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Circular, low-processed clay-based materials – with their minimal CO2 emissions – have the potential to replace high-emission, high-strength materials in numerous building components. Yet, these materials are rarely available in the Norwegian market. How can we change that?
In the Oslo area, clean, clay-rich materials constitute a significant portion of construction and demolition waste. Every year, millions of tonnes of this waste end up in landfills. However, a substantial fraction can be repurposed as valuable building material, freeing up landfill space and reducing the need to extract virgin resources.
During the seminar, you will discover how clay-rich materials from local waste can be transformed into valuable resources. We will explore unburnt clay’s role as a natural binder – produced without high-temperature processes and the associated CO2 emissions – and showcase its versatile, reversible properties that pave the way for circular building practices and zero-emission buildings.
Programme
This open forum brings together experts to share cutting-edge research, creative design solutions, and practical applications of unburnt clay. Join us for a day filled with engaging discussions and inspiring insights!
8.30–9.00: Introduction
- 8.30: Meet and greet
- 9.00: Welcome
9.15–10.10: Surplus Masses – Legal Framework and Governance
- 9.15: The Need for Dirt
- Erlend Seilskjær from FutureBuilt
- 9.30: Innovative Clay Building Materials in Germany
- Ipek Ølcum from Industriverband Lehmbaustoffe
- 9.45: Potentials for decarbonization of new built construction in Denmark
- by Stig Hessellund from Realdania
- 10.00: Bridging the Circularity Gap
- Alexander Christiansen from Circular Norway
- 10.10: Q&A
10.25: Break
10.40–12.00: Circular Potential
- 10.40: Circular Prototyping: Critical Mass
- Lina Broström from AHO
- 10:55: Transforming Waste into Circular Clay: Innovations from SFI-EarthresQue
- Gudny Okkenhaug from NGI at NMBU, SFI-EarthresQue
- 11.10: Lisa Lavatelli and Sigurdur Gunnarsson from Asplan Viak.
- 10.25: "Utnyttelse av Konsekvensmasser"
- Tore Saltermark from Franzefoss Pukk.
- 11:40 Q&A
12:00 Lunch break
12.40–13.40: Material Capacities
- 12.40: Regenerative Composites
- Andrea Pinochet from AHO
- 12.55: Verifying and certifying virgin and surplus earth across landscapes
- Maxwell Rodencal from Raw Studio and Cornell University
- 13.10: More Than Just Clay
- Marwa Dabaieh from Malmö University
- 13.25: Standardisation of Unfired Clay as a Building Material
- Johan Jönsson from Brukspecialisten and SIS
- 13.40: Q&A
14.00: Break
14:15–16:00: Prototyping
- 14.15: Clay Hut
- Tine Hegli from AHO
- 14.30: Earth Perspectives
- Simeon Bamford from Reværk Arkitektur
- 14.55: Automated Compressed Earth Elements
- Niels Brix from Region Hovedstaden and DTU
- 15.10: The link between traditional and contemporary
- Kristian Møystad Bjørnland from NJH
- 15.25: Mineral Praxis
- Matthew Dalziel from Matera
- 15.40: Q&A
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