The first round of an TUBS internal funding program "Interdisciplinary Collaboration" was particularly successful for the IGEP: We are involved in two of eight interdisciplinary projects, each funded with up to 15,000 euros.
The project "Anthrosols and Technosols - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Historical Landfills as Urban Soil Archives" is a collaboration between the Institute of Historical Sciences (Franziska Neumann), the Institute of Geoecology (Ilhan Özgen & Sascha Iden) and the Urban Geophysics Group at IGEP (Matthias Bücker). The project investigates human-influenced soils, so-called anthrosols and technosols, from a geoecological and historical perspective and with the help of geophysical methods. Using the example of a landfill from the 18th century located at today's Gaußberg in Braunschweig, the project will explore what information and insights can be gained from an "urban soil archive" for all disciplines involved.
The project "Interdisciplinary Digging in Querumer Forst" is a cooperation between the Institut für Architekturbezogene Kunst, the Institut für Baugeschichte, the Institut für Bauwerkserhaltung und Tragwerk, the Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften and the Urban Geophysics Working Group. The research team tests new research approaches and methods from the fields of building research, urban history, monument conservation, forensic architecture and applied geophysics at the former reinforced-concrete test site in Querumer Forst, now the Institut für Architekturbezogene Kunst, and also reflects on the future artistic implementation of contemporary commemorative concepts.
The TU Magazine [https://magazin.tu-braunschweig.de/en/m-post/matchmaking-for-innovative-research-projects/] and the Research Service [https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/en/research-services/interdisciplinary-collaboration-matchmaking] reported on the funding program and the successful proposals.
Zum Bebildern habe ich ein Foto von unseren Testmessungen am Gaußberg (Credits: M. Bücker / IGEP).
