Prof. Thomas Auer will speak at the sustain.build.repeat. symposium at the KIT in Karlsruhe.
The symposium sustain.build.repeat. is dedicated to the resource of the 21st century: our building stock. With growing waste volumes and ever scarcer raw materials, careless building demolitions and replacements must be avoided. Instead, existing buildings should be converted and rebuilt, components removed, reused and reused again.
The linear system geared towards the demolition of buildings corresponds neither to an economic nor to an ecological handling of the resources at our disposal. The grey energy stored in the materials used, in transport and in construction, as well as the cultural and social value of architecture are lost. It is therefore important to think in cycles and to preserve as much of the existing building stock as possible on the premise of resource- and climate-friendly architecture: on the one hand as a changeable space in which various usage scenarios are possible, and on the other hand as a material depot, secondary raw material supplier and building material store.
The material, economic and social value of the building stock can be preserved through the cycle-compatible conversion and recurring transformation of the building stock. The creative re-use, re-utilisation and co-utilisation of existing spaces of opportunity creates new social and architectural challenges. Thus, the spatial complexity, the appropriation of architecture by society and its adaptability to future needs can become unique design tools.
In this symposium, representatives from science and industry, research and practice will present ideas, strategies and impulses on how the ecological necessity of reconstruction and transformation of the existing can become an enriching element of a caring, needs-oriented and value-preserving architecture in ecological balance. It offers the opportunity for joint discussion and exchange on the significance and value of the existing for the architecture of today and tomorrow.
In addition to the lectures a thematic introduction will be given by Prof. Dirk Hebel, Professor of Sustainable Construction and Dean of the KIT Department of Architecture, the panel discussions between the lectures will be moderated by Monica Tusinean. In the foyer in front of the Medientheater, there will be an accompanying exhibition of student works that deal with the preservation of existing stock.
The symposium is part of ChangeLab, an innovation platform for sustainability in the building industry, sponsored by Wacker Chemie AG (https://changelab.exchange). The event on 29 April 2022 is organised by the Professorship of Sustainable Construction the KIT Faculty of Architecture and will be part of the education programme of the Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects (AKBW registration number: 2022-151695-0001).
The event is being held with the kind support of Wacker Chemie AG.
Free admission to the live event at the ZKM Karlsruhe.
Please register for the live event via the online form.
Live stream openly available on changelab.exchange
Program:
10:30h Prof. Tina Kammer
InteriorPark Stuttgart and IU International University
Precious Re:Built
11h Dipl. Ing. Architect Kerstin Müller
Baubüro in situ AG and Zirkular GmbH Basel
Intermediate Tones
11:30h Prof. Thomas Auer
Transsolar Stuttgart and TU München
Comfort strategies for flexibility and longevity
14h Dipl. Kfm. Daniel Fuhrhop
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
The hidden living space. A response to housing shortages and climate crisis.
14:30h M.Sc. Dominik Campanella
restado and concular Stuttgart
Re-Use now - How building components can already be reused today
15h Mag. Arch. Roland Gruber
nonconform Wien
From the edge to the middle! How the transformation of city centers could succeed
16:15h Philippe Block
Block Research Group ETH Zürich and NCCR - Digital Fabrication
Keynote: Disrupting concrete construction
When:
29.04.2022, 10-17h
Where:
ZKM Karlsruhe (registration closed)
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