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2. Symposium on Sustainable Construction
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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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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Tiles based on Cork Polymer Composites
Cork polymer composites enable a new approach for tiling: DryTile. DryTile is a new dry-installation system for large format tiles based on Cork Polymer Composites. -
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Design through and with Material Science and Understanding
An interview with dean Dirk E. Hebel and seminar leader Sandra Böhm about their design stategies and the compatibility of design theory and materials science in the architectural education. -
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Zukunft Bauen – Does the recycling economy have a chance in the construction industry?
Prof. Dirk E. Hebel and Dr. Lamia Messari-Becker in discussion about a rising circular building economy. -
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A rammed earth garden house near Freiburg
Loam is produced by the natural weathering of rocks. It can be found almost everywhere and is considered a local building material – even on the Upper Rhine. It consists of different rock or particle sizes, from sand to silt to clay. If dried loam is combined with sufficient water, it becomes plastic again and can be brought into a new form. -
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Architects for Future in Karlsruhe
Architects for Future communicate their demands to the outside world through various media and events, bring together other organisations and actors and build a knowledge base for sustainable planning in order to set the course for a holistic, sustainable construction planning. -
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Mechanical Properties of Bamboo
Bamboo fibers with high mechanical properties can be a sustainable alternative to synthetic fibers for application in fiber reinforced polymer composites. -
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Mycelium-bound composites
Mycelium-bound composites are promising materials for sustainable packaging, insulation, fashion, and architecture. -
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COMBATING CRUMBLING CONCRETE
Concrete was already being used in Roman times to erect buildings that would last almost for eternity. So it is all the more astonishing that some of today’s concrete structures reveal serious damage after only a few years. One reason is the alkali-silica reaction (ASR). WACKER’s building-protection experts are taking steps to stop ASR by subjecting the concrete to integral treatment. -
Stefan Rohrmus at take.build.repeat. by KIT
Stefan Rohrmus, Manager Sustainability International Services at Schüco International KG, provided an insight into sustainability work in companies and industry at the symposium take.build.repeat., held by the KIT Faculty of Architecture in November 2018. -
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Dapple Sheets
Smile Plastics produces recycled plastic sheets in various designs. The specific properties of the material, the color and design are determined by the recycled raw material. This makes each panel unique. -
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Sabine Oberhuber at take.build.repeat. by KIT
Sabine Oberhuber is a business economist, together with the renowned architect Thomas Rau, she founded Turntoo in 2010, one of the first companies worldwide to focus on the implementation of the circular economy. -
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Prof. Felix Heisel at take.build.repeat. by KIT
Prof. Felix Heisel presents the ‚Urban Mining and Recycling‘ (UMAR) Unit at the symposium take.build.repeat., held by the KIT Faculty of Architecture in November 2018. -
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Desso Carpets
As a Cradle to Cradle company, Desso is committed to the goal of developing products that can be returned and recycled in a pollution-free, closed cycle - the basis for a regenerative recycling economy. -
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Polymeric binders based on renewable raw materials
WACKER is expanding its new product line of polymeric binders based on renewable raw materials. The new redispersible polymer powder is mainly suitable for producing construction materials, such as waterproofing membranes or dry-mix mortars for external thermal insulation composite systems (ETICS). -
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Waste Based Bricks
The StoneCycling company wants to minimize waste streams from the construction industry with its products and mixes broken concrete or bricks with fresh clay. -
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‘Der Architekt: Material der Stadt’ (The Architect: Material of the city)
This edition of 'Der Architekt' (The Architect) examines the question of what it means on an iconographic level to reuse materials from buildings for new architecture. Dirk E. Hebel, Professor of Sustainable Construction at KIT Karlsruhe, talks about 'Ungeheure Möglichkeiten' (Tremendous possibilities) in this edition of the journal. -
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MycoTree in the exhibition Critical Zones at ZKM
Since July 24, the MycoTree can be seen in the exhibition Critical Zones in ZKM Karlsruhe. Against the backdrop of the climate crisis, the exhibition questions the way we deal with our living space on earth. -
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Architecture of mushroom and bamboo: Dirk E. Hebel builds sustainably
Marie-Dominique Wetzel, cultural correspondent from SWR2, talks with KIT professor Dirk E. Hebel about his vision of sustainable architecture as a part of the movement against climate change and the destruction of the environment.
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