The late-gothic stone-mason network - the central role of the Ulm minster building site

• Applicant: Dr.-Ing. Anne-Christine Brehm
• Subject Area: Architecture, Building and Construction History, Construction Research, Sustainable Building Technology ; Art History
• Term: from 2014 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 249655411

Main objectives of this research project are the complete transcription, editing and analysis of the yet unpublished, information-rich, late-medieval account books of Ulm Minster as well as the comparison and evaluation of the findings including a selection of buildings.A supra-regional comparison of the information obtained from the account books of Ulm Minster promises new insights into knowledge-transfer and networking of late-gothic stone masons. The evaluation of content in the building accounts is to provide information about the connection between the building sites, the influence of the stonemason master on the workforce, the length of stay of the stone masons at a building site and impacts on the number and origin of the stone masons. An important objective of the research project is to determine how the connection between the different building sites had an impact on the architectural work. Therefore, on the basis of architectural drawings and construction details, the comparison of the building accounts is to determine the influence of travelling stone masons on knowledge transfer and construction design.Based on the results of the architectural drawing research, which could already show the large exchange of architectural drawings, the written sources are to show relationships between stone masons and different building sites. To expect is a new evaluation of the Late Gothic architectural history.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants