dieDAS
walk + talk 2020 program

Our fall 2020 dieDAS walk + talk weekend was a hybrid event. In response to the pandemic, we welcomed a selection of guests to our campus in person while at the same time presenting a robust virtual conference.

Exploring to the theme “Farming Materials’ Ecologies: From Uncomfortable Pasts to Responsible Futures,” our four inaugural fellows were on campus the week prior to collaborate; the research and results of their on-the-ground work were a key part of our walk + talk digital presentations and discussions. Topics ranged from designing a sustainable future to master crafts and materials survival, as well as past, present, and future material ecologies.

Our digital conversations and presentations featured an esteemed set of contributors, including:

Glenn Adamson, Curator, Writer and Historian, Brooklyn
Christian Benimana, Senior Principal & Managing Director MASS Design Group, Kigali
Adib Dada, Founder of theOtherDada Regenerative Consultancy & Architecture , Beirut
Anna Heringer, Architect and Hon. Prof. UNESCO Chair for Earthen Architecture, Building Cultures and Sustainable Development, Laufen
Prof. Dr. h.c. Ákos Moravánszky, Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture at ETH Zurich

Alice Rawsthorn, Design Critic and Author, London
Prof. Daniela Spiegel, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Dessau
Celine Vogt, Strategic Relationships Manager, Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship, Geneva
Prof. Sarah M. Whiting, Dean and Josep Lluís Sert Professor of Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge