Why is it necessary for architects to engage in the development of new materials and how can these affect the way we build? How can nature inspire our approach to buildings and urban development? How do we draw the line between nature and architecture?
As part of their rich program, on October 11th Copenhagen Architecture Festival – CAFx will host a debate between leading practitioners and researchers within bio-based building materials and the green urban development of the future.
The panelists are:
EFFEKT´s head of Sustainability Daniel Philip Veenboer who collaborated with Cornell, Home.Earth and NREP on a project where the ambition is to convert waste into building materials.
Associate Professor Phil Ayres from CITA, Royal Academy – Architecture, Design, Preservation, who has just been granted 18 million by the EU for research into the use of CO2 neutral bio-based materials in architecture and has ongoing ambitious research projects such as FUNGAR working on using mycelium as an intelligent building material.
Alexandra Vindfeld Hansen, landscape architect and head of the design studio SLA's research and development efforts, which bridges the gap between research and practice.
Moderator: Professor Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen (Head of CITA, Royal Academy – Architecture, Design, Preservation).
The debate takes place in English and it will start at 16.45 at Cinemateket in Copenhagen.
After the debate, the 2014 film The Creeping Garden by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp is shown, 80 minutes.