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RoofKIT – On what the team is addressing, what the goals are and how it intends to achieve them
An article about the Whole Building Design Approach, the House Demonstration Unit Design Approach, the Structural Design and the Solar System Integration of Team RoofKIT at the Solar Decathlon Europe 2021 -
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UMAR on Instagram @neweuropeanbauhaus
The Urban Mining and Recycling unit (UMAR) in NEST was listed as a showcase project of circular construction by the New European Bauhaus. The project shows how a responsible approach to dealing with our natural resources can also go hand in hand with an appealing architectural form. -
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Kindergarten Kambodscha
The Swiss aid organisation "Smiling Gecko", led by Hannes Schmid, aims to help people in Cambodia to build their own sustainable future. A community based on agriculture and education is being built. "Smiling Gecko" has therefore asked the Professorship of Sustainable Construction to plan a kindergarten in the area of the organisation in Cambodia. The master project in summer 2019 was led by Prof. Dirk E. Hebel. -
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The trick with the rubble
The current episode of planet e., a documentation series by ZDF, examines the state of sustainability in the German construction industry and shows perspectives for building with recycled concrete and products out of construction waste. -
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New European Bauhaus
beautiful | sustainable | together - The New European Bauhaus is an interdisciplinary European movement bringing citizens, experts, businesses and institutions together to imagine, discuss and build a sustainable, inclusive and beautiful future together. -
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Xenius: Future building materials
In a new episode of Xeniusby arte, the presenters Dörthe Eickelberg and Pierre Girard set out in search of alternative building materials. Cardboard, mushrooms or popcorn - nothing is impossible! -
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“Die Sendung mit der Maus”: How will people live in the future?
In the current 50th anniversary episode of the children's program "Die Sendung mit der Maus", Armin Maiwald, one of the hosts, is looking for how people will live in the future. Therefore he visits the Urban Mining and Recycling Unit (UMAR) created by Werner Sobek with Dirk E. Hebel and Felix Heisel and the Mycelium Research laboratory of the KIT in Karlsruhe. -
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DryTile technology
For some years now, cork has been making a comeback as a versatile material. The renewable resource`s natural properties have led to numerous new applications in design and architecture. Cork is impermeable to liquids and gases, elastic, compressible, hypoallergenic, durable and lightweight. -
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archlab.docs
latest archlab.docs about research-oriented seminars at the KIT faculty of architecture -
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Learn wherever you want!
Stegreif: Competition organized by the Professorship of Sustainable Construction and the Zukunftscampus KIT Karlsruhe -
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Book Publication: Urban Mining and Circular Construction
Felix Heisel and Dirk E. Hebel are the editors of the book "Urban Mining und kreislaufgerechtes Bauen" published in the Fraunhofer IRB Verlag. The book will be available in stores from April 2021. -
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Architekturschaufenster Karlsruhe: The new KIT material library
The design of the KIT material library is published in the ASF Journal 2020, the magazine of the "Architekturschaufenster" in Karlsruhe. -
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RoofKIT – KIT team participates at the Solar Decathlon Europe 21 competition within the field of sustainable construction
“The future city makes no distinction between waste and supply”, Joachim Mitchell, New York -
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From breeding, cultivation, seeding and harvesting of biological building materials
"Deutsche Bauzeitschrift": A detailed report about the research of some of the speakers of the symposium grow.build.repeat. -
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Building Circularity Passport
What CO2 footprint do materials have? Which types of structures can be separated again? Which products are healthy and beneficial for humans and the environment? What raw material values does a building have throughout its lifecycle? -
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KIT material library gradually takes shape
After the renovation the new KIT material library will be a spacious, airy room, which will already provide generous views from the outside. It will become a place of encounter, exchange, research and investigation. -
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Thank you!
Yesterday our symposium grow.build.repeat. took place. It was a great day with exciting and high-class lectures and interesting discussions. The Professorship of Sustainable Construction would like to thank all participants! -
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Information
The symposium grow.build.repeat. presents pioneers of a future building industry and their visions, ideas, future-oriented research projects and -
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The preparations for the Symposium are underway…
Take a look at the current preparations in the studio here. -
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Two ideas that will take us forward
KIT Professor Dirk E. Hebel (Professorship of Sustainable Construction) wants to replace conventional building materials with renewable raw materials.
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