Maintenance 1:1 – Creating a Meeting Place / ETH Zürich + University of Antwerp

Paula Pintos — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 05:00:00 +0000

As part of the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale 2023, the German Pavilion set up a reuse laboratory: focusing on care, repair, and maintenance, leftover materials from over 40 national pavilions of the 2022 Venice Art Biennale were carefully collected and stored while housing a workshop where those materials could be reworked and prepared for new projects. Under the title Maintenance 1:1, several universities were invited for one week each to develop and implement projects using the available materials that would directly benefit the local community.

Ephemeral Permanence 1:1 / University of Antwerp + ETH Zürich + Aalborg University

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Designing and building with reclaimed structural components. The most sustainable construction materials are those we already have. Reusing what already exists is at the heart of circular construction and a fundamental element of more sustainable architecture. The two-week design & build workshop „Ephemeral Permanence 1:1“, part of the 5th International Conference on Structures and Architecture 2022 in Aalborg, Denmark, explored the reuse of construction components as novel material and social practice. Strictly adhering to the principles of availability-based design, the participants sought a design that reflected the architectural and technical potential of reuse exploring the resulting spaces and surprising material perceptions. Additionally, to use reclaimed materials, the pavilion was designed and constructed in such a way that the parts can be taken apart and reused elsewhere.

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Maintenance 1:1 – Creating a Meeting Place / ETH Zürich + University of Antwerp

Ephemeral Permanence 1:1 / University of Antwerp + ETH Zürich + Aalborg University