From Theory to Practice: Projects at the FH Potsdam at a Glance

Here you will find a current overview of selected projects at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. You can filter the projects by departments and degree programs, by project type, or by content focus.

    Innovation Campus Schwedt an der Oder – A New Location for Green Energy

    Today, Germany's refineries are at a turning point, the challenges of the energy transition are becoming increasingly tangible and a rethink is taking place. This is where the project comes in and uses the example of the PCK refinery in Schwedt an der Oder to look for concepts for a forward-looking orientation and reorganisation of the site.

    Photography and Trauma

    Hannah Zint's bachelor's thesis deals with the question of how photography can contribute to the recovery from trauma.

    #GesellschaftBilden in the Digital Age. Perspectives of Social Work on Technological Challenges

    The project establishes a cross-university network on digitalisation in social work as a subject of cooperative research and teaching.

    Schwedt an der Oder − Urban Redevelopment & Development Prospects

    In the teaching and research project of the Architecture and Urban Design degree programme, students developed innovative concepts for the city of Schwedt/Oder over the course of two semesters − from a new innovation campus to the redesign of central inner-city spaces. Future-oriented ideas for mobility, sustainability and social participation were developed in close collaboration with local…

    Communicative Appropriation of Digital Sports

    An exploratory analysis of chat communication in esports, using the Paris Major Blast 2023 as a case study.

    The Architect Emilie Winkelmann: Work, Influence and Impact

    Emilie Winkelmann (1875 – 1951) was the first woman to open her own architectural practice in Germany in 1907. At a time when women could only enrol at German universities in exceptional cases and the professional field of architecture was still entirely in the hands of men, Winkelmann was able to establish herself as a sought-after architect in Berlin. The project focuses on her built work, her…

    Cultural Change in Jurisprudence

    Reflection on legal publishing practice and support for cultural change using the example of legal, independent publications

    InNoWest - MOSIDI Implementation Project: Modular Open source Infrastructure for Data Interaction

    Tool for easy data access, evaluation and visualisation to support planning and decision-making processes in sustainable municipal development

    Gestures as Cultural Markers: The Importance of Tact Gestures for Social Preference and Learning in Infancy and Early Childhood in France and Germany

    SocialGestures is a joint research project between the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and the Université Grenoble Alpes. The project was developed jointly and is being carried out under joint responsibility. It is funded by Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (GR 4756/3-1).

    Prison Architecture – Use of Space and Everyday Experience in a Berlin Prison

    The research interest of the ethnographic study concerns the perception of prison architecture as well as the practices of space use and space appropriation by prisoners and staff in a Berlin correctional facility.

    Historical Building Research and Renovation Recommendations for the Former Post Office in Potsdam's Sanssouci Park

    This master's thesis deals with the historical building research of the listed building complex at Lennéstraße 7a in Potsdam. The building complex is located on the grounds of Villa Liegnitz and fits into the ensemble of the Sanssouci Park.

    Learning from Pompeii (view from the North). The ancient urban form for the future city

    As part of the Erasmus + KA131 Blended Intensive programme, students have the opportunity to engage intensively with the city of Pompeii in both a digital and analogue component and to derive new design ideas through international exchange.