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SUMMARY:Critical Mass: Mass-made units
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DESCRIPTION:Anupama Kundoo\, Baukje Trenning\, Susanne Mühlhaus\, AMUNT -
  Björn Martenson\, BLAF - Lieven Nijs\, HARQUITECTES\,\nAlready the 1st B
 ook of Moses\, 11th chapter\, records the call to use brick as stone\, ear
 th and resin as mortar and from it to build a city and a tower\, whose top
  would reach to heaven: A project which -as is well known- failed.  Howev
 er some of the eight kilograms mud bricks\, made of sandy-gray stone\, gra
 ss or straw and a type of bitumen\, are still preserved and refer to the l
 ong history of building with modular units. The size and shape of such man
 -made units allowed it\, that 300 years later\, after numerous destruction
 s and reconstructions\, Alexander the Great ordered to use the existing el
 ements to rebuild the tower. The reuse and rearrangement of rubble of such
  modular  elements is so evident and deeply inscribed in the “block” 
 itself that after `45 it even branded the term of the partly glorified “
 femmes des ruines”/“Trümmerfrauen”.\n\nEAST Laboratory invited inte
 rnational experts to contribute and discuss on the topic of man-made units
  as part of a longer ongoing research under the title critical mass. Unlik
 e the historic example the focus of this conference doesn’t lie on the b
 uilding height but on the sustainable use of this material\, tackling its 
 potential of innovation. By approaching this topic from  diverse cultural
 \, economical and technological standpoints the diverse panel of guests wi
 ll cast light on their experience and philosophy of such man-made units\, 
 going beyond the simple reuse of existing material.\n\nIn the end\, the ai
 m of the conference is the intellectual exchange with experts of different
  fields and nationalities\, attempting solutions and thoughts through a vi
 vid discussion. After all\,and more important in this challenging time\, t
 he greatest obstacle that prevented the construction of the Tower of Babel
  was the lack of communication and significant exchange.
LOCATION:https://epfl.zoom.us/j/62876829183?pwd=NFg5MHp1Z1JjMDRWQURZN0FDT2
 hNQT09
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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