ArchiCAD Winter School: Programme of Events
Introduction Programme Skiing information Travel Costs Application Form

Pattern of the Typical Day.....

Daytime 0930-1600 is sport based:

  • Beginners can enrol in Ski school or ski together on easy runs.

  • Intermediates and experts buddy up and ski on all the runs during the daylight hours.

  • Take the Feuerkogel Challenge! This is a great way to improve your skiing and personal fitness

  • We also hope that the Ski School will arrange a day of races, for different grades, from beginners upward (most likely, Friday)
PR34 House by Michel Rojkind, Mexico

Late Afternoon : The Power-Hour 1630-1730 Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs and Friday.

  • Beginners/Newbies in ArchiCAD 10: ArchiCAD introduction, 3D modelling, rendering, 2D and workflow of 3D to 2D - with the best tutors at hand to help.

  • Tabletalk Workshops : On other tables, informal tabletalks programmed on different days to fill in the gaps in your knowledge, and to make the evening timetable more flexible.... sit with an expert and discuss one of your projects.... or do your own work or do email (helped by our wireless broadband link) etc

Dinner: 1830-1930 in the Dining Room.

Evenings: After-8

  • Plenary Topic : 2000 - 2115 : Plenary: Topics of interest to all.

  • Workshops/ Design : 2130-2300 : People can take part in Tabletalk workshops or Group design work.

  • We are in the bar already so have a drink whenever you want.......

Outline of Day by Day Programme

Sunday evening 21 January

Arrival at Feuerkogel in the early evening.
1900: Evening meal followed by...

Introduction, Encounter
2000: Introduction to Winter School:DNC, RB and AL
Introduction to Modern Austrian Architecture: HP and AL
Think about activities for the week, and think about projects, discuss forthcoming topics, delegates get to know each other.

Monday daytime

Pick up rental skis, followed by Winter Sport!!! (Beginners enrol at Ski School.)

Monday evening

Plenary: Guest lecturer: Michel Rojkind will join us, so we will have some very interesting presentations. Michel made a huge impact at the Summer School in 2006, and will have new work and competition schemes to show. Michel would like to run a two-evening design project, and will be an inspirational character to hang out with for the week. PLEASE EMAIL ORGANISER IF YOU WANT TO PREBOOK MICHEL'S PROJECT.

See a home movie about Michel's PR34 Redhouse!

Michel's 2006 competition entry for a Tower.

Daytime....

Skiing!! in groups or in the Ski school. (and Snowboarding if you want!)

Tuesday Evening

3D Evening: Modelling with Maxonform and Archicad.

For Monday and Tuesday evenings....

We shall have workships each evening with Plenaries and Group Tabletalks on topics like:

  • Michel Rojkind - Design workshop
  • Andreas Lettner - Design Workshop
  • ArchiCAD for Group working - Hotlinked Modules
  • Maxonform - Closer look at modelling techniques
  • Goodies and Extras in ArchiCAD
  • Terrain forming - AC's terrain tool and other methods
  • Better 3D in ArchiCAD - Boolean, Roofs, Complex Profiles, Storeys
  • Sketchup - and modelling with Earth Google
  • GDL Objects - Parametric Object technology, mass customisation concepts, GDL for City Modelling.
  • Object making - with ArchiCAD and addons.
  • Advanced Objects - City modelling Buildings, with Tom.
  • The Intelligent Building - ArchiCAD and data transfer - IFC, DWG etc.
  • EcoTect - Building environmental physics research tool which can link to Archicad Models
  • Sustainable design - Principles of Eco building.
  • Artlantis Studio - Radiosity engine
  • Lightworks - Rendering engine with ArchiCAD.
  • Maxwell - a new rendering engine with link to ArchiCAD
  • VR tools, e.g. ArchiCAD's VR functions, also ArchiShock and Zermatt
  • Web page Authoring, Photoshop for Web, Imageready, and Macromedia Flash, and Turntool presentation of ArchiCAD files.
  • Video moviemaking - with clips from ArchiCAD flythroughs and live skiing video and stills, with music and effects.
  • Archicad file transfer to and from AutoCad, Architectural Desktop
  • ArchiCAD in Practice - Modules, Scheduler, better 3D, Workflow to 2D
  • Setting Standards in ArchiCAD - Materials, storeys, layers, display options.
  • Graphisoft Research and Development team meet the Winter School and show future trends.
  • Night Skiing: And if we feel like it and the evening is clear, we just go out and night-ski under floodlight!
  • The keller bar is open till late! (and there may be an evening Winetasting).

Midweek

Wednesday 1630

Design project Mon-Tue groups present design schemes

Wednesday 2000

Evening.... is for Night Skiing and a Party (if weather permits) The local people build an igloo if there is enough snow and turn it into a Live Bar. After trying to drink them dry, we retreat to the comfort of the Edelweiss Keller bar till late into the night!

Sometimes this whole event has to be moved bodily to a different evening if the weather is not good, or if the igloo isnt finished.

Thursday Evening

Graphisoft Night: the development team tell us about new releases and answer our questions and consider our wishlists.

Friday Evening

Rendering evening: Artlantis Studio and Maxwell Render

For Thursday, Friday evenings....

More Workshops, same subject choices, as earlier.

Saturday daytime

Skiing!! - reluctantly hand back skis at the end of the day....

Design project Thur-Fri groups present design schemes

Saturday evening

Delegates' night: 2000-2200: Presentations of Design Projects from Groups in the form of short Videos and/or Powerpoints,
and short presentations from other delegates or tutors.

Sunday morning

Cablecar down the hill, ACWS chartered bus to city, look around city centre, then afternoon shuttle bus/taxi to Airport.

ArchiCAD In Australia - Damian O'Mahony from Australia came to Winter School 2006 and stunned us with the quality of his work. He is returning and he will be doing a talk about his more recent work, and the work of Archicad-using Australian Architects (we hope these will be including Woods Bagot, FJMJT, Nation Fender Katsilidis).

Archicad in California - having been a regular star at the Summer Schools, Matthew is coming over to join us for the week in Feuerkogel. (actually, this will be his second time, he was at the 2003 ACWS). Matthew is a key personality on ArchiCAD Talk, and is one of the foremost consultants and trainers in the US.

Andreas Lettner is an architect with his practice Maaars, located in the historic city centre of Innsbruck. Working with his friends in the Austrian Archicad users association, he is a key part of a hugely successful training and sales team, giving Austria one of the highest levels of Archicad use in Europe - he tries to spend at least one weekend a year sailing in Ireland, and is a regular at the Summer School.

David Nicholson-Cole is an architect who has spent most of his career teaching at the University of Nottingham. He was invited by Reinhard to Feuerkogel for a week teaching GDL in 2002. From this came the idea of the Winter School. As the author of the GDL Cookbook (1998-2002), he has always had a special pleasure in teaching GDL - for fun, research and business. Is currently trying to get a house built.

Reinhard Brandstetter is a partner with Alfred Hagenauer in HABRA, the leading Archicad reseller in Upper Austria. He lives in a self built house with some good eco content. He started the Winter School with the prototypical Ski-DL course in 2002.

Herbert Peter works as a freelance BIM and FM consultant, and is part time at the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna. He is a regular at Archicad University events. He is a keen guitarist and provides us with entertainment in the Kellerbar.

Simon Gilbert has been product manager and tech support for Graphisoft UK for several years, and is a valued part of the Summer and Winter School experience. In recent events, he has been spearheading the presentations on Constructor and Maxonform.

Lubomir Kulisev lives in Vienna, has his own business 3Dom, and is well known on the European and Australian Archicad training scene. He has been a regular at the Winter School since 2003, and wrote one of the Archicad training manuals.

Tutor Group: Enjoy the friendship and generously given expertise of: Michel Rojkind (Mexico), Andreas Lettner (Innsbruck), Reinhard Brandstetter (Linz), Simon Gilbert (Birmingham), Matthew Lohden (California), David Nicholson-Cole (Nottingham), Lubomir Kulisev (Vienna), Herbert Peter (Vienna), Gerald Faustenhammer (Vienna), Ildiko Szabo (Budapest), Akos Pfemeter (Budapest), Damian O'Mahoney (Australia) and perhaps more! Many of this tutor group also give informal help with skiing. We hope the Mayor of Ebensee and others from the Valley below will put in another appearance!

Email: ArchiCAD University Secretariat for further information