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Friday, October 8, 2021, 9:30 – 16:00

Auditorium of the University of Applied Arts, Vienna
Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7, 1030 Vienna

Programme

09:00 Admission

09:30 INTRO

Welcome Address: Gerald Bast, Rector of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Introduction: Wojciech Czaja

10:00 – 10:50 PRINCIPLES OF (MATERIAL) OPTIMIZATION

Minimizing the use of material has a long history in construction, but what are the potentials of questioning material conventions altogether?

Keynote lecture: Jan Knippers, Stuttgart: ​“Towards a culture of dematerialization in architecture” – online
Response: Clemens Preisinger, University of Applied Arts Vienna

Q&A, discussion

11:00 – 11:50 IDEAS AND TOOLS FOR A CIRCULAR BUILDING CULTURE

This panel assembles exceptional thinkers who will share and discuss ideas and methods that have the power to change the future of architectural culture.

• Renaud Haerlingen | Rotor, Brussels: ​“Circular change”
• Gwyllim Jahn | Fologram, Melbourne: ​“Mixed Reality Maquettes: Experimental approaches to building from non-standard materials using the HoloLens” – online
• Erich Kotroczo | SIDE, Vienna/​Munich: ​”The power of BIM for circular strategies“
• Anupama Kundoo, Pune, India / Berlin, Germany: ​“Architecture as a Mechanism of Waste Capture: direct reuse of urban waste” – online
• Johann Fellner, TU Vienna: ​“Limits of the circular economy in construction”

Q&A

12:00 – 13:00 PANEL DISCUSSION

with Renaud Haerlingen, Gwyllim Jahn, Erich Kotroczo, Anupama Kundoo and Johann Fellner

13:00 – 14:00 lunch break

14:00 – 14:50 THEORY AND PRACTICE

Looking at the bigger picture of the complex challenges in urbanized societies, two speakers with perspectives from theory and practice meet in conversation. 

• Keller Easterling, Yale University, New Haven (online): ​“Building in Reverse” – online
• Daniel Veenboer | Effekt, Copenhagen: ​“Building Ecosystems” – online

Q&A, discussion

15:00 – 16:00 THE CONCEPT OF PRODUCTIVE REDUNDANCY

Optimized structures can provide functions efficiently, but what happens if we shift the paradigm towards anticipating change? 

Keynote lecture: Manja van de Worp |YIP Structural Engineering, London, RCA, IAAC (live): ​“Rubens Structures: In defense of redundancy for life-long lightness” – online
Response: Wolf Mangelsdorf | Buro Happold, New York / University of Applied Arts Vienna – online

Event held in English

Organized and curated by Karin Raith and Lukas Allner, University of Applied Arts Vienna, moderated by Wojciech Czaja, author, and journalist, Vienna