Lecture Series: Materials Turnaround 26/27
The construction sector is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, waste generation, raw material and energy consumption. The building turnaround that needs to be brought about is directly linked to a material turnaround. On the one hand, the substitution of mineral building materials by natural and secondary building materials is crucial for this, on the other hand strategies of sufficiency and resource efficiency to enable the long overdue transformation in the construction industry.
The lecture series „Material Turnaround“ will explain, among other things, the meaning and principles of sustainable action, demonstrate alternatives to the use of mineral building materials, and teach the basics of circular design and construction. The lecture series takes place as a cooperation between the Natural Building Lab (Technical University of Berlin), the Chair of Architecture and Wood Construction (Technical University of Munich) and the Chair of Sustainable Building (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). This initiative helps to raise awareness for sustainable building methods in order to successfully implement the goals of the building turnaround.
Participating professorships:
Architektur und Holzbau (ATC), Technische Universität München
Nachhaltiges Bauen (IEB), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Natural Building Lab (NBL), Technische Universität Berlin
Tuesdays, 03.45 – 05.15 pm per Zoom
(Link for Zoom is in Ilias-Course)
First Meeting: 20.10.2026
