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The next chapter in our design-based research format »Unbuilding Group«: a 14-meter glulam truss — more than 110 years old and originally fabricated by Thuringian timber pioneer Otto Hetzer — was carefully prepared to travel to the campus of @fherfurt_architektur for further steps. Students from #speni assisted in demounting and securing the structure to work with it on our experimental outside premises.
After carefully dismantling and developing of a concept for logistics, this recovery from the future »ICE City« construction site in Erfurt was realized with the generous support of @deutschebahn . Lifted by crane and secured for transport, the physical dislocation of our truss now marks the start of the upcoming second phase of our teaching format »Prosthesis« – as material witness, object of inquiry, and collaborator.
The project is developed in close dialogue with our associate researchers @anna_bajanova (@udkberlin ) and @jenscasper from the @unbuildinggroup, a collaborative format within and beyond SPENI to rethink construction as a process of ongoing transformation — circular, layered, and interdependent. Thanks to everyone involved for the sensitive handling of material and machines.
»Unbuilding is the other half of building.« — Keller Easterling
Image Credits: Marian Bötzl, @speculativeengineering
Project Credits: Marian Bötzl, David Fiedler, Ingo Naegle, Jan Reichenhardt, Hannah Riethmueller, Christiane Siebert, Sara Javadi, Masoud Kamalimajd, Julian Lieser, Annalena Sass, Matthias Schott (Students); Lea-Sophie Krueger, Maximilian Malz, Hanna Staebler (Tutors); Joerg Behrens, Moritz Mosch (Documentation); Anna Bajanova, Frank Bauer, Jens Casper, Markus Lager (Direction)
#unbuilding #prosthesis #timberheritage #ottohetzer #reclaimedtimber #circularbuilding #sustainableconstruction #designresearch #speni #fhearchitektur @fherfurt_architektur #timberarchitecture #digitalfabrication #handsontools #bauwende @holz21regio #dbkarriere #wastewood #repairculture #manufacturing
After carefully dismantling and developing of a concept for logistics, this recovery from the future »ICE City« construction site in Erfurt was realized with the generous support of @deutschebahn . Lifted by crane and secured for transport, the physical dislocation of our truss now marks the start of the upcoming second phase of our teaching format »Prosthesis« – as material witness, object of inquiry, and collaborator.
The project is developed in close dialogue with our associate researchers @anna_bajanova (@udkberlin ) and @jenscasper from the @unbuildinggroup, a collaborative format within and beyond SPENI to rethink construction as a process of ongoing transformation — circular, layered, and interdependent. Thanks to everyone involved for the sensitive handling of material and machines.
»Unbuilding is the other half of building.« — Keller Easterling
Image Credits: Marian Bötzl, @speculativeengineering
Project Credits: Marian Bötzl, David Fiedler, Ingo Naegle, Jan Reichenhardt, Hannah Riethmueller, Christiane Siebert, Sara Javadi, Masoud Kamalimajd, Julian Lieser, Annalena Sass, Matthias Schott (Students); Lea-Sophie Krueger, Maximilian Malz, Hanna Staebler (Tutors); Joerg Behrens, Moritz Mosch (Documentation); Anna Bajanova, Frank Bauer, Jens Casper, Markus Lager (Direction)
#unbuilding #prosthesis #timberheritage #ottohetzer #reclaimedtimber #circularbuilding #sustainableconstruction #designresearch #speni #fhearchitektur @fherfurt_architektur #timberarchitecture #digitalfabrication #handsontools #bauwende @holz21regio #dbkarriere #wastewood #repairculture #manufacturing
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