The Austrian Dietmar Eberle, visiting Professor at aac, and his practice Baumschlager & Eberle, are primarily associated with a residential timber development which is both innovative and traditional. In his lecture, Eberle focuses on the criteria that define sustainability, the criteria a building has to fulfil in order to merit being called sustainable in an economic and ecological sense. In this respect perhaps, the view ahead to technical advances is less important than contemplation of the past.

Date: Friday 12 September 2008, 20:00 hours
Venue: aac Planckstrasse 13, Hamburg-Altona

Prof. Dietmar Eberle
Dietmar Eberle was born in 1952. He studied at the Technical University in Vien-na/Austria. He has had his own architectural practice with Carlo Baumschlager since 1985. He taught in Hanover, Vienna, Linz, Zurich, New York and Darmstadt. In 1999, he was appointed Professor of Architecture at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) in Zurich/Switzerland and head of the ETH Center for Housing and Sustainable Urban Development.

www.baumschlager-eberle.com