Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

der Leichtbauverein ist ein gemeinnütziger Verein mit dem Ziel, die Prinzipien und die Philosophie des Leichtbaus zu verbreiten. Bereits zum 19. Mal lobt der in Stuttgart ansässige Verein unter Vorsitz von Prof. Stefan Schäfer und Prof. Dr.-Ing. M.Arch. Lucio Blandini den mit insgesamt 1.200 Euro dotierten Stuttgarter Leichtbaupreis aus.

Der Leichtbaupreis ist ein Förderpreis für Studierende der Fachrichtungen Architektur, Bauingenieurwesen, Design, Flugzeug- und Maschinenbau im Rahmen ihrer Entwurfs-, Studien-, Diplom- bzw. Masterarbeit. Der Preis soll Arbeiten aus dem Bereich des Leichtbaus fördern, um hiermit das Interesse und Engagement der Studierenden in diesem Bereich zu honorieren. Neben den klassischen Disziplinen des Leichtbaus, wie dem Struktur-, Material- und Systemleichtbau wird auch der erweiterte Leichtbau fokussiert. Dieser berücksichtigt den Energiebedarf, sämtliche über den Lebenszyklus verursachte Emissionen sowie die Recyclingfähigkeit eines Objektes.

Der Förderpreis des Leichtbauvereins wird bundesweit in Deutschland und in Österreich und in der Schweiz ausgeschrieben, eine Teilnahme ist kostenlos.

Einsendeschluss ist der 31. Oktober 2024.

Nähere Informationen finden sich auf dem beiliegenden Aushang und auf der Vereinshomepage (https://leichtbauverein.com/).

We cordially invite your attention to the attached call “The material transition in architecture and construction. Social, economic, spatial and cultural implications and appropriation processes”. We welcome as many proposals as possible by 29 January 2024.

This TATuP Special topic is intended to contribute to interdisciplinary, problem- oriented research on the shift toward bio- and earth-based building materials considering the related socio-technical, economic, political, ecological, and regulatory adaptation and adoption processes. It aims to examine the research and use of sustainable building materials from an integrative perspective, emphasizing the associated visions of the future, implementation opportunities and obstacles, conditions of use and acceptability, as well as the requirements of integration into the planning phases in architecture and construction. Pointed international perspectives referring to the local built heritage are also welcome.

TATuP – Journal for Technology Assessment in Theory and Practice is the international and peer reviewed open access journal for the interdisciplinary field of technology assessment and neighboring fields of research.
Link: https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/announcement/view/54

Guest editors of this TATuP Special topic:

• Simon Aicher, Dr. rer. nat., Dept. Timber Constructions and Unit Green Engineering, Materials Testing Institute (MPA), University of Stuttgart, DE
• Cordula Kropp, Prof. Dr. phil., Chair of Sociology of Technology, Risk and Environment, Institute for Social Sciences, University of Stuttgart, DE

Editorial Process Outline:

29 January 2024 Deadline for abstract submission
February 2024 Notification of invitation or rejection to submit research articles
13 May 2024 Deadline for submission of research articles, followed by peer
review
Mid-July 2024 Feedback from the reviewers, followed by revision by the authors
End of August 2024 Submission of the revised research articles
September 2024 Further revisions, if necessary
October 2024 Editorial deadline
December 2024 Publication (print and online)

GCD_22 SYMPOSIUM ON GEOMETRY AND COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN

This year, GCD – the Symposium on Geometry and Computational Design – will also showcase current results of the SFB “Advanced Computational Design” acd, with the opportunity of hands-on interaction. – https://acd.tuwien.ac.at/

Kuppelsaal at TU Wien, Karlsplatz 13    

livMatS Pavilion 2020-21

Botanic Garden Freiburg, Germany

Over the past century, the construction industry has become one of the most material-intensive and environmentally detrimental human activities. Located in the Botanical Garden of the University of Freiburg, the livMatS Pavilion offers a viable, resource-efficient alternative to conventional construction methods and therefore represents an important step towards sustainability in architecture. It constitutes the first building ever with a load-bearing structure that is entirely made of robotically wound flax fibre, a material that is fully naturally renewable, biodegradable, and regionally available in Central Europe.

Enabled by a novel combination of natural materials and advanced digital technologies, this pavilion stems from the successful collaboration of an interdisciplinary team of architects and engineers of the ITECH master`s programme at the Cluster of Excellence “Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture (IntCDC)” at the University of Stuttgart and biologists from the Cluster of Excellence “Living, Adaptive and Energy-autonomous Material Systems (livMatS)” at the University of Freiburg.

The bioinspired pavilion showcases how novel co-design processes that account concurrently for geometrical, material, structural, productional, environmental, and aesthetic requirements, together with advanced robotic fabrication techniques applied to natural materials, are capable to generate a unique architecture that is at the same time ecological and expressive. The distinctive, intricate surface appearance of the structural flax elements is evocative of both vernacular examples of latticework and biological systems.

For the next 5 years, the livMatS Pavilion will serve as an outdoor lecture room at the University of Freiburg, especially for the Cluster of Excellence “Living, Adaptive and Energy-autonomous Material Systems (livMatS)”, which uses the Botanic Garden within the concept of “Learning from nature in Nature” as a research and teaching site.

 

More Information: https://www.intcdc.uni-stuttgart.de/research/building-demonstrators/bd-5/

 

New partners are joining AAEC!

From September 2021, two new partners from Austria and Switzerland support our goal of addressing the diverse ecological, economic and socio-cultural challenges of the built environment. They are the Special Research Programme (SFB) “Advanced Computational Design (ACD)” and the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) “Digital Fabrication”.

The SFB ACD works to advance design tools and processes through multi- and interdisciplinary basic research in digital architecture, integrated building design, computer graphics and virtual reality, discrete and applied geometry, and computational mechanics. Its interdisciplinary approach integrates architecture, computer science, mathematics and engineering to develop advanced computational design tools that combine implicit and explicit design knowledge. The SFB ACD is funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

Further information: https://acd.tuwien.ac.at/

Prof. Michael Wimmer, Director ACD; TU Wien: “The members of the SFB “Advanced Computational Design” are delighted to become part of the AdvanceAEC network, and enthusiastic about the networking opportunities AdvanceAEC provides. The SFB will be happy to contribute its experience and research in Computational Design for AEC, and is looking forward to collaborate on new application areas of computational design techniques with the AEC partners.”

17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2021

TOWARDS A NOVEL MATERIAL CULTURE

Maison Fibre, exhibited at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2021, explores an alternative approach to the design and construction of future habitable spaces. In response to the exhibition theme “How will we live together?”, the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) and the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) of the Cluster of Excellence IntCDC at the University of Stuttgart present a full-scale inhabitable installation made entirely from robotically produced, fibrous building elements, constituting the very first multi-story structure of its kind.

As the central display of their project on “Material Culture”, Maison Fibre offers visitors the intense material experience and spatial expression of future, highly dematerialized structures, where each building element can be locally made from just a few kilos of construction material. Compared to Le Corbusier’s Maison Dom-Ino as a role model for 20th century architecture, the weight footprint of Maison Fibre is reduced fiftyfold and points toward a novel material culture in architecture, as well as the related ecological (material and energy), economic (value chains and knowledge production), technical (digital technologies and robotics), and sociocultural matters entailed herein.

RETHINKING THE PHYSICAL SUBSTRATE FOR LIVING TOGETHER

We spend 87 percent of our lives in buildings. Buildings constitute the physical substrate for living together, and it is precisely this materiality and materialization of buildings that poses one of the most important ecological and social challenges to society. The question of how people will live together in the future is thus intrinsically linked to the question of the future of building. Construction has become one of the most materially intense and environmentally detrimental human activities. The per capita consumption of construction materials for load-bearing structures alone, which account for more than half of the materials used in buildings, has multiplied over the last century. Building in the present form, which prioritizes simple construction processes over saving material and resources, no longer seems sustainable. New approaches are urgently needed. Nature provides just such a paradigmatic alternative: Almost all load-bearing structures in biology are fibrous systems, in which the fiber organization, directionality, and density are finely calibrated with the occurring forces. The resulting high level of morphological differentiation, functionality, and related resource efficiency are emblematic of natural structures. The biomimetic principles of using “less material” by having “more form” have been investigated for many years by the project team at the University of Stuttgart. Fibrous construction offers a profoundly different material approach for building future human habitats. More Information: https://www.intcdc.uni-stuttgart.de/research/building-demonstrators/bd-4/  

AdvanceAEC at The German Sustainability Science Summit 2021

The German Sustainability Science Summit 2021 will take place as an interactive virtual online event on 8 & 9 July 2021. The summit continues the bi-annual series of the German Future Earth Summits organised by the German Committee Future Earth (Deutsches Komitee für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung, DKN). The summit will provide a platform for exchange on the latest scientific findings in the field of sustainability research. It will cover a range of topics from normativity, epistemology and attainability of sustainable development over extreme events, resilience, social cohesion and well-being to climate change, biodiversity, diet and health. Besides scientific sessions with presentations and discussions, panel discussions, an interactive poster session and other interactive formats will provide room for exchange, discussion and networking across the international science community working on sustainability related topics – within and across disciplines.

Participation in the Summit will be free of charge. https://www.dkn-future-earth.org/activities/sustainability_science_summit_2021/index.php.en

Participation AdvanceAEC

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Manfred Bischoff, (Institut für Baustatik und Baudynamik, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; SFB 1244; AdvanceAEC ) will host a Session SSII7 – Sustainable Planning and Construction on Day 2: 09 July 2021 (Friday) 13:20 – 14:20 CEST; Scientific Session Block II (Parallel Sessions). AAEC will participate with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Manfred Curbach, (Institut für Massivbau, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, SFB/TRR 280; AAEC).

Speakers (in alphabetical order)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Manfred Curbach Institut für Massivbau Technische Universität Dresden Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andrea Benze Professur Städtebau und Theorie der Stadt Hochschule München Prof. Dr. Werner Lang Lehrstuhl für energieeffizientes und nachhaltiges Planen und Bauen Technische Universität München Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dierk Raabe Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH Düsseldorf

Abstract

The built environment is of central ecological, economic, social and cultural relevance. The building industry consumes about 40 % of global resources and energy supply. Over the next 35 years, buildings for additional 2.6 billion people need to be constructed. Thus, 8 out of 17 goals in the UN 2030 Sustainability Agenda relate to construction industry. While construction is intrinsically connected to the disciplines of architecture and civil engineering, a strongly multidisciplinary effort, including non-technical disciplines like politics and sociology, is required to tackle these challenges by developing new technologies. Carbon lean production, recycling and circular economy, enhanced productivity through digitalization, reduction of mass and embodied energy as well as identifying synergies and acceleration effects on one side and potential conflicts of objectives on the other side are typical challenges. The session exemplarily describes related research efforts on three levels: 1. Small scale, material level: Sustainable Metallurgy and Metals. 2. Medium scale, structural level: New Technologies for Sustainable Construction. 3. Large scale level: Resilient transformation of urban spaces

Format

We will provide keynotes on each level, followed by a panel discussion. Expected outcomes: Beyond sharing information on ongoing fundamental research efforts, we hope to find new partners that join us in our mission. Moreover, we strive to identify new fields of research that contribute to the aim of sustainable planning and construction.

Summit Program

https://www.dkn-future-earth.org/activities/sustainability_science_summit_2021/program/index.php.en