Team Dis+Ko ist ein junges Kollektiv aus 8 Landschafts­architekt*innen und Architekt*innen aus Berlin.

Earth building techniques such as earth bricks, cobb, rammed earth, and wattle & daub are among the oldest building methods known to mankind and are still of great importance in today’s highly technologised building industry. Due to its potential for life-cycle construction and its positive effect on interior room climate, earthen materials offer considerable advantages to architects and clients. In the seminar we will learn the theoretical and practical basics for the application of earth building materials using different techniques. As part of a cooperation with Gropius Bau and artist Kerstin Brätsch, we will explore potential applications for these construction techniques in the context of a planned intervention in Gropius Bau in Spring 2025 in the form of large-scale prototypes and mock-up finishes 

Forschungsprojekt der TU Berlin zur Entwicklung innovativer Tragsysteme durch Wiederverwertung von Rohstoffen im Rahmen des Reallabor “Neubau Museums-Pavillon der TU-Berlin”. Die Bearbeitung des Vorhabens erfolgt durch interdisziplinäres Konsortium unterschiedlicher Institute und Fachgebiete der TU Berlin.

Das Forschungsvorhaben upMIN100 untersucht in einem interdisziplinären Konsortium aus Wissenschaftler*innen, Planenden und Beteiligten der Baupraxis ob und zu welchen Anteilen mineralische Bau- und Abbruchabfälle der Feinfraktion (< 2 mm), die überwiegend deponiert werden, als Ausgangsstoffe in Lehmbaustoffen Anwendung finden können.

As part of the exhibition YOYI! Care, Repair, Heal in Gropius Bau, 30 students from Natural Building Lab realised the Bee Hive - an 8m diameter dome, constructed from bamboo and earth - as a setting to exhibit films from artist Tabita Rezaire. The exhibition features perspectives from 25 artists on the entangled themes of care, repair and healing. Tabita’s works - including Singing Bee Garden (2021) - focus on how local, scientific and spiritual knowledge is handed down through generations and the installation should invite visitors to “rest within the womb of the earth”.

The transformation to a post-fossil future will require change on all scales. We believe that the next generation of architects have a key role to play in defining how we respond to the huge challenges posed by climate change and the increasing social costs of maintaining our global urban lifestyle.