The exhibition “Circular Materials – raw material or residue?” in the Architekturhaus Salzburg focuses on the great potential of natural resources. Concrete examples show how the “material cycle” can be closed and sustainable production made possible. The exhibition by the Department of Design & Green Engineering at the FH Salzburg, which opened on November 14th, can be seen until February 2025.
“Discover innovations and inspiration for a circular future” is the motto of the exhibition at Architekturhaus Salzburg. The exhibition is a cooperation between the Architecture Initiative and the FH Salzburg, Department of Design & Green Engineering at the Kuchl Campus. © FH Salzburg/Neumayr
The Expo at Architekturhaus Salzburg presents innovative approaches to creating sustainable material cycles. Materials that today often have to be thermally recycled or even disposed of at high cost are used as a basis for new, circular materials and products. The focus is on the responsible use of natural resources, which are returned to the material cycle using advanced technologies.
“With applicable research, we are moving from the laboratory at the Kuchl Knowledge Campus towards an exhibition at the Architecture Initiative. The results are intended to inspire, inform and motivate the transformation of product and building culture towards circular material cycles,” explains Michael Ebner, head of department at the Kuchl campus and curator of the exhibition.
In addition to wood as a well-known regional resource, the exhibition focuses on numerous other raw materials and residues from agriculture and forestry. These include materials such as straw, mallow, bark, cellulose, spent grains and extractive substances such as tannin, lignin, oils, waxes, casein, starch and mushrooms. “It’s not about asceticism and renunciation, but about enthusiasm and the departure into a future worth living,” emphasizes Ebner.
Residues as a valuable resource
Roman Höllbacher, artistic director of the Architecture Initiative, affirms: “Handling existing resources responsibly is more than ever the imperative of our time. We can’t pretend we don’t know that this planet only exists once and its resources are finite. The exhibition ‘circular materials’ is based on these facts and provides insights into current research projects and results at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, which deal with nature in various aspects.”
Residues are still thrown away carelessly. They are now being discovered as valuable resources in materials research. At the same time, it is about the development of material and economic cycles that replace one-dimensional throwing away with a circular economy. Höllbacher: “Research is part of the transformation that we as a society are in the middle of. The other is the behavior of people themselves. With the exhibition we want to show concrete examples of how the development towards a circular economy does not hurt us all, but is good for us and our planet.”
Innovative approaches, lectures and workshops
The exhibition also offers the general public exciting insights into the future of sustainable materials. Visitors are invited to experience the innovative approaches up close and learn more about the challenges and opportunities of a circular economy.
As part of the exhibition you will also find Lectures and workshops instead: The topics range from 3D printing with bio-based materials, the use of tree bark in the insulation of buildings to innovative material development.
Opening hours of the exhibition “Circular Materials – raw material or residue”
Tuesday – Friday, 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m
Exhibition duration:
Friday, November 15, 2024 – Friday, February 28, 2025
(Closed December 21, 2024 – January 13, 2025)
Free admission!
Location: Initiative Architektur, Sinnhubstraße 3, 5020 Salzburg
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Exhibition ‘Circular Materials’
The exhibition circular materials – raw material or residue? draws attention to the great potential of natural resources and the strategies in biogenic research to develop processes that are in harmony with nature. From November 15, 2024 in the Architekturhaus Salzburg.
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