The seminar will cover a range of topics, including:

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• Material Exploration: Investigating the properties and potential of willow as a modern construction material.

• Parametric Design: Utilizing advanced modeling tools to design and optimize willow structures.

• Sustainability: Assessing the carbon footprint and lifecycle of willow constructions.

• Solar Filtration: Designing willow structures to optimize natural light and shading.

• Structural Analysis: Examining the decomposition of tensile and compressive forces in willow assemblies.

• Building scale 1 for students: how can the intelligence of “the hand” be an integral part in the prospective search of an architect in his projects?

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In general, the workshop serves as a final moment of the bachelor years and should open to prospective elements that can open up new ways of conceiving architecture. It should also be a workshop that opens the perspective of the students on research as an integral part of the project, of their professional outlook and of their master years.

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For this, in parallel of the workshop, a lecture series will feature leading academics and practitioners who are pioneering the field of digital fabrication and natural material construction.

 

These sessions will provide insights into the latest research and innovations. The lecture series will serve also as a scientific seminar as a part of the ongoing research at LEAV on “experience/experimentation” by Dr. Stéphane Berthier and Klaas De Rycke.