Architecture and the Biosphere
The Fourth Circular Strategies Symposium addresses the integration of the biosphere into the technosphere of architecture and the city: overcoming the climate crisis and creating an environment worth living in.
13/10/2023 + 14/10/2023
Auditorium of the University of Applied Arts Vienna 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.
Alongside the event, there will also be an exhibition of student works that reflect on topics related to Circular Strategies.
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 in terms of recarbonization, 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, BC architects & studies & materials, 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
Pascale Dalix, ChartierDalix Architectes, Paris, France
Doan Thanh Ha, HPA architects, Hanoi, Vietnam
11:00 – 11:50 DESIGN WITH NATURE
Louise Fiil Hansen, SLA Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark
Marialuisa Borja, Al Borde, Quito, Ecuador
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 foster to keep the environment adaptable and vibrant?
14:00 – 15:00 NEIGHBOURHOOD REGENERATION, SMALL INTERVENTIONS
Yuma Shinohara, curator at S AM Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel, Switzerland
Oana Stancioiu, nonconform, 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 Vienna, Austria
16:00 – 17:00
Panel discussion with the 4 speakers of the session block “Transformation” moderated by Robert Korab, Raum & Kommunikation, and TU Vienna, Austria
17:00 Closing words
Organized and curated by Karin Raith and Lukas Allner, University of Applied Arts Vienna, moderated by Doris Österreicher, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna.
