Symposium CIRCULAR STRATEGIES - Towards a sustainable built environment
Organized by Karin Raith and Lukas Allner, Department "Building Construction“
at the Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Friday, October 2, 2020
Online Event
Via Zoom
Livestream via Youtube
The climate crisis and scarcity of resources are forcing us to reduce the ecological footprint of architecture and urban development, but this obligation also opens up new opportunities for cultural expression. The principles of circular economy play an important role in approaches to sustainable architecture. The symposium will address this topic on different scales - from building components to the urban fabric - and under two aspects: How can existing materials, buildings and urban areas be adapted and reused, and how can components, architectural objects and cities be designed for future reuse and transformation? International experts from the fields of architecture and social ecology will present various concepts and discuss them with the audience.
PROGRAM
09:30 – 11:00 CET
INTRO
Welcome and opening
Gerald Bast, Rector of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Why Circular Strategies?
Karin Raith, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Energy Revolutions and Material Cycling in Earth and Human History
Helga Weisz, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
The Nature of Building
Harquitectes, Sabadell/Barcelona, Spain
11:30 – 13:00 CET
SESSION 1 / SMALL SCALE: Reuse of building components, design of components for reuse
Re:use, Experimental Approach and Practical Application
Carola Stabauer, enster, Harvest MAP, TU Wien, Austria
Form follows availability – Designing Load-bearing Structures through Component Reuse
Jan Brütting, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Urban Mining Design: Circular Economy Building Strategy
Annette Hillebrandt, Prof. of Construction | Design | Material, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany
Panel discussion with Lukas Allner (University of Applied Arts Vienna), Carola Stabauer, Jan Brütting and Annette Hillebrandt
13:00 – 14:00 CET
Lunch break
14:00 – 15:30 CET
SESSION 2 / MEDIUM SCALE: Reuse of Buildings, Design of Buildings for Reuse
Three Reuse Projects in Pearl River Delta
Ying Jiang, O-Office Architects, Guongzhou, China
It’s Already There – Augmenting Matter and Meaning through Architectural Reuse
Gert Kwekkeboom, Civic Architects, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Architectonic Lifecycle Management
Muck Petzet, Munich/Berlin, Germany
Panel discussion with Bernhard Sommer (University of Applied Arts Vienna), Ying Jiang, Gert Kwekkeboom and Muck Petzet
16:00 – 17:30 CET
SESSION 3 / LARGE SCALE: Reuse of Urban Areas, Design of Urban Areas for Reuse
The Role of Material Stock Patterns for Societies’ Resource Use and Well-Being
Helmut Haberl, Institute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Masterplanning the Adaptive City
Sergio Porta, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
The City Territory as a Renewable Resource
Paola Viganò, Milan/Brussels, EPFL Lausanne and IUAV Venice
Panel discussion with Andrea Börner (University of Applied Arts Vienna), Helmut Haberl, Sergio Porta and Paola Viganò
Moderated by Wojciech Czaja, author and journalist, Vienna
This event is a cooperation with the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK
You can join us via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/97789227836
Meeting ID: 977 8922 7836
Or via Youtube-Livestream: https://youtu.be/4iN22HRagj8