At the KunstHalle, what stood out wasn’t the art itself but the infrastructure around it. Some components, like removing oxygen from rooms during a fire to protect irreplaceable pieces and regulating humidity to ensure paintings remain pristine, demonstrate the interplay between science and art. Renovating a historic building without erasing what made it worth saving in the first place also shows that the intersection of careful science, creative problem-solving, and genuine respect for what came before is exactly what engineering should look like in historical settings.
The alumni social was nice as well especial being able to listen to people talk about their paths, almost none of them were straight lines. They all had different majors, different industries, and some came from different countries, but they shared a thread of knowing what they were working toward.
Honestly, if I were to work abroad as an engineer, I personally think I’d love it, especially because the communication skills you’d build and the connections you’d make would heighten the experience.
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