Dr. Paul Floerke
Areas of Specialization
Architectural Education
Architectural Design and Building Construction
Architectural Theory, Planning Theory
Sustainable Architecture
New Wood Architecture
Education
| Year | University | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Leibniz University | Dr.-Ing. (PhD) |
| 1989 | Leibniz University | Dipl.-Ing. |
Spotlight
When he is not busy lecturing, leading the department鈥檚 Global Learning program, or pursuing his research in new wood architecture, Paul Floerke is often thinking about teaching and how architects are best educated. 鈥淭eachers can鈥檛 simply put a funnel on students鈥� heads and pour the knowledge in,鈥� he says. 鈥淚nstead, students must learn by doing.鈥�
At Toronto Met, architectural science students 鈥渓earn by doing鈥� in the studio, where they work on models and concepts, and share ideas. It鈥檚 a place where they can receive guidance from their professors and their peers, while also having enough freedom to explore their own path. Floerke spends many hours in studio with his students, teaching them to be critical thinkers who will be responsible for building in our society. 鈥淚 would like them to see architecture for what it is: a useful art.鈥�
鈥淢y aim is to make students independent and aware of the context of the problems they鈥檙e trying to solve.鈥�
- Faculty supporter/consultant of Team Urban Harvest consisting of students from Architecture and Building Science graduate programs won the overall Grand Award as well as awards for: Best Design, Best Technical Integration, Best Presentation. The competition consisted of 28 teams from all over North America. This is a major competition that the US DOE (Department of Energy) has introduced, 2014
- Nominated for the Teaching Prize of the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany. 1999
- CATALOGUE OF TYPOLOGIES - ROOFTOP EXTENSIONS Paul Floerke, Sonja Wei脽, et al., Full bilingual (German/English) book on rooftop extensions on buildings in existing contexts, Editor bauforumstahl e.V., D眉sseldorf, 2014
- STAHLBAUKALENDER 2016, Paul Floerke, Sonja Wei脽, et al., Editor: Ulrike Kuhlman, Berlin 2016, pages 1-72
- ON TEACHING ARCHITECTURE, Architektur lehren, Paul Floerke with Matthias Hiby, Bettina Kn眉vener, Alexander Siassi, Published: 2010
- MANUAL OF DESIGN AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, Ma14nual Entwerfen und Baukonstruktion, Gunter R. Standke, Paul Floerke, with Bj酶ern Kaiser, Lehrstuhl Entwerfen und Baukonstruktion, Last Published: 2011
- Dr. Paul Floerke, Freier Architekt, Germany