Circular Strategies

Towards a sustainable built environment

The climate crisis and scarcity of resources are forcing us to reduce the ecological footprint of architecture and urban development, but this obligation also opens up new opportunities for cultural expression. The principles of circular economy play an important role in approaches to sustainable architecture. The symposium will address this topic on different scales - from building components to the urban fabric - and under two aspects: How can existing materials, buildings and urban areas be adapted and reused, and how can components, architectural objects and cities be designed for future reuse and transformation? International experts from architecture and social ecology will present various concepts and discuss them with the audience.

Due to the Covid-19 regulations this symposium will be streamed online via Zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/97789227836
Meeting ID: 977 8922 7836

PROGRAMM

09:30 – 11:00 INTRO

Welcome and opening
Gerald Bast, Rector of the University of Applied Arts Vienna

Why Circular Strategies?
Karin Raith, University of Applied Arts Vienna

Energy Revolutions and Material Cycling in Earth and Human History
Helga Weisz, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany

The Nature of Building
Harquitectes, Sabadell/Barcelona, Spain

11:30 – 13:00 SESSION 1 / Small Scale: Reuse of building components, design of components for reuse

Re:use, Experimental Approach and Practical Application
Carola Stabauer, enster, Harvest MAP, TU Wien, Austria

Form follows availability – Designing Load-bearing Structures through Component Reuse
Jan Brütting, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

Urban Mining Design: Circular Economy Building Strategy
Annette Hillebrandt, Prof. of Construction | Design | Material, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany

Panel discussion with Lukas Allner (University of Applied Arts Vienna) and Carola Stabauer, Jan Brütting, Annette Hillebrandt

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 15:30 SESSION 2 / Medium Scale: Reuse of Buildings, Design of Buildings for Reuse

Three Reuse Projects in Pearl River Delta
Ying Jiang, O-Office Architects, Guongzhou, China

It’s Already There – Augmenting Matter and Meaning through Architectural Reuse
Gert Kwekkeboom, Civic Architects, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Architectonic Lifecycle Management
Muck Petzet, München/Berlin, Germany

Panel discussion with Bernhard Sommer (University of Applied Arts Vienna) and Ying Jiang, Gert Kwekkeboom, Muck Petzet

16:00 – 17:30 SESSION 3 / Large Scale: Reuse of Urban Areas, Design of Urban Areas for Reuse

The Role of Material Stock Patterns for Societies’ Resource Use and Well-Being
Helmut Haberl, Institute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Masterplanning the Adaptive City
Sergio Porta, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland

The City Territory as a Renewable Resource
Paola Viganò, Milano/Brussels, EPFL Lausanne and IUAV Venice

Panel discussion with Andrea Börner (University of Applied Arts Vienna) and Helmut Haberl, Sergio Porta, and Paola Viganò

Moderated by Wojciech Czaja, author and journalist, Vienna

Concept and organisation: Karin Raith and Lukas Allner, Building Construction Department at the Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts Vienna.

Contact:

University of Applied Arts Vienna

1010 Wien, Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2

circular-strategies@uni-ak.ac.at

www.dieangewandte.at

www.i-o-a.at

www.buildingconstruction.at

www.facebook.com/die angewandte

This event is a cooperation with the Vienna Design Week.

Photographer: Laurian Ghinitoiu
Courtesy of O-office