Call for Abstracts

EAHN

 

 

 

International Conference

MATERIAL STRATEGIES – PLANT ARCHITECTURE

3rd-4th OCTOBER 2013

 

ARQUITECTURA ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA SUPERIOR

UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO DE VITORIA

MADRID, SPAIN

 

PRESENTATION

Plants have been widely used as building materials both within different vernacular traditions around the world and as part of more recent proposals that attempt to take advantage of their insulating properties an their low ecological footprint. Within vernacular architecture, the use of plants as building components can be traced from the mudhifs in Irak or the hay reinforcement of rammed earth walls, up to the green roofs of Asturian teitos or Swedish stugas. Now, these vernacular techniques are being rediscovered and becoming updated in architectural designs that seek to profit from their thermal qualities, their availability and their low environmental impact. Bamboo and reed have been used in recent projects such as the Spanish Pavillion in Shangai (EMBT, Barcelona) or at the Social Housing in Carabanchel (Foreign Office Architects), London), while pressed straw has been used in experimental proposals, such as the single family houses by Wiggleswoth & Till in London or by Felix Jerusalem in Eschenz (Switzerland).

 

The availability of these materials and techniques has enabled their use in social housing projects where more sophisticated technologies are not possible. Such is the case of the Quincha Prefabricada building system, developed by the Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Normalización de la Vivienda in Perú, or the Domocaña system put forward by the Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad de ingeniería de Lima (Peru. Further, Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia has designed a modular prototype in bamboo for the poor at the Mekong delta, underlining the social dimension of these techniques.

 

A thorough study of the topic is yet to be done, in order to establish affinities between the different practices and to help analyse its technical, social and architectural potential. In order to explore the interplay of aesthetics and materiality in plant building, we seek submissions from architects, landscape architects, building historians, engineers, etc. interested in the conference topic.


The conference will be organized around two themes:

a. Vernacular traditions

b. Contemporary techniques

SUBMISSIONS

Please send a 300-word abstract and a short CV to the conference secretary by July 10th 2013.

 

Further information

For updated information about the conference, please visit our website.

 

Languages

The conference will be held in English and Spanish.

 

Publication

The articles selected for the conference will be included in a book on Plant Building.

 

SCHEDULE

01.05.2013  Conference and Call for Papers launch

10.07.2013  Deadline for submission of abstracts (300 words máx.)

19.07.2013  Notification of acceptance.

06.09.2013  Full paper due (2.000-4.000 words and 4-8 images)

03-04.10.2013Conference to be held at Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

(Crtra. Pozuelo-Majadahonda, km. 1,8 | Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid))

 

PROGRAMME

The conference will take place on October 3rd and 4th 2013 at the Lecture Hall, H Building, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, according to the following schedule:

 

Thursday October 3rd

10:00-11:00Keynote speaker: Ferdinand Ludwig | BAUBOTANIK

11:00-11:30Coffee break

11:30-13:30Paper presentations and debate

13:30-15:30Lunch break

15:30-17:30Paper presentations and debate

 

Friday October 4th

10:00-11:00Keynote speaker:

11:00-11:30Coffee break

11:30-13:30Paper presentations and debate

13:30-14:30Closing lecture

 

SCIENTIFIC COMMITEE

Francisco Domouso (Universidad Europea de Madrid)

Carlos Asensio Wandosell (Universidad Castilla-La Mancha)

Juan García Millán (Universidad San Pablo-CEU)

Nieves Cabañas (Universidad Castilla-La Mancha)

 

ORGANIZING COMMITEE

Marta García Carbonero (Universidad Francisco de Vitoria)

Antonia Fernández Nieto (Universidad Francisco de Vitoria)

Manuel de Lara (Universidad Francisco de Vitoria)

Carlos Pesqueira (Universidad Francisco de Vitoria)

 

REGISTRATION

Please send your registration form to the conference secretary.

EAHN Office 

c/o Faculty of Architecture – RMIT
PO Box 5043
2600 GA Delft
the Netherlands   

www.eahn.org

 

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