WEF19 | The Floor is Yours

By 2050, the rapid depletion of raw materials will leave the world without enough sand and steel to build in concrete. It is time to rethink the design and construction of buildings. At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, ETH Zurich's Block Research Group unveils a “functionally integrated floor system.” This novel architectural research demonstrates how historic geometrical designs and new technologies can result in lighter construction and significant savings in raw materials.
Read more:
The Floor is Yours: www.ethz.ch/en...
Block Research Group: www.block.arch...
Rethinking Design: www.ethz.ch/de...
Produced by Zurich University of the Arts, Cast / Audiovisual Media (cast.zhdk.ch).

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Dr. Matthias Rippmann
Matthias, very young and great teacher, passed away on Saturday, August 24, 2019. All of us who learned with his generous teachings will miss him.

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Oh, dear! He seemed very passionate. What happened?

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I had a pleasure to take a workshop with him in MIT in NOv 2017. RIP