From Fibers and Yarns to Scaffolds and Skins
Architectures of Weaving builds a bridge between architecture and textiles by examining fibre-based architectures on different scales from the micro-level of biological systems to the macro-level of textile and built constructions.
Image gallery
Aedes Galerie und ANCB, Prenzlauer Berg
The book forms the starting point for an interdisciplinary discussion on the potentials of "textile thinking" for a new and more sustainable approach to materials.
PROGRAMME
Welcome:
- Dunya Bouchi, Managing Director, ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, Berlin
Introduction by the editorial team of Architectures of Weaving:
- Prof. Christiane Sauer, Architect and Professor of Material Design, Weißensee Academy of Fine Arts Berlin
- Ebba Fransén Waldhör, artist, designer, lecturer at the HfG Karlsruhe
- Dr. Mareike Stoll, literary scholar, photo historian, scientific advisor Matters of Activity
Interdisciplinary discussion with members of the Matters of Activity research cluster:
- Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Fratzl, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Department of Biomaterials, Co-Director of the Matters of Activity Cluster of Excellence.
- Dr Lorenzo Guiducci, materials scientist specialising in biomechanics, Humboldt University Berlin
- Prof. Dr. Regine Hengge, Professor of Microbiology, Humboldt University Berlin
- Dr. Heike Illing-Günther, Managing Director of the Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI)
- Dr. Karin Krauthausen, Literature and Cultural Studies, Humboldt University Berlin
- Prof. Christiane Sauer, Professor of Material Design, Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin
Presenters: Ebba Fransén Waldhör and Dr Mareike Stoll
Wednesday, 25.01.2023, 6:30 pm
Location: ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory
Christinenstr. 18-19
10119 Berlin
Registration: www.eventbrite.de
(Program in German)
