Natural Resources in Digital Circular Construction

29.09.2023 | Mannheim | Germany

ReGrow

About

The symposium ReGrow - Natural Resources in Digital Circular Construction will bring together local and international expertise from academia and entrepreneurship to discuss current challenges and opportunities around the use of natural resources such as fibres, wood and earth-based materials in architectural design and robotic fabrication. Questioning current production methods and providing an outlook towards Digital Circular Construction, the event marks the culmination of the two-year research project ReGrow, funded by the State government and launched by five professorships of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) –  Digital Design & Fabrication (DDF), design of structures (dos), Bauphysik & Technischer Ausbau (fbta), Lichttechnischen Institut (LTI) and Institut für Industriebetriebslehre und Industrielle Produktion (IIP) in cooperation with the industry partner FibR GmbH Stuttgart. The symposium will take place at the Federal Horticultural Show in Mannheim (BUGA23) on September 29, 2023.

The event is planed to be accredited as 8 training hours by the Chamber of Architects AKBW.

Participation is free; a BUGA23 (28€) ticket is needed.

Speakers

PANEL 1: Reshaping Resources

Prof. 
Philipp Eversmann Universität Kassel (D)
Aldo Sollazzo, 
IAAC Barcelona (E)
PD Dr. 
Rebekka Volk
Institute of Technology (D)

Panel 2: Circular Transformation

Prof. Dr. 
Catherine De Wolf 
ETH Zürich (CH)
Assoc. Prof. 
Martin Tamke 
Royal Danish Academy (DK)
RawLam3 / CITA 2022 © Anders Ingvartsen
Erik Zanetti, 
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (D)
ReGrow Willow ©KIT_Wootton.dos.ddf

Panel 3: Accelerating innovation

Dr. 
Jelle Feringa
Terrestrial (NL)
Christof Erban, 
SUNOVATION GmbH (D)
ReGrow Willow ©KIT_Engel.dos.ddf 
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Dr. 
Julian Fial, 
FibR GmbH (D)
ReGrow Timber Canopy ©KIT_Wootton.dos.ddf

Program

10 am - 6 pm, September 29, 2023

09:30 Welcome, Registration


10:00 Introduction by TT.-Prof. Moritz Dörstelmann, DDF KIT Karlsruhe, D

10:05 Welcome statement by  State Secretary Sabine Kurtz MdL, MLR BW

10:15 Introduction by the ReGrow research project partners

10:30 PANEL 1: Reshaping Resources

Prof. Philipp Eversmann, Universität Kassel, DE

Aldo Sollazzo, IAAC Barcelona, ES

PD Dr. Rebekka Volk, IIP KIT Karlsruhe, DE 

Panel Discussion

12:00 Lunch Break

13:30 Panel 2: Circular Transformation

Prof. Dr. Catherine De Wolf, ETH Zürich, CH

Assoc. Prof. Martin Tamke, CITA Copenhagen, DK

Erik Zanetti, DDF KIT Karlsruhe, DE

Panel Discussion

15:00 Guided tour of the ReGrow research demonstrator at the BUGA

16:00 Panel 3: Accelerating innovation

Dr. Jelle Feringa, Terrestrial, NL

Christof Erban, Sunovation GmbH, Elsenfeld, DE

Dr.-Ing. Julian Fial, FibR GmbH, Stuttgart, DE

Panel Discussion

17:30 Closing Talk

18:00 Official End

Location

Federal Horticultural Show in Mannheim (BUGA23), Spinelli Park, U-Halle, BASF Dialogforum (H6)

Project Partners

Organizer

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Professur Digital Design & Fabrication

Tenure-Track Professor Moritz Dörstelmann

Fanny Kranz

Vincent Witt