Circular Strategies Symposium 4

Architecture and the Biosphere
Institut für Architektur

How can the integration of the biosphere into the technosphere of architecture or the city contribute to overcoming the climate crisis and creating an environment worth living in? We want to shed light on three aspects, material, ecosystems, and transformation, each addressed in a lecture block with a subsequent panel discussion.

Friday 13/10/2023

15:00 Admission

15:30
Welcome Address: Petra Schaper Rinkel, Rector of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Introduction by Lukas Allner, Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts Vienna

MATERIAL
What opportunities do nature-based building materials offer for decarbonization, resource conservation, and the creation of healthy living spaces? What is their design potential? What are their limits?

15:45 -16:45 WOOD
Keynote: Yves Weinand, IBOIS Lab, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Thomas Mennel, architect and researcher, Schwarzenberg, Austria

16:45-17:00 break

17:00 -18:00 NATURAL AND NATURE-BASED MATERIAL, MATERIAL EXPERIMENTATION
Petra Gruber, Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts Vienna
Ken de Cooman, BCmaterials, Brussels, Belgium

18:00-19:00
Panel discussion with the 4 speakers of the session block “Material” moderated by Christoph Kaltenbrunner, Institute of Art Sciences and Art Education, University of Applied Arts Vienna