Circular Strategies Symposium 4 Architecture and the Biosphere

October 13 + 14, 2023
University of Applied Arts Vienna VZA 7, Auditorium
Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7, 1030 Vienna

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

Saturday 14/10/2023

ECOSYSTEMS
How can we integrate living organisms into buildings and cities? What do they do to mitigate climate change on the one hand and for adapting to its effects on the other? What do they mean for human recreation and biodiversity?

10:00 ‑10:50 BUILDINGS AS BIOTOPS
Frédéric Chartier, ChartierDalix Architectes, Paris, France
Doan Thanh Ha, HPA Architects, Hanoi, Vietnam

11:00 – 11:50 DESIGN WITH NATURE
Louise Fiil Hansen, landscape architect, SLA Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark
Marialuisa Borja, Al Borde, Quito, Ecuador (tbc)

12:00 – 13:00
Panel discussion with the 4 speakers of the session block “Ecosystems”, moderated by Tülay Atak, Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts Vienna

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break

TRANSFORMATION
Buildings and cities are ecosystems that change over time. Following nature’s example – what processes do we need to initiate and encourage to keep the environment adaptable and vibrant?

14:00 – 15:00 NEIGHBOURHOOD REGENERATION, SMALL INTERVENTIONS
Yuma Shinohara, curator at Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum Basel, Switzerland
Oana Stancioiu, nonconform, architect, Vienna, Austria

15:00 – 16:00 CITY REMEDIATION, NEW ECOLOGIES
Rikke Juul Gram, Schønherr landscape architecture, Copenhagen
Susann Ahn & Thomas Hauck, landscape architecture/animal aided design, Freising and Vienna, TU Wien, Austria

16:00 – 17:00
Panel discussion with the 4 speakers of the session block “Transformation” moderated by Robert Korab, Raum & Kommunikation GmbH, and TU Wien, Austria

17:00
Closing words by Doris Österreicher and Lukas Allner

Organized and curated by Karin Raith and Lukas Allner, I oA, University of Applied Arts Vienna, moderated by Doris Österreicher, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna.

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