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SUMMARY:CESS Seminar: Building with mushrooms
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Lars De Laet\, Department of Architectural Engineering\
 , Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Belgium)\nAbstract:\nThe construction indu
 stry is the largest consumer of natural resources worldwide and\, moreover
 \, responsible for the largest waste flows in Europe. The research conduct
 ed by professor Lars De Laet and his colleagues from the VUB Architectural
  Engineering research group aims to contribute to reducing the constructio
 n industry's environmental footprint. During his lecture\, Lars will prese
 nt how they work towards these objectives by focusing on new design method
 ologies\, by developing efficient structural systems and by investigating 
 new biomaterials based on fungi.\n\nBio: \nLars De Laet is Associate Prof
 essor at the Department of Architectural Engineering at the Vrije Universi
 teit Brussel\, Belgium\, where he was appointed in October 2013 as profess
 or to conduct research in the field of architectural and structural design
  of resource efficient structures.\n\nBeing educated as an architectural e
 ngineer\, Lars develops with his team lightweight structures\, biological 
 building materials and computer-assisted design methods for sustainable ar
 chitecture and infrastructure. They develop computational tools for struct
 ural design and form finding\, and focus on full-scale prototyping employi
 ng new (bio)materials\, digital and robotic fabrication technologies and l
 arge-scale experimental testing.\n\nLars is involved in national and Europ
 ean research projects. He was co-chair of the European COST-Action on ‘N
 ovel Structural Skins’ and is a member of various international associat
 ions\, such as the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structu
 res (IASS) and TensiNet. In addition\, Lars has been vice-chair of the boa
 rd of directors of the VUB\, where he is currently a member of the univers
 ity council. Lars has been elected in 2019 as a member of the Young Academ
 y\, part of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts.
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