Designing purposeful shifts in the material culture of production and use

Attendees of the 2nd Holcim Roundtable held in the Bibliothek Werner Oechslin. The library of the art and architectural historian Werner Oechslin consists of about 50,000 books with an emphasis is on primary sources about architecture and architectural theory, as well as other important subjects related to architecture, such as philosophy, mathematics, art, archaeology and history.

Experts from all continents at the 2nd Roundtable in Einsiedeln, Switzerland (l-r): Mark Swilling (South Africa), Marc Angélil (Switzerland), Susan Parnell (South Africa), Mark Jarzombek (USA), Sarah Nichols (Switzerland), Philippe Block (Switzerland), Reed Kroloff (USA), Shrashtant Patara (India), Guillaume Habert (France/Switzerland), Werner Oechslin (Switzerland), Harry Gugger (Switzerland), Dirk Hebel (Singapore/Switzerland), Xuemei Bai (Australia), Vivian Loftness (USA), Anna Heringer (Austria), Alejandro Aravena (Chile), John Fernandez (USA), Maarten Gielen (Belgium), and Michael Braungart (Germany/Netherlands).

Discussion during the 2nd Holcim Roundtable (l-r): Philippe Block, Structural Design Group, ETH Zurich (Switzerland); Alejandro Aravena, Elemental (Chile); Mark Jarzombek, History and Theory of Architecture, MIT (USA); and Michael Braungart, Cradle to Cradle, Rotterdam School of Management (Netherlands).

Discussion at the 2nd Holcim Roundtable (l-r): Guillaume Habert, Material Sciences and Sustainable Construction, ETH Zurich (Switzerland); Xuemei Bai, Urban Environment and Human Ecology, Australian National University (Australia); and Vivian Loftness, Environmental Design and Sustainability, Carnegie Mellon University (USA).

Attendees at the 2nd Roundtable (l-r): Maarten Gielen, Rotor (Belgium); Mark Jarzombek, History and Theory of Architecture, MIT (USA); and Michael Braungart, Cradle to Cradle, Rotterdam School of Management (Netherlands).

Workshop session during the 2nd Holcim Roundtable (l-r): Alejandro Aravena, Elemental (Chile); Maarten Gielen, Rotor (Belgium); and Mark Jarzombek, History and Theory of Architecture, MIT (USA).

2nd Holcim Roundtable (l-r): Moderator Reed Kroloff, former Director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum (USA) and Marc Angélil, Head Academic Committee of the Holcim Foundation (Switzerland).

2nd Holcim Roundtable (l-r): Xuemei Bai, Urban Environment and Human Ecology, Australian National University (Australia); Vivian Loftness, Environmental Design and Sustainability, Carnegie Mellon University (USA); Shrashtant Patara, Development Alternatives (India); and (back to camera) Guillaume Habert, Material Sciences and Sustainable Construction, ETH Zurich (Switzerland).