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| May 2023 |
| News from Regenerative Materials at ETH |
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| CAS ETH in Regenerative Materials - Essentials |
The third Module of 2023's edition of the CAS ETH in Regenerative Materials – Essentials closed on the 31st of March 2023.
The main focus of the third Module was "Bio-based construction" and many aspects were covered by some of the leading experts of the field, as Michael Klippel (ETHZ), Vincent Piérré (Terranergie), Eike Roswag (ZRS Architekten Ingenieure) and the staff of the Chair of Sustainable Construction. Olga Beatrice Carcassi (Polytecnico Milano) and Corentin Dalon (Bento Architects) gave us great insight on the developments of Bio-based mycelium products. We also enjoyed a day-visit with Werner Schmidt (Atelier Werner Schmidt) and a panel discussion with Christian Büchel (Lanatherm) and Thomas Dimov (Zoe Circular).
During the Hands-on, the participants produced six wall samples with bio-based materials. The sample will be used by the Material Hub of ETH for their exhibitions.
Check out the short clip here.
The next Module will start Monday 8th of May and will focus on "Re-valuing the existing building stock" with a special emphasis on Reuse practice. You are welcome to join : the public lecture of Prof. Corentin Fivet "REUSE AND STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS" on Tuesday 9.5. at 13h30 (UTC+2) and the Public event "Re-use in the building sector" we organize on Friday 12.5. at 13h30 in Zurich.
See more info here under.
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| CAS ETH in Regenerative Materials - Hygrothermal Specialisation |
This part-time training will start in September 2023. It is aimed at professionals who want to expand and challenge their current practice in order to steer it in a sustainable and regenerative direction. Participants will be taught how to implement Regenerative Materials in their projects with a focus on hygrothermal properties, thermal efficiency and humidity regulation.
Earth and Bio-based materials offer several benefits when used in building envelopes. In this course, materials such as straw bales, hemp, wood, waste from plant harvesting, or light mixes combining Bio-based materials to mineral binders, such as clay or lime, will be analysed in detail through interactive lectures, hands-on and simulation workshops, visits of exemplary buildings and group work.
Application period is now open until the 30th of July 2023.
For more info visit our website.
Reminder: For those who might be interested, we oganise two Online Open Doors for the CAS ETH in Regenerative Materials - Hygrothermal Specialisation. We will present the objectives and the preliminary program of this teaching and answer your questions.
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| • | | First Online Open Doors:
Thursday 4.5.2023 - 12h (UTC+2)
Zoom link |
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| • | | Second Online Open Doors:
Thursday 8.6.2023 - 12h (UTC+2)
Zoom link |
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| Public Event - Re-use in the building sector |
Fr 12.5.2023 - 13h30 – 17h
Panel discussion: Re-use in the building sector - Recent developments and potential
Re-Use from existing building stock is one key-strategy for achieving necessary reduction of resource consumption and emissions in the building sector. Invited guest from Cirkla, City of Zurich and ETHZ are giving insights to their current activities and will discuss Re-Use as a new routine, its implementation in today’s planning and construction processes, its ecological and economical potentials and upcoming steps in their field of action. As Re-Use needs to be implemented early in development or planning processes bottom-up or top-down, we aim and invite the wider public and decision-makers explicitly to this occasion to learn about the current state of the art. The event is Co-Hosted by ETH Zurich Chair of Sustainability and by The Real Deal - a new mobilization project for decision makers.
Guests:
- Fabian Hörmann (The Real Deal)
- Alma Johansson (Cirkla)
- Niko Heeren (Zurich city AHB)
Moderator:
- Guillaume Habert (ETHZ)
- Arnaud Evrard (ETHZ)
Location: KULTURPARK in Zurich |
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| Public Lectures |
| To see the recordings of previous public lectures, please follow this link. |
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| Tuesday 9.5.2023 - 13h30 (UTC+2) |
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| REUSE AND STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS |
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| Prof. Corentin Fivet
Corentin Fivet is Professor of Architecture and Structural Design at EPFL, since 2016. Previously, he worked for two years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA. Corentin Fivet holds a Master in Architectural Engineering and a PhD in Engineering Sciences from the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. At EPFL, Corentin Fivet is heading the Structural Xploration Lab to develop environmentally responsible building systems. Bridging the gap between architecture and structural engineering, the lab explores more sustainable implementations of load-bearing materials, new design methods for resource - efficient structural typologies, and exemplary historical practices of structural design.
In this lecture he will talk about reusing building parts, focusing on design processes involving the reuse of load-bearing elements, with case studies from the Structural Xploration Lab. |
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| Wednesday 29.3.2023 - 16h30 (UTC+2) |
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| TRANSFORMING NATURAL BUILDING TRADITION |
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| Prof. Eike Roswag
One of the initiators and directors of ZRS Architekten Ingenieure Berlin and chair of the Natural Building Lab at TU Berlin, for more than 20 years, Eike Roswag has been researching climate and resource adaptive, human architecture in different climatic zones, which forms the basis for his teaching, design and construction projects.
His projects demonstrate a great variety and range from schools out of earth and bamboo in the global south, over heritage rehabilitation project in the Middle East and Europe up to housing, production buildings and schools out of timber, earth and natural fibre insulation in Europe.
His research is focused on climate and cultural adaptive architecture with a specific emphasis on low-tech building systems. The projects he has worked on were awarded with the Aga Khan Award 2007, KAIROS Europäischer Kulturpreis 2015, Holcim Award 2011, Gold in Asia Pacific and others. |
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| Other news |
Here are other news concerning the Continuing Education organized by the Chair of Sustainable Construction at ETH
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| • | | Are you interested in Sustainable Construction?
Don't miss the Open lecture series "Re-/Source the Built Environment".
You can attend via Zoom, on Thursdays, from 11.45 to 13.30.
Check out the calendar for more details. |
| • | | You want to know more about Regenerative Materials and Construction but you are physically faraway from Zurich.
We are developing a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) in Regenerative Materials and Construction, to reach a broader audience and explore regenerative materials across different regions, uses, applications, directly interviewing the different stakeholders along their supply chain. We will you bring you outside the classroom, visiting production and building sites, discussing with experts as architects, producers, and scientists from across the globe, for a more immersive and dynamic learning.
Our video sessions are almost over. Now it is time for post-production, text writing… and finally we’ll be ready to launch the course. Still some time to go, but we are thrilled to say: we are getting there!
Stay tuned!
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