At the Central German Architects' Conference in Apolda, experts will be discussing the potential of regional raw materials as building materials. "We have a lot of fields here and we have a lot of clay soils in central Germany, which we absolutely have to make use of," said Ines M. Jauck, President of the Thuringian Chamber of Architects, before the start of the symposium.
There is already a lot of thought and research into the use of regional and renewable materials in construction, but more practical examples are needed. "Straw as an insulating material is well known. However, the conference will also focus on a project by the Bauhaus University Weimar with a new load-bearing straw building material," says Jauck. Above all, she also sees financial savings opportunities if building materials can come directly from the field instead of long distances from abroad.
