Disputation: Johan Bettum

Johan Bettum is a professor of architecture and the programme director of the Architecture Class in the Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main. His main interests reside in the intersection between materials, geometry and advanced digital modelling. He is widely published on topics related to his doctoral research which also form the basis of the architectural projects in his practice Archi|Globe.

On December 4th, Bettum holds a trial lecture on the subject

Composites vs 'Skin and Bones': Tectonic deliberations 

and presents his PhD thesis 

“The Material Geometry of Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites and Architectural Tectonics. Towards a New Paradigm of Synthesis in Architectural Design”.

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Detailed program and more information is coming soon.