Biobased

By Margaux, 19 April, 2021

338 HEN and 351 MOC published in A+

In a recent issue dedicated to rethinking the role of craftsmanship in architecture, A+ magazine features an article by architect Élodie Degavre exploring the idea of the Architect as Bricoleur as a promising approach to the profession. The piece draws on two projects developed by Karbon’: the Maison d’Henneyères, which embraces a craft-based construction imaginary and foregrounds the value of know-how, and an experimental wood-and-straw mock-up created for the Thinking-Making academic symposium

By Margaux, 18 February, 2020

Mock-Up

On the occasion of the Thinking-Making symposium organised by the ULB and the ULg, Karbon' proposed the ‘reflexive assembly’ of a 1:1 scale model, exploring a construction system with a wooden and straw frame developed by the craftsman carpenter Gautier Nagant. This mock-up was a life-size experiment, a moment when the act of building is shared to bring out new knowledge.

By Margaux, 19 November, 2019

C.I.II.III.IV.A Talks: Beyond passive architecture

Converging views of Jean Souviron who will discuss the environmental history of insulating glazing, Géry Leloutre and Alessandro Pontara who will present their implementation of biobased materials and general reduction of the building’s grey energy. Together with Emilie Gobbo, they will debate on sustainable construction, beyond passive architecture, and discuss construction waste as a design matter.

Biobased