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\nMeet Hannes Mayer on Wednesday, March 18, for his end-of-residency presentation<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_button border_width=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”188124″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffondationmartell.recreatex.be%2FExhibitions%2FOverview%3Flanguage%3DFR|”]Register[\/vc_button][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h4″ text_size=”h4″ text_weight=”500″ text_transform=”uppercase” uncode_shortcode_id=”148808″ el_class=”single__subtitle”]The New Staves[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”157498″]Biography<\/strong>
\nIn a time of rapid specialization, Hannes Mayer builds bridges between academia and practice, between reflection and making, between science, art, and architecture.
\nCombining his expertise in digital technologies with a deep interest in natural resources, he develops projects where traditional construction methods and cutting-edge technologies contribute to an ecological architecture of unprecedented beauty.
\nFrom 2016 to 2022, he led Gramazio Kohler Research<\/em> at ETH Z\u00fcrich, a leading research group in robotics and digital technologies in architecture, and directed the Master of Advanced Studies program in Architecture and Digital Fabrication. Based on this research, he curated exhibitions exploring the digital future of construction.<\/p>\n

Reasearch Projet conducted at the Foundation <\/strong>
\nDuring his residency, Hannes aims to make use of the abundant local resources of oak offcuts (used in local cooperages) and to demonstrate\u2014through a building\u2011scale prototype\u2014how these small wooden elements can be transformed into resources for an ecological form of architecture.
\nThis type of architecture combines vernacular expertise, local material flows, and advanced 3D computational design methods. The goal is to address a critical gap in the region\u2019s material cycle and to bring advanced design knowledge into the local construction culture.<\/p>\n

Results of the residency<\/strong>
\nDuring his residency, Hannes visited cooperages in the Cognac region and discovered their production techniques. The resource they use (Limousin oak) is harvested for its best parts, while the rest becomes low\u2011value waste (often used as fuel).
\nBy collecting non\u2011compliant staves and wood scraps, he uses a 3D app projected in space to virtually construct a micro\u2011architecture and determine piece formats and assembly volumes.
\nIn doing so, he brings together local know\u2011how and resources with technologies imported from high\u2011tech research laboratories.<\/p>\n

Inclusion in Labo Almanach<\/strong>
\nHannes Mayer\u2019s work is highly contextual: it requires local resources (here, deposits of wood scraps and downgraded staves) as well as a site for building a micro\u2011architecture demonstrator and mediation tool (an architectural structure located on the Fondation Martell site).
\nHis use of technology combines semi\u2011artisanal appropriations of software with high\u2011level computational needs.
\nThis project aligns with a strategy for identifying waste streams in a region where barrel production is an intensive industry, yet whose material reuse remains underdeveloped. In this sense, the architect\u2019s sensitive approach\u2014combined with a thoughtful use of technology\u2014proposes an alternative pathway for small\u2011scale local construction<\/p>\n

Resources involved<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Incon.ai, Zurich, Switzerland (augmented reality application)
\n\u2022 Tonnellerie Martell at Lign\u00e8res, Rouillac (expertise and supplier of staves)
\n\u2022 Tonnellerie Taransaud, Merpins (supplier of stave trimmings)
\n\u2022 Tournerie du Verron, Rouillac (production of wooden dowels and reclaimed oak nails)
\n\u2022 Gael Pernot, Architecte, Cognac (local ecosystem)
\n\u2022 Joseph Peeters (wood construction advisor)<\/p>\n

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