Kontakte – Das Jahrbuch der KIT-Fakultät für Architektur 2023

RoofKIT
RoofKIT is a lighthouse project that combines the traditional
and contemporary view of architecture in times of climate
change and resource scarcity. The project is one of the
contributions to the SDE 21-22, which was awarded and
held in Wuppertal in 2021. Among the possible design tasks
of a gap development, an extension or an addition of a
storey, the Karlsruhe team RoofKIT decided on the addition.
Concrete methods shown in the built prototype
are the pure use of materials and building components as
well as reuse and recycling in construction. All components
are joined together in such a way that they can be easily dismantled
in the future without destruction or loss of quality.
The prototype which is a small part of the whole building
concept consists of four prefabricated wooden modules that
could be assembled on site within one day.
All openings are made with storage windows,
which were e.g. left over from previous productions. Compostable
materials such as old and new wood, sheep’s wool
felt and natural clay meet recycled materials made from
yoghurt pots, broken glass pieces and waste cellulose. In the
facade, reused wood is screwed on a subconstruction which
is painted with a biobased mycelium glaze.
The building prototype was dismantled in Wuppertal
without producing any waste or destruction and
then set up again on the KIT Campus in Karlsruhe. The aim
here is to show an interested public how future-oriented
building and living in the city can already be reconciled
and implemented with resource and climate protection.
RoofKIT shows how a paradigm shift from a linear to a circular
understanding of building can succeed and lead to
a radical rethinking of construction.
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