JAN
2013 29

Bamboo Composite Reinforcements in Structural Concrete Applications

Public lecture by Prof. Dirk E. Hebel at the ‘Advances in Cement and Concrete Technology in Africa’ (ACCTA) conference in Johannesburg, South Africa on January 28, 2013. The ACCTA 2013 is the first international conference initiated from the SPIN project (Spearhead network for innovative, clean and safe cement and concrete technologies), that is a cooperation between European and African leading research institutions from the fields of materials research. The conference aims to cross-link experts in the field of cement and concrete technology with key players from research institutions, industries, associations and policy-making bodies. The aim is to establish a sustainable100

JAN
2013 14

Events

Bamboofying Concrete

NOV
2012 30

Events, WASTE

Constructing Waste: The Exhibition

The FCL ‘Constructing Waste’ seminar 2012 concluded in an exhibition vernissage on 30 November 2012 at the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore. The public event was orchestrated as the final step in the pedagogical laboratory set by Dirk E. Hebel and Marta Wisniewska of the Assistant Professorship of Architecture and Construction. The exhibition gave platform to seven outcomes of the ten-week research course, focusing on re-designing an everyday product in such a way, that it can have a second life cycle instead of ending as a trash item. Guests had a chance to see, feel, touch and smell the new100

NOV
2012 29

Events

Lunch Talk: ‘Preparing Food. Today.’

‘Preparing Food. Today.’, a recipe book constructed by FCL researchers Naomi Hanakata, Felix Heisel, Martha Kolokotroni, Michaela Frances Prescott, Kashif Shaad, and Marta Wisniewska proposes a change in attitude towards the availability of food resources. Diversification in selecting and preparing food with an extended scope of various possibilities is presented as the taste of the future. The recipe book tries to be provocative by establishing a link between food security and urban structures. ‘Preparing Food. Today.’ gives an overview of recipes in the world of 2052, featuring suprising alternatives. The hypothetical project was presented to FCL community in the lunch talk series on100

NOV
2012 28

Events

‘Concrete – Sleeping Beauty’ Conference

Felix Heisel, Dirk E. Hebel, Matthias Kohler, Stephen Crains, Francois Roche, Hendrik Jonkers, Marta Wisniewska, Thorsten Klooster, and Alireza Javadian at FCL Singapore on 26 November 2012 The conference ‘Concrete – Sleeping Beauty’ organized by the Professorship of Architecture and Construction Dirk E. Hebel at FCL Singapore together with TEC21 and espazium Switzerland as media partners addressed the possibilities to change the way we thing about the most used building material on the globe today. After an introduction by Dirk E. Hebel, giving an overview of concrete technology and its development over the last 2000 years, Francois Roche explained his100

NOV
2012 21

Exhibitions, WASTE

Constructing Waste: The Exhibition

The participating students Desirée Amport, Pascal Genhart, Naomi Hanakata, Alireza Javadian, Ervine Lin, Nikolaos Theodoratos, Tobias Wullschleger and the Chair of Architecture and Construction Dirk E. Hebel at FCL Singapore will show the results of the FCL-SEC Seminar CONSTRUCTING WASTE with a vernissage on Friday, November 30 at 5pm at the 6th floor of the CREATE Tower. You are warmly invited to attend the event. CONSTRUCTING WASTE interrogated the concept of up-cycling strategies in order to minimize the overall refuse amount in Singapore. The focus on design questions created 7 uniques product designs which have the potential to live a second life cycle in an alternated way. The exhibition showcases the pedagogical100

NOV
2012 19

LECTURES

Bamboofying Concrete

Public Lecture by Prof. Dirk E. Hebel at the international FCL Conference – Concrete Sleeping Beauty at CREATE Singapore on 26th November 2012. Bamboo has been used as a construction material for centuries around the globe. The benefits of using bamboo are enormous: its fast growth, high tensile strength, and the capacity to capture large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are just some of the most remarkable properties it has to offer. For decades, researchers around the world have searched for methods to activate those benefits for use within the building sector and transform bamboo from a locally100

NOV
2012 19

CONFERENCES

International FCL Conference organized by CoReSing:’CONCRETE – SLEEPING BEAUTY!’

You are warmly invited to attend the international FCL conference CONCRETE – SLEEPING BEAUTY on 26 November 2012 organized by the Chair of Architecture and Construction Dirk E. Hebel at ETH Zuerich/FCL Singapore together with TEC21 and espazium Switzerland as media partners. Five projects will introduce and initiate a discussion on the state of the art of a century-long unchanged material use. Can we think of new application and production methodologies? Can concrete heal itself? Can it produce power? Can concrete be computated? Are there organic reinforcement possibilities? Five international researchers from different backgrounds will showcase their work. They aim to change100

NOV
2012 19

CONFERENCES

Concrete Insurrection – Francois Roche

BIO: Francois Roche New-Territories unfold their protocols through the re-staging of contemporary relationships: aesthetical, machinist, computational, organics, biological and even artificial. The group works simultaneously through the architectural practice R&Sie(n), the “new-territories” research Lab and the [eIf/bt/c] scenario studio. François Roche leads independently architectural research labs such as the Advanced Studio at Colombia University-Gsapp in New York. Abstract: Concrete Insurrection I’ve heard about something that builds up only through multiple, heterogeneous and contradictory scenarios, something that rejects even the idea of a possible prediction about its form of growth or future typology. Something shapeless grafted onto existing tissue, something that needs100

NOV
2012 19

CONFERENCES

Computated Concrete – Matthias Kohler

BIO: Prof. Matthias Kohler Matthias Kohler is an architect with interests ranging from computational design and robotic fabrication to material innovation. In 2000, he founded the architecture practice Gramazio & Kohler with his partner Fabio Gramazio. Founding also the world’s first architectural robotic laboratory at the ETH Zurich, his academic research concentrates on a multi-disciplinary practice between computational design, robotic fabrication and material innovation. Abstract: Computated Concrete At the disposal of architecture in the age of computation is an evolving array of interoperable tools and processes that allow the fabrication of design propositions to be increasingly complex and adaptive. With this100

NOV
2012 19

CONFERENCES

Healing Concrete – Hendrik Jonkers

BIO: Hendrik Jonkers Hendrik Marius Jonkers is currently a teaching scientist at Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at the Department of Materials & Environment, The Netherlands. Prior to that, he worked as a research scientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany, as well as the University of Groningen, Department of Paleontology and the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (MT-TNO). Abstract: Healing Concrete In this research project the suitability of very specific but otherwise harmless bacteria are tested for their ability to repair cracks and thus significantly improve the durability of concrete structures. Such a100

NOV
2012 19

CONFERENCES

Electrifying Concrete – Thorsten Klooster

BIO: Thorsten Klooster Thorsten Klooster is a Berlin based architect and the editor of the book SMART SURFACES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN. He is a former member of the Technical Science Research Group at the Fraunhofer Institute (IPK) in Berlin and a teacher for architectural design and construction at the Brandenburg University of Technology. In 2007 he founded the architectural studio TASK in Berlin. Abstract: Electrifying Concrete “Electrifying concrete” talks about the development of a new concrete called DiysCrete that is able to generate electricity out of solar energy. DiysCrete is based on the technical principles of dye-sensitized100

NOV
2012 19

CONFERENCES

Bamboofying Concrete – Dirk E. Hebel

BIO: Asst. Prof. Dirk Hebel Dirk Hebel is holding the position of Assistant Professor of Architecture and Construction at the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore / ETH Zurich. Prior to that, he was the founding Scientific Director of the Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. His research concentrates on alternative building materials and construction techniques and their application in developing territories. Abstract: Bamboofying Concrete Bamboo has been used as a construction material for centuries around the globe. The benefits of using bamboo are enormous: its fast growth, high tensile strength, and the capacity to100

NOV
2012 18

CONFERENCES

How to get there?

INTERNATIONAL FCL CONFERENCE CONCRETE SLEEPING BEAUTY AUDITORIUM 2nd FLOOR – CREATE TOWER Future Cities Laboratory FCL Singapore ETH Centre SEC 01 CREATE Way / University Town #06-01 CREATE TOWER Singapore 138602

NOV
2012 15

Events

International FCL Conference organized by CoReSing:’CONCRETE – SLEEPING BEAUTY!’

NOV
2012 15

Events, WASTE

Constructing Waste: Week 9

The last talk of the Constructing Waste Seminar was led by Dr Chen Chia-Lung on 15 November 2012. Dr. Chen Chia- Lung is a Research Fellow and Centre Manager at Residues and Resource Reclamation Centre (R3C) Nanyang Technological University, NTU Singapore. There are around 1 billion different types of bacteria in the world. Out of those, less than 1% is known or described scientifically. Within this huge spectrum, different bacterias are known to have specific qualities and properties. While many cause damage and deceases, others help to produce electricity, heal building materials, reduce waste or even ‘eat’ hazardous chemicals . This100

NOV
2012 13

Events

Bauhaus.Solar 2012 awarded to Felix Heisel / Jonas Klock

At the 5th International Congress Bauhaus.SOLAR 2012 in Erfurt on November 13, the Bauhaus.SOLAR AWARD was awarded to the project “Solar Forest Tempelhof” by Felix Heisel and Jonas Klock from Berlin. Felix Heisel is a current working at FCL Singapore as a Researcher at the Assistant Professorship Dirk E. Hebel. This prize for young scientists is being offered by SolarInput e.V. and Solarvalley Mitteldeutschland e.V. all over Europe and is aimed at students and young graduates. It honours outstanding architecture and design projects showing innovative dealings with renewable energies, using solar energy. According to Michael Frielinghaus, Head of the Jury and100

NOV
2012 08

Events, WASTE

Constructing Waste: Week 8

‘Recycling Spaces’ is a short documentary on waste and recycling in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, presented by one of the authors, Felix Heisel. The movie led into a discussion on the financial aspect of waste, which is the topic of this week’s Constructing Waste session. Together with Bisrat Kifle, Felix Heisel initiated the EiABC Movie Series on space appropriation, starting in 2011.The series so far consists out of 4 movies: Disappearing Spaces, Emerging Spaces, Supporting Spaces and Recycling Spaces. Felix Heisel is working as a Researcher in the Chair of Architecture and Construction at the Future Cities Laboratory Singapore, a collaboration of100

NOV
2012 01

BAMBOO, Events

Lunch Talk: ‘Engineering Bamboo’

Public Lunch Talk by Alireza Javadian at the FCL Future Cities Laboratory Singapore on 1st November 2012. Bamboo has been used as a construction material for centuries around the globe. The benefits of using bamboo are enormous: its fast growth, high tensile strength, and the capacity to capture large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are just some of the most remarkable properties it has to offer. For decades, researchers around the world have searched for methods to activate those benefits for use within the building sector and transform bamboo from a locally applied organic material into an industrialized100

NOV
2012 01

LECTURES

Engineering Bamboo

Public Lunch-Talk by Alireza Javadian at the FCL Future Cities Laboratory Singapore on 1st November 2012. Bamboo has been used as a construction material for centuries around the globe. The benefits of using bamboo are enormous: its fast growth, high tensile strength, and the capacity to capture large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are just some of the most remarkable properties it has to offer. For decades, researchers around the world have searched for methods to activate those benefits for use within the building sector and transform bamboo from a locally applied organic material into an industrialized product.100

NOV
2012 01

Events, WASTE

Constructing Waste: Week 7

The 7th week’s session of Constructing Waste was opened with a presentation ‘Waste and Want’ by Marta Wisniewska. The talk raises the everlasting question of aesthetic perception on the example of waste. Questions of necessity and luxury were raised, as waste in architecture evokes very extreme and contradictory reactions in both developing territories and developed countries. Cultural and aesthetic goals as well as differences were discussed on the example of MULU, a container housing project developed by Marta Wisniewska and Felix Heisel in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Marta Wisniewska is a researcher at the Future Cities Laboratory at the Assistant Professorship100

OCT
2012 25

Events

‘Building Ethiopia’ published

Building Ethiopia, published in October 2012 by Helawi Sewnet and Zegeye Cherenet, represents a documentation of research activities at the Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development (EiABC) between 2009 and 2011. More than 40 articles and authors set as their objective a sustainable urban as well as rural development of Ethiopia. Bridging between teaching, practice and research, all contributions represent an open system of alternative approaches to tackle Ethiopia’s most pressing challenge: how to supply the building infrastructure for one of the fastest growing and developing territories in the world. The research was undertaken at EiABC in100

OCT
2012 25

Events, WASTE

Constructing Waste: Week 6

The ‘Environmental Session’ of the Constructing Waste Seminar of the Chair of Architecture and Construction at FCL was led by Prof. Rainer Stegmann on 25 October 2012. Prof. Dr.-Ing Rainer Stegmann is Professor Emeritus of the University of Technology in Hamburg, Germany. As Head of the Institute of Waste Resource Management, he continues doing research in the field of solid waste management and co-owns two patents with his colleagues. Prof. Stegmann is currently a Visiting Professor at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore and Director of the Residues and Resource Reclamation Centre (R3C) at NTU. More information: CONSTRUCTING WASTE

OCT
2012 25

Events

Filming ‘…Spaces’ in Addis Ababa and Wenchi

Felix Heisel and Bisrat Kilfe recently filmed two new episodes of their documentary Movie Series on Space Appropriation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The material is currently being edited into the final movies titled “Materializing Spaces” and “Initiating Spaces”, which will hopefully be premiered in December 2012. For the generous support, the authors would like to thank the German Embassy in Addis Ababa and CoReSing FCL Singapore. Materializing Spaces – a night in Addis Ababa’s periphery Informal housing construction in Addis Ababa features a very specific, illegal but common typology, the “chereka bet”. Whole suburbs are being constructed in such100

OCT
2012 18

Events, WASTE

Constructing Waste: Week 5

The 5th week’s CONSTRUCTING WASTE talk was led by Mr. Ong Seng Eng, former Director of Waste and Resource Management Department of National Environment Agency Singapore. Mr. Ong is a chemical engineer and responsible for solid waste management in Singapore. His duties include the promotion of the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle), regulatory control on waste collection and management of waste disposal facilities such as waste-to-energy incineration plants and the Semakau Landfill. More information: CONSTRUCTING WASTE

OCT
2012 11

Events, WASTE

Constructing Waste: Week 4

Assoc. Prof. Wang Jing-Yuan gave an introductory talk of the 4th Week’s CONSTRUCTING WASTE seminar. Prof. Wang is an Associate Professor of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering in Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and is currently Director of the Residues and Resource Reclamation Centre of NTU. More information: CONSTRUCTING WASTE

OCT
2012 09

LECTURES

ADDIS 2050: an alternative pathway into Ethiopia’s future

Public lecture by Prof. Dirk E. Hebel, Felix Heisel, Bisrat Kifle, Addis alem Fekele, Tewedaj Eshetu, Yosef Teferri, and Eyob Wedesu at the Green Forum ADDIS 2050 Conference in Addis Ababa on October 09, 2012. Addis Ababa belongs to the fastest growing urban centers in the world. Migration from the rural areas as well as a massive redevelopment strategies of the City Government put the African capital under enormous pressure. Infrastructural deficiencies, water and energy shortages, environmental hazards and mobility challenges question the current modus operandi in place. Alternative pathways will be presented in this lecture which is a result100

OCT
2012 09

Events

ADDIS 2050: an alternative pathway into Ethiopia’s future

The conference ADDIS 2050 – an alternative pathway into Ethiopia’s future – was held on October 9th and 10th 2012 at the campus of the Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development EiABC in Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa belongs to the fastest growing urban centers in the world. Migration from the rural areas as well as massive redevelopment strategies of the City Government put the African capital under enormous pressure. Infrastructural deficiencies, water and energy shortages, environmental hazards and mobility challenges question the current modus operandi in place. The Green Forum Ethiopia under the leadership of Heinrich Boell100

OCT
2012 08

LECTURES

Learning from Singapore

Public lecture by Felix Heisel at the Green Forum ADDIS 2050 Conference in Addis Ababa on October 09, 2012. Out of Singapore’s breathtaking development over the past 50 years, the lecture focuses on two mayor characteristics of urban planning: the incredible success story of the Housing & Developing Board (HDB) as well as the concept of a “City in the Garden”. Today, more than 85% of Singapore’s 5.3 million inhabitants are home owners, due to an inventive strategy implemented already in the 1960ies. Identification of the home owners with the nation-state is almost guaranteed, since almost everybody is owning a share100

OCT
2012 04

Events, WASTE

Constructing Waste: Week 3

The 3rd week’s CONSTRUCTING WASTE presentation ‘Why Waste Waste?’ was held on 4 October by Dr Sun Xiaolong. Dr Sun Xiaolong majored in Materials Science & Engineering. His research areas are waste-to-resource and environmental applications of materials science. Dr Sun works at R3C NTU. More information: CONSTRUCTING WASTE

SEP
2012 27

Events, WASTE

Constructing Waste: Week 2

Prof. Dr. Stephen Cairns opened the 2nd Week’s session of CONSTRUCTING WASTE with his talk ‘Rubbish Theory‘. Stephen Cairns is Scientific Co-ordinator of the Future Cities Laboratory in the Singapore-ETH Centre, and Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Edinburgh. He is a member of KRUPUC, an independent inter-disciplinary, multi-sectorial research, planning and design platform focused on issues of urbanisation in the Southeast Asian region. More information: CONSTRUCTING WASTE

SEP
2012 20

Events, WASTE

Constructing Waste: Week 1

On 20 September 2012 Asst. Prof. Dirk E. Hebel introduced the FCL Fall Seminar: CONSTRUCTING WASTE. The goals and expectations of the course were presented on the example of the United_Bottles Project. Dirk Hebel is currently holding the position of Assistant Professor at the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore, a research project of ETH Zurich with the National Research Foundation Singapore. More information: CONSTRUCTING WASTE

SEP
2012 20

Events

Cities as a Proto-Typologies at Academia Engelberg

Recording of the public lecture by Prof. Dirk E. Hebel at the 2012 Academia Engelberg Congress in Switzerland on September 14, 2012. – Courtesy of Academia Engelberg.

SEP
2012 14

LECTURES

Cities as proto-typologies

Public lecture by Prof. Dirk E. Hebel at the 2012 Academia Engelberg Congress in Switzerland on September 14, 2012. The 11th Dialogue on Science will focus on the issue of rapid urbanization and its consequences for everyday life in cities around the world. With this congress the Academia Engelberg Foundation asks how might the disciplines of architecture, urbanism and the built environment sciences respond to the challenges of rapid urbanization? The Chair of Architecture and Construction at the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore concentrates its research on ‘alternative modern’ construction materials. The ‘alternative’ aspect of this focus emerges from an100

SEP
2012 09

LECTURES

Constructing Alternatives

Public lecture by Prof. Dirk E. Hebel at the 2012 FCL/ETH conference in Zurich, Switzerland on September 10, 2012. Multiple centers, hubs and nodes increasingly supplement traditional city centers, regional territories and urban clusters. These are embedded in a network of infrastructures to form complex polycentric urban regions that extend far into once rural hinterlands. Research from the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore will be confronted with research from ETH Zurich and elsewhere in order to promote an exchange of knowledge and to bring the Future Cities Laboratory’s work to the attention of a larger audience in Switzerland. Following the100

SEP
2012 04

LECTURES

UN-Habitat Conference: The Urban Future

Public forum discussion with Prof. Dirk E. Hebel at the UN-Habitat Confrenece: The Urban Future in Naples, Italy, September 04, 2012. The overarching theme of the sixth session of the World Urban Form “The Urban Future” clearly signifies the need to anticipate, imagine and plan for the future in order to shape it in sustainable ways. The rapid pace of change from global to local levels and related complexities, uncertainties and connectivity necessitate cities to think ahead into the future and adapt their plans, policies and interventions accordingly. Promoting socially equitable, economically viable and environmentally balanced cities requires decision-makers to100

AUG
2012 27

Events, WASTE

Constructing Waste Seminar Kick Off Meeting

The Chair of Architecture and Construction Dirk E. Hebel at FCL Singapore is organizing an FCL-SEC Fall Semester 2012 Seminar CONSTRUCTING WASTE. Hundreds of tons of waste are produces in Singapore every day. These wastes represent an invaluable pool of resources, which could be activated by rethinking their designs. The ‘hands on the material’ seminar CONSTRUCTING WASTE will interrogate the concept of up-cycling strategies in order to minimize the overall refuse amount being produced in Singapore. The focus on design questions should create second life cycles for otherwise waste products. The seminar will be conducted as a combination of input lectures,100

AUG
2012 21

BAMBOO, Events

Field Research Trip to China

On a recent visit to China, CoReSing visited several factories for bamboo flooring. The so called WSB (Woven Strand Board) is commonly produced from 5-year old Moso bamboo culms, a fast and very tall growing species. After its harvest, the culms are immediately cut into approximately 2m long sections, sliced lengthwise into splits and finally processed into strands. They are then boiled and carbonized. Next, they are submerged into a pool of an adhesive agent and then left out to dry. Placed into molds, the pressing of the strands produces blocks of varying sizes. These can then be cut into100

AUG
2012 03

Events

ADDIS 2050 – International Workshop at FCL Singapore

The Chair of Architecture and Construction Dirk E. Hebel at FCL Singapore together with Heinrich Boell Foundation and the Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development is organizing an international workshop to develope a vision for Addis Ababa in the year 2050. The African population is growing fast and urbanization will shape the coming decades. Existing cities are changing rapidly and new infrastructures and buildings are constructed at an enormous speed, ambitious plans are in place to create dozens of new cities from scratch. Currently, the focus of this development seems to be “catching up” with developed or100

AUG
2012 01

Events, SOIL

Building with Earth Workshop in Ethiopia

PhD Candidate Lara Davis of the Professorship of Architecture and Construction Dirk E. Hebel at SEC/FCL Singapore held this seven day intensive workshop to introduce students of architecture and urbanism and local technical-vocational (TVET) trainees to the concepts and practical aspects of building with earth with contextual sensitivity in Ethiopia. For each day of the workshop, one half-day was devoted to field study and practical exercises, which allowed students to develop hands-on material-based knowledge. Afternoon lectures provided the conceptual framing for theoretical study, documentation, and reflection. The topics covered attempted to demonstrate the link between the fundamental properties of soil,100

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