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22Aug/09

095 insupoo exhibition

22/08/2009ausstellung / exhibitionsheep manure, forschung, 095, research, energy, jan schabert, energie, günther & schabert, wärmedämmung, dämmung, ausstellung, exhibition, cardiff, thermal insulation systemguenther und schabert

product presentation in queens arcade, cardiff/wales in august 2009

the one-week exhibition in cardiffs queens arcade closed on this saturday after being visited by hundreds of visitors, though insupoo could only be shown in two small samples. finished with a variety of surface-treatments [tung-oil, carnauba-wax, silicate] the optic, haptic, thermal and oleofactoric properties of insupoo could be put into practise for the first time in wales/uk.

the enormous intrest in this new material received very good feedback which proofed its market potential.

[the exhibition is curated by elys john, cardiff]

20Mrz/07

071 brick – the exhibition

20/03/2007ausstellung / exhibitionenergy, ausstellung, energie, exhibition, thermal insulation system, nachhaltigkeit, 071, solarenergie, ±brick, solar energy, forschung, solar brick, research, ekwc, jan schabert, brick, günther & schabert, Groot Handelsgebouw, architekturusw, thermal insulation, architekturguenther und schabert

BRICK – the exhibition

On 24 May 2007, the exhibition ‘Brick’ will open at the Groot Handelsgebouw in Rotterdam during the manifestation Rotterdam 2007, City of Architecture. The exhibition will highlight the results of the Brick project that was carried out over a three-year period at the European Ceramic Workcentre. The architecture project Brick was aimed at product innovation. The .ekwc wanted to stimulate the technical and artistic development of the manufacture and application of brick as a construction material. Architects, designers and artists from both the Netherlands and abroad have been working on the development of a new type of brick since 2005. The .ekwc expects to be able to use this to provide a new stimulus to the application of brick and subsequently the ‘brick appearance’ of the Netherlands. The underlying goal is that the centre wishes to demonstrate that input from various disciplines (architecture, art and design) can provide an additional impetus to the desired development.

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19Feb/07

071 ±brick: bau- & fassadesystem

19/02/2007werk / oeuvre, forschung / researcharchitektur, energy, thermal insulation system, energie, keramik, 071, solarenergie, ±brick, solar energy, solar brick, bausystem, martina günther, ekwc, jan schabert, wienerberger, günther & schabert, european keramik work center, architekturusw, thermal insulationguenther und schabert

»I was never really interested in brick«, says Jan Schabert (1967): »A dull material that swallows up quite a lot of energy in production. But still, the extruded bricks with large air tubes do contain acceptable isolation qualities.« It brought him to the idea to develop a brick that does not only contain excellent isolation qualities, but can also adopt other architectural and climatological functions.
It marks the approach by the German architect who collaborates with his colleague Martina Günther under the name »Architectur und so weiter« (Architecture and so on). The name especially illustrates their broad approach, which is not limited to the design of buildings and interiors, but is also aimed at doing research and developing concepts. Both architects completed a course in architecture at the Technical University of Munich and have a broad interest in ecological designs.

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