Open call: designers for bio-based materials wanted!
This is an open call for creatives to work with us within the Building Based on Biobased project. For this, we are looking for 4 creatives from different disciplines (designers, (interior) architects, bio-engineers, ...). We want to work with creatives with a passion for biobased materials who would like to do research into new applications and possibilities in consultation with the various actors in the value chain.
In the BBoBB project, 16 partners from five countries in the North Sea region are working together to design, develop and strengthen value chains for the use of bio-based building materials. For the Kortrijk region, Designregio Kortrijk and UGent Campus Kortrijk are working together to shape the project. In a first phase of the project, we will map existing value chains and activities around bio-based building materials.
The task we describe in this call focuses on the second phase of the project which consists of 2 broad steps to get from crops to a final product.
1. In a first step, the properties of different crops will be investigated in detail to combine them with the necessary biological binders to eventually produce a semi-finished product.
2. In the second step, we start from these semi-finished products to develop concrete interior or building applications.
As a result of this process, design methodologies are developed and documented that can be distributed open-source so that others can also work with biobased building materials in a constructive and clear way.
For this assignment, we are looking for participants with different areas of expertise; (product, material, bio, ...) designers, (interior) architects, bio engineers, ... who want to participate in a learning process and also take control of this process and the different steps in detail to get from crop to final product. We are looking for 4 creatives who want to take up this challenge with us.
Photo: Zantman Architects
The task we describe in this call focuses on the second phase of the project which consists of 2 broad steps to get from crops to a final product.
1. In a first step, the properties of different crops will be investigated in detail to combine them with the necessary biological binders to eventually produce a semi-finished product.
2. In the second step, we start from these semi-finished products to develop concrete interior or building applications.
As a result of this process, design methodologies are developed and documented that can be distributed open-source so that others can also work with biobased building materials in a constructive and clear way.
For this assignment, we are looking for participants with different areas of expertise; (product, material, bio, ...) designers, (interior) architects, bio engineers, ... who want to participate in a learning process and also take control of this process and the different steps in detail to get from crop to final product. We are looking for 4 creatives who want to take up this challenge with us.
Photo: Zantman Architects
