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  • Podcast sustain.build.repeat.

    Many exciting speakers were guests at the 2022 sustain.build.repeat symposium, which was held at the ZKM and livestreamed under the management of PINK Event Service. The event was organized by the KIT Professorship of Sustainable Construction with the kind support of Wacker Chemie AG. In order to revisit the contents of the symposium, a podcast was recorded in cooperation with Campusradio Karlsruhe.
    5. June 2022
  • Thanks for sustain.build.repeat.

    See some impressions of the event here. We would like to sincerely thank all those involved in the event for their commitment and organisational efforts, for the great encounters, conversations and new connections that were created at and through the symposium.
    9. May 2022
  • Symposium sustain.build.repeat. – Building Stock as the Resource of the 21st Century

    We are very pleased to announce our 3rd Symposium on Sustainable Construction on the 29th April 2022 in the ZKM Medientheater in Karlsruhe and online. The event is organized by the Professorship of Sustainable Construction and is being held with the kind support of Wacker Chemie AG.
    2. April 2022
  • The Symposium is currently being advertised

    In the two buildings of the Department of Architecture at KIT, the Symposium "sustain.build.repeat. - building stock as the resource of the 21st century" is currently being announced with many posters.
    31. March 2022
  • Dr. Michael Sailer at grow.build.repeat. by KIT

    At the symposium grow.build.repeat., held by the KIT Faculty of Architecture in December 2020, Dr. Michael Sailer talked about about the possibilities of biological surface treatment with a living fungus.
    9. March 2022
  • Prof. Dr. Marie-Pierre Laborie at grow.build.repeat. by KIT

    At the symposium grow.build.repeat., held by the KIT Faculty of Architecture in December 2020, Prof. Dr. Marie-Pierre Laborie lectures about about the potential of bio based polymers within wood as a renewable resource for the building sector.
    28. February 2022
  • Sneak Peek – Furnishing Materials in the KIT Material Library

    In the past days and weeks, a lot has been going on in the KIT Materials Library: new materials for the interior decoration of the room have been delivered.
    14. February 2022
  • Werner Schmidt at grow.build.repeat. by KIT

    At the symposium grow.build.repeat., held by the KIT Faculty of Architecture in December 2020, Werner Schmidt presents different design and construction techniques and showed the diverse possibilities of building with straw bales.
    31. 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.
    26. January 2022
  • 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
  • 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
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