Lecture Series Re-/Source the Built Environment

The lecture series Re-/Source the Built Environment in FS2017 is hosted by the Chair of Sustainable Construction. It invites a number of guest speakers to focus the use of resources on the built envrionment. By discussing material choices in the construction sector and presenting different approaches or technologies, this lecture series aims at addressing the global challenges we are facing and show that "it is not too late".

21.02.2017 by Sasha Cisar

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Re-/Source the Built Envrionment, FS 2017: 101-0588-01L

List of lectures:

22 February 2017: Guillaume Habert, ETH Zürich; "Introduction to urban metabolism & resource scarcity"
1 March 2017: Francesco Pittau, ETH Zürich; "Innovative construction systems with timber construction"
8 March 2017: Giulia Celentano, ETH Zürich; "Houses for all: How do we do?"
15 March 2017: external pageHector Archila, Bath University, United Kingdom; "Industrialised bamboo based construction in emerging countries"
29 March 2017: external pageJean Claude Morel, Coventry University, United Kingdom; "Earth material: Vernacular or prefabricated"
5 April 2017: Renaud Haerlingen, external pageROTOR, Belgium: "ROTOR: Salvaging building components"
12 April 2017: Samuel Bonnet, external pageInternational Committee of the Red Cross, Switzerland; "Construction for people affected by armed conflicts"
26 April 2017: Oliver Classem, external pagePublic Eye Organisation / Berne Declaration, Switzerland: "For a fair extraction of ressources"
3 May 2017: external pageRonald Rovers, SBScentre / RiBuilT, Netherlands; "Vegetarian buildings"
10 May 2017: Julian Schubert, external pageSomething fantastic, Germany; "Plan the unexpected for a better use of resources"