Um die Aufenthaltsqualität auf dem Platz zu verbessern und damit auch die Innenstadt Ost attraktiv weiterzuentwickeln, war es ein Anliegen des KIT und der Stadt Karlsruhe, den entsprechenden Bedarf an Möblierung und Beschattung durch einen kreativen und innovativen Ansatz im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojekts am KIT zu lösen. Als Resultat entstand komorebi.

The ReSidence research demonstrator introduces a hybrid structural system that promotes a circular local bio-economy. By establishing closed material loops, the project addresses key challenges in the construction sector, reducing waste while extending the use of renewable materials.

Happy to have our colleague David Andersson Largueche present our most recent paper on our project The ReGrow Timber Canopy at the Design Modelling Symposium in Kassel.

At "Design and Construction”, a design task will be developed in collaboration with students of the faculty of Civil Engineering. The designs tasks will be developed in mixed groups. The aim of this course is to train students from both disciplines on an interdisciplinary spectrum.

The students are able to use the building material wood and its derived products appropriately in construction and are aware of possible issues caused by the hygroscopic, anisotropic, heterogeneous, and biological properties of wood. 

The module Structural Engineering teaches the fundamental functions and modes of action of the essential different structures as well as the importance of structural design in the architectural design process in terms of form, function, sustainability and design.

In the Building & Structure seminar the functional and effective modes of structural design are examined in more detail, especially with the specific study of the applicability of the materials timber, steel and concrete.