Svenja Binz — Natural Building Lab

Svenja Binz

Svenja studied architecture and urban design at the TU Berlin, UPC Barcelona and GJU Amman between 2011 – 2018. Her main interests are sustainability and resilience in architecture, writing, Berlin mimosa and camping.

Ex-NBLers

Beehive

Earth Construction, Installation, Seminar

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”.
Lehmbau Hands On

Earth Construction, Installation, Seminar

Lehmbautechniken wie Lehmziegel, Wellerlehm und Stampflehm gehören zu den ältesten der Menschheit bekannten Bauweisen und sind auch in der heutigen hoch technisierten Bauwirtschaft von großer Bedeutung. Insbesondere im Kontext von Klimawandel und Ressourcenknappheit muss der Lehmbau einen höheren Stellenwert in der Architekturausbildung und -praxis erhalten. In dem Blockseminar werden die theoretischen und praktischen Grundlagen für die Anwendung von Lehmbautechniken anhand einer Reihe von 1:1-Projekten vermittelt.