Edoardo Zentner (Zurich, Switzerland). Institute of “Baukunst”, Graz University of Technology. Project leader: Holger Neuwirth. Scientific co-worker: Wolfgang Heusgen and Christian Luczanits.