ALL GOOD(S) | New Materials in Architecture, Design and Fashion for a Future Circular Economy

In the wake of the climate emergency, we need to reduce the impact of everyday urban life on resources, from the scale of the individual to an international approach. Both in the Netherlands and Germany, there is an increasing political and societal attention for the transition to a circular economy. A revaluation of material use and the development of new sustainable materials are crucial in this respect. ANCB in collaboration with the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin conceptualised a programme on Dutch and German innovations in material design – considering raw materials, techniques and use – to enable a sustainable and circular economy in the future. The programme supports knowledge exchange and new connections between disciplines and between Dutch and German protagonists. More

This Opening Lab Talk aims to explore a wide range of innovations in material development presented by experts from different backgrounds, while examining how:

• innovation processes to reach sustainability goals can be triggered and supported to create unique and foresightful research in the creative sector
• new materials can play a key role in design and planning to reach sustainability goals
• exemplary applications can contribute to health and comfort, including limiting waste, helping our ecosystem and increasing affordability
• product prototypes can be relevant for the urban planning, building, design and fashion industries to explore potentials and new systems, considering the building façade as the 'second skin' to cross-feed ideas from architecture to functions of fashion and design
• dialogue and collaboration between the two countries can support innovation and research

PROGRAMME

Welcome and Introduction
Hans-Jürgen Commerell, Director, ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, Berlin
Valérie-Anne Houppermans, Cultural Attaché, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Berlin

Impulse Statements
Sascha Peters, Director, Haute Innovation. Agentur für Material und Technologie, Berlin
Michelle Baggerman, Designer and Director, Bureau Baggerman, Eindhoven
Claudia Lüling, Professor for Architecture and Design, Frankfurt University of Applied Science
Menno Rubbens, Director and Project Developer, cepezedprojects, Delft
Christiane Sauer, Professor for Material and Design, Weißensee Academy of Art, Berlin
Bob Hendrikx, Biodesigner, Founder Loop, Researcher TU Delft & MIT Media Lab Boston
Regine Rapp, Co-Director, Art Laboratory Berlin
Thomas Auer, Professor, TU München and Managing Director, Transsolar KlimaEngineering, Stuttgart
Friederike von Wedel-Parlow, Professor and Director, Beneficial Design Institute, Berlin

Discussion
moderated by Ilka Ruby, Ruby Press, Berlin