ENAC Seminar Series by Prof. Mio Tsuneyama
Event details
| Date | 09.05.2023 |
| Hour | 13:30 › 14:30 |
| Speaker | Prof. Mio Tsuneyama |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
13:30-14:30- Prof. Mio Tsuneyama
Visiting Professor, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
URBAN WILD ECOLOGY -Coexist with Waste and Soil
Humanity over-consumes natural resources by 1.75 Earths and has an ecological footprint in excess of its biocapacity. Building materials are originally natural resources and discarded construction waste destroys ecosystems. The impact of architecture on the global environment is therefore significant and direct. In order to face these issues, it is necessary to look at architecture not as a building in isolation, but in a complex network from resources to disposal. The definition of heritage in the field of architecture has changed over time and should now diversify along with the role played by architectural design. The role of heritage is to find objects of crucial to the architectural activities of the time and to value them in order to pass them on to the next generation. If architecture is seen as part of an ecological cycle, the soil and empty houses (urban waste) can be positioned as a heritage to be passed on to the future. The fungal micro-organisms in the soil produce the oxygen and grow food, which are necessary to sustain our life. In cities, however, most soil is covered by asphalt and concrete and is in a necrotic state. We have a responsibility to pass on a healthy soil environment, the substratum of life, to future generations, and we need to fundamentally rethink the way cities are built and the way buildings are constructed. We can also design new material flows if we view vacant houses not as objects to be demolished, but as valuable resources. Valuing urban waste as a heritage asset that can be utilised in a variety of ways will help to reduce the environmental damage caused by resource exploitation and disposal. Urban Wild Ecology finds value in neglected objects. It is an attempt to reconnect urban living to the ecology by restoring wildness to coexist with other species.
Short bio:
Mio Tsuneyama (born 1983) is a Japanese architect and founder of Studio mnm. She began her architectural studies at Tokyo University of Science (TUS) and graduated from the EPFL in 2008 as Swiss Government International Scholarships student. She served as an intern at Bonhôte Zapata Architectes Genève, from 2005 to 2006 and worked as an architect at HHF Architects in Basel from 2008 to 2012. Following her return to Japan, she has taught at TUS as assistant professor and lecturer since 2013. In 2022, she was invited to teach as guest professor at EPFL. Her work has been presented at the Japanese Pavilion in the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, among others.
Visiting Professor, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
URBAN WILD ECOLOGY -Coexist with Waste and Soil
Humanity over-consumes natural resources by 1.75 Earths and has an ecological footprint in excess of its biocapacity. Building materials are originally natural resources and discarded construction waste destroys ecosystems. The impact of architecture on the global environment is therefore significant and direct. In order to face these issues, it is necessary to look at architecture not as a building in isolation, but in a complex network from resources to disposal. The definition of heritage in the field of architecture has changed over time and should now diversify along with the role played by architectural design. The role of heritage is to find objects of crucial to the architectural activities of the time and to value them in order to pass them on to the next generation. If architecture is seen as part of an ecological cycle, the soil and empty houses (urban waste) can be positioned as a heritage to be passed on to the future. The fungal micro-organisms in the soil produce the oxygen and grow food, which are necessary to sustain our life. In cities, however, most soil is covered by asphalt and concrete and is in a necrotic state. We have a responsibility to pass on a healthy soil environment, the substratum of life, to future generations, and we need to fundamentally rethink the way cities are built and the way buildings are constructed. We can also design new material flows if we view vacant houses not as objects to be demolished, but as valuable resources. Valuing urban waste as a heritage asset that can be utilised in a variety of ways will help to reduce the environmental damage caused by resource exploitation and disposal. Urban Wild Ecology finds value in neglected objects. It is an attempt to reconnect urban living to the ecology by restoring wildness to coexist with other species.
Short bio:
Mio Tsuneyama (born 1983) is a Japanese architect and founder of Studio mnm. She began her architectural studies at Tokyo University of Science (TUS) and graduated from the EPFL in 2008 as Swiss Government International Scholarships student. She served as an intern at Bonhôte Zapata Architectes Genève, from 2005 to 2006 and worked as an architect at HHF Architects in Basel from 2008 to 2012. Following her return to Japan, she has taught at TUS as assistant professor and lecturer since 2013. In 2022, she was invited to teach as guest professor at EPFL. Her work has been presented at the Japanese Pavilion in the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, among others.
Practical information
- General public
- Invitation required
- This event is internal
Organizer
- ENAC
Contact
- Clivia Waldvogel & Sarah Feller