Public Lectures CAS Regenerative Materials

28. Januar 2025

04. März 2025

After four successful editions in 2020 - 2024 the CAS ETH in Regenerative Materials is back for a next chapter in 2025. Like the others, this edition will be colorful and full of interesting encounters.

In each Module, we will invite you to public lectures broadcasted online. Here are the dates:

Tuesday 04.03.2025, 17-18 (UTC+1)

Letizia Caderas
OXARA: ETH SPIN-OFF FOR "CLEAN-CRETE"

The construction industry is facing critical challenges, including resource scarcity (e.g., sand shortages), high CO₂ emissions from cement production, and the increasing global demand for affordable housing. At the same time, billions of tons of excavation materials are discarded in landfills every year—wasting valuable resources and occupying large amounts of space.
Oxara addresses these problems by converting excavation waste into earthen concrete and proposing various cement-free technologies with lower costs and higher environmental benefits. Letizia Carderas will explain the different products developed so far and show some projects already completed by this promising ETH Spin-off.

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Tuesday 28.01.2025, 17-18 (UTC+1)

Anna Heringer

FORM FOLLOWS LOVE

For Anna Heringer, architecture is a tool to improve lives. As an architect and honorary professor of the UNESCO Chair of Earthen Architecture, Building Cultures, and Sustainable Development she is focusing on the use of natural building materials. She has been actively involved in development cooperation in Bangladesh since 1997. Over the years, Anna has realised further projects in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Together with Martin Rauch she has developed the method of Clay Storming that she teaches at various universities. She received numerous honors and her work was widely published and exhibited.
Anna Heringer will present her new book: “Form Follows Love” where she dialogs with Dominique Gauzin-Müller. This book is a monograph, biography and manifesto at the same time. She writes: “All my life I have been and remain firmly convinced that I can change the world.” She will give us insights on how regenerative architecture can have a positive impact on the environment and society.

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