CHANGELAB!

Martin Rauch at grow.build.repeat. by KIT

At the symposium grow.build.repeat., held by the KIT Faculty of Architecture in December 2020, Martin Rauch gave a lecture about earth as an ecological building material. He showed some of the most important projects realized with his company Lehm Ton Erde Baukunst GmbH and explained the advantages of earth in comparison to other building materials.

24. January 2022

Durability enhancement for cementitious materials through waterproofing by organosilicon chemistry

Organosilicon-based products have very effectively been applied to treat and protect a wide range of buildings and public works. By means of surface impregnation, coating, etc., these products help achieve excellent hydrophobic effects on treated substrates against water-induced damage.

20. January 2022

Prof. Dr. Henk Jonkers at grow.build.repeat. by KIT

At the symposium grow.build.repeat., held by the KIT Faculty of Architecture in December 2020, Prof. Dr. Henk Jonkers gave a lecture about self-healing concrete. He addresses the question of the amount of concrete being used in the building industry today and provides a solution for environmentally responsive concrete.

17. January 2022

Dr. Alireza Javadian at grow.build.repeat. by KIT

At the symposium grow.build.repeat., held by the KIT Faculty of Architecture in December 2020, Dr. Alireza Javadian gave a lecture about the special qualities and capacities of bamboo in comparison to other building materials and shows different types of application of bamboo as a material substituting other materials.

10. January 2022

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Ing. Hanaa Dahy at grow.build.repeat. by KIT

At the symposium grow.build.repeat., held by the KIT Faculty of Architecture in December 2020, Prof. Dr. Hanaa Dahy gave a lecture about her research projects. Thereby she addressed different ways and technologies of working with biocomposites and natural fibers.

21. December 2021

Dipl.-Ing. Andrea Klinge at grow.build.repeat. by KIT

At the symposium grow.build.repeat., held by the KIT Faculty of Architecture in December 2020, Dipl.-Ing. Andrea Klinge gave an insight in her current Research Project for Circular Construction about the deconstruction, sorting and reuse of waste wood in prefabricated elements.

17. December 2021

Prof. Eike Roswag-Klinge at grow.build.repeat by KIT

At the symposium grow.build.repeat., held by the KIT Faculty of Architecture in December 2020, Prof. Eike Roswag-Klinge held a lecture about natural resources such as wood, bamboo and earth that have been the basis for the creation of human dwellings for thousands of years.

10. December 2021

Extending the Cycle in Switzerland

The Swiss architecture office 'baubüro in situ' is awarded the Golden Regional Holcim Award 2020 Europe and the Golden Global Holcim Award 2021 for their building repurposing and extension exemplifying how design processes can be turned upside-down in favor of circular construction.

24. November 2021

Green Solutions Awards 2020-21

The competition, organised by the international Construction21 platform, rewards outstanding architectural projects that address the challenges of climate protection and sustainability in an innovative way.

22. November 2021

Building Sense Now Global Award

Building Sense Now is looking for new, innovative design strategies that want to achieve ambitious goals and deal with climate change and sustainability issues. This year, the award goes to to the Indian architect Prof. Dr. Anupama Kundoo who is honoured for her commitment to climate and culture-friendly construction.

20. November 2021

A4F – (Re) Building Code

In order to convert the building stock in a climate-neutral or climate-positive way, the Architects for Future see an urgent need for change in legal frameworks for building. Therefore, they are calling on the Conference of the Building Ministers to amend the Model Building Code.

9. November 2021

“Die Maus” special episode

Prof. Dirk E. Hebel and Sandra Böhm from KIT explain the NEST UMAR unit in "Die Sendung mit der Maus". The special episode will be published in August 2021.

8. July 2021

Closing the loop – 100% circular concrete

Innovative concrete recycling technologies will at the same time enable the concrete chain to be circular and mitigate climate change.

1. July 2021

Urban Mining and Circular Construction

Dirk E. Hebel, and Felix Heisel (eds.), Fraunhofer IRB Verlag, Stuttgart 2021. Published in May 2021.

1. June 2021

HDA Graz: Material Loops

The exhibition "Material Loops: The Circular Economy - Bestand als Materialressource" at the HDA presents studies and practical examples of architectures, conversions and system cycles that impress with their high design quality as well as their genesis from reused material resources.

29. May 2021

DAZ Berlin: Concern about the building stock

In the exhibition, named after the publication “Sorge um den Bestand. Zehn Strategien für die Architektur”, architects and urbanists present their concern for the existing building stock, for grown social structures and for the continuation of the earth.

27. May 2021