Person

Dipl.-Ing., Univ. Prof.

Thomas Schmitz

Head of department

Univ. Prof. Thomas Heinrich Schmitz
Department of Visual Arts

Address

Building: Reiffmuseum

Room: R 225

Schinkelstraße 1

52062 Aachen

Contact

WorkPhone
Phone: +49 241 80 95062
Fax Fax: +49 241 80 92207

Consultation-hour

Wednesday 8am to 9am, only to be booked via the secretary's office at Mrs. Everhartz
 

CV

Thomas H. Schmitz (Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing.) had been head of the Department of BILDNERISCHE GESTALTUNG Since 01.10.2007 and has been head of the Department of Visual Arts since March 2019 at the Faculty of Architecture of the RWTH Aachen University.

He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University of Darmstadt in 1985. 1985-1987 he was research assistant at the Chair of Architectural Drawing and RAUMGESTALTUNG at the TU Braunschweig. 1987-1989 he worked as a freelancer at the office of Prof. Thomas Sieverts in Bonn. From 1988 he increasingly focused on artistic activities, especially in the field of painting and graphics. In addition, he developed projects in the wider field of architecture and art through competitions, such as the Land Art project 'Halde im Wandel' in Gladbeck, which was presented at the Architecture Biennale in Venice in 1996, and from 2005 also projects for the artistic space rearrangement of church. In 1993 he was appointed Professor of Freehand Drawing, Artistic Design and Design at the University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern. 2002-2003 he was a co-founder of their new bachelor course "Virtual Design", where he played a major role in its conception and in the development of a cross-media design theory.

Research topics are colors and their effects, creative processes and the role of the human body in desiging. He is co-editor of the interdisciplinary anthology "Werkzeug-Denkzeug, Manuelle Intelligenz und Transmedialität kreativer Prozesse".

 

*** Publikationen Schmitz ***

Title Author(s)
Georgien 2019
Book (2023)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich (Editor)
Material aware design strategies
Abstract, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2022)
Klug, Christina (First author)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Forming of Additively Manufactured Ceramics by Magnetic Fields
Contribution to a book, Journal Article (2022)
Klug, Christina (Corresponding author)
Herzog, Simone (Corresponding author)
Kaletsch, Anke
Broeckmann, Christoph
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Examining the Interactions of Design Parameters in the LDM of Clay as the Basis for New Design Paradigms
Contribution to a book, Journal Article (2022)
Klug, Christina (Corresponding author)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Manuelle Handlungspraktiken im Entwurf : Eine methodologische Deutung von Alexander Cozens' 'Blot-Methode' als suggestive Schnittstelle zum Vorbewussten
Contribution to a book, Contribution to a conference proceedings (2020)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Rome
Book (2020)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Lange, Carolin
Neuefeind, Anja (Contributor)
Struktur und Ornament : Eine Praktisch-Explorative Annäherung
Book (2020)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Bild Handlungen : Wissenschaftstag // Ausstellung, Fakultät für Architektur, RWTH Aachen University
Book (2019)
Groninger, Hannah
Lange, Carolin
Neuefeind, Anja
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich (Corresponding author)
Dobler, Judith (Contributor)
Guenther, Antye (Contributor)
Greub, Charlott (Contributor)
Kiriakides, Yannis (Contributor)
Lagatie, Kathrin (Contributor)
Mohs, Dominik Peter (Contributor)
Trümper, Ariane (Contributor)
Vermeulen, Marlies (Contributor)
Entwerfen als Erinnern
Contribution to a book, Journal Article (2019)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Magisches Grau
Contribution to a book (2019)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Zur chromatischen Stimmung von Räumen der Architektur
Contribution to a book (2019)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Schröder, Uwe
Orte der Farbe : zur chromatischen Stimmung von Räumen der Architektur
Book (2019)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich (Editor)
Schröder, Uwe (Editor)
Kramer, Franziska (Editor)
Neuefeind, Anja (Editor)
Bildentwurf
Book (2019)
Bartscher, Alexander
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
This is not a model : Zum künstlerischen Umgang mit dem Architekturmodell
Book (2018)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich (Editor)
Becker, Tobias (Editor)
Athenreise
Book (2018)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Neuefeind, Anja
Scheuermann, Frieder (Contributor)
Becker, Tobias (Contributor)
Reise nach Belgrad & Sarajevo 2011
Book (2017)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich (Editor)
Binding, Stephanie (Contributor)
Jermer, Jan
Syrienreise : Mit alle Sinnen - mittendrin : 2010
Book (2017)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Binding, Stephanie (Contributor)
Körperwissen : Vom Inneren zum Äußeren
Book (2017)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Dlugaiczyk, Martina (Corresponding author)
Prescher, Andreas
Gerhardt, Rolf (Corresponding author)
Neuefeind, Anja (Contributor)
Binding, Stephanie (Contributor)
SW-Forschungslabor : 2010-2015
Book (2017)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Becker, Tobias
Aktzeichnen : Zeichnen als Akt
Book (2017)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Operative Manufacts: Gestures as Embodied Sketches in the Early Stages of the Design Process
Contribution to a book (2017)
Mittelberg, Irene (Corresponding author)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Groninger, Hannah
Raumvorstellungen verkörpert in Gesten und Gebärden: Zum Begreifen und Herstellen von Räumlichkeit in sprachlichen und gestalterischen Prozessen
Contribution to a book (2017)
Groniger, Hannah
Grote, Klaudia
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Mittelberg, Irene
Operative Manufakte : Gesten als unmittelbare Skizzen in frühen Stadien des Entwurfsprozesses
Contribution to a book (2017)
Mittelberg, Irene
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Groninger, Hannah
Referenzen im Entwurf
Contribution to a book (2016)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Referenzen im Entwurf
Contribution to a book (2016)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Space, Body & DeSign : Ein DeafGain-Projekt zur Verbesserung der visuellen Wahrnehmung und der räumlichen Beschreibungskompetenzen taubloser Menschen
Journal Article (2016)
Sieprath, Horst
Groninger, Hannah
Mittelberg, Irene
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Willmes-von Hinckeldey, Klaus
Grote, Klaudia
Manifestationen im Entwurf : Design - Architektur - Ingenieurwesen
Book, Proceedings (2016)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich (Editor)
Häußling, Roger Adrian Maria (Editor)
Mareis, Claudia (Editor)
Groninger, Hannah (Editor)
Zur Handwerklichkeit des Denkens beim architektonischen Entwerfen
Contribution to a book (2015)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Wirkkräfte des Raums : für eine architekturspezifische Farben-Theorie
Journal Article (2013)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Über projektives Denken und Machen
Contribution to a book (2012)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Groninger, Hannah
Werkzeug - Denkzeug : manuelle Intelligenz und Transmedialität kreativer Prozesse
Book (2012)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich (Editor)
Groninger, Hannah (Editor)
Der hellwach-träumende Blick : Poetische Konstrukte von Wirklichkeit in der deutschen Romantik
Contribution to a book (2011)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Wanderung und Neuerung : Neuinstallation des Titus-Brandsma-Reliquienschreins in der Karmeliterkirche Mainz
Journal Article (2010)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich
Dualität und Synthese : von der bipolaren zur unipolaren Raumkomposition liturgischer Orte
Journal Article (2005)
Schmitz, Thomas Heinrich