Special shows at BAU 2011

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The key themes at BAU – Sustainable building, Building for Life, Research and Innovation, Education and Training – will be presented in a series of special exhibitions where visitors can experience close-up a range of materials, techniques and systems. It is an opportunity to find out about current research efforts and their findings, and to discover which challenges are still to be overcome.

The special show that was put on by ift Rosenheim, a German research and testing institute, sets out how windows, facades and doors can play their part in achieving innovative energy-plus houses and sustainable buildings. Planners, home-owners and investors can gather professional and product-neutral information on technology, the future challenges and the certification requirements that are so important for investment decisions.

The exhibits of leading manufacturers demonstrate what future-proof technology can look like and what possibilities are presented by mechatronic components.

Using the building components on display, the criteria for sustainability are explained. The objective is to identify how to achieve the technical values needed as a basis for certification (DGNB, LEED, BREEAM).

Just what this looks like in practice, and what it involves in terms of design, products and materials, will be presented at BAU in cooperation with GGT Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gerontotechnik.

Using a model of a house, designed especially for BAU, this exhibition will show how to design and build houses and the living environment so that they remain usable for all the inhabitants, whatever their ages or physical capabilities. Building for life is a subject that is increasing in significance.

That is the title of a special show being put on by the Fraunhofer Building Innovation Alliance that will feature 16 innovations from building research.

It will allow visitors attending BAU 2011 to examine buildings and their components systematically – from materials, structural elements, rooms and buildings to entire housing developments – and allow them to gather information about the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft's latest products and system solutions in the categories "intelligent planning", "intelligent building" and "intelligent use". From parametric planning to innovative materials and joining techniques, damage diagnostics and air conditioning, Fraunhofer City will give visitors a look at the solutions of the future.

A number of spectacular buildings featuring foils and membranes have attracted attention to their use in architecture. The tented roof over the Olympic Stadium in Munich, built in the 1970s, is one famous example.

A more recent example is the roof over the Allianz Arena in Munich, completed in 2005. The local football club, FC Bayern, plays its games here. This roof, or envelope, consists of 1,056 air-filled 'pillows' made from just 0.2 mm thick ETFE foil.

In day-to-day applications, however, tensile and foil products are little used. BAU is therefore highlighting this innovative style of architecture, and presenting innovative products, in a special show entitled 'Tensile Architecture'. The surrounding exhibition space is designed as a torus comprising 12 individual segments. Innovative manufacturers, processors, engineers and designers will be showcasing high-quality materials in this space. BAU is putting on this special show in cooperation with the architectural practice 'Leichtbaukunst'.

Buildings of the Future is the title of a two-day event (18 - 19 January 2011) being hosted by Germany's Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) that consists of a research symposium and an exhibit. The event focuses on concepts, technologies and planning methods for buildings of the future. On the first day of the event, research and project teams will give participants a look at the latest developments and techniques including strategies for added utility and optimized user guidance, new methods and findings for comprehensive profitability analyses, trends in building and plant simulation and new structural elements and systems for buildings. The program of events will be complemented by a keynote speech titled "Next Steps – Political, Economic and Urban Development Trends in a European Context". On the second day, four teams representing German colleges will present their experimental residential housing projects, which did very well in the "Solar Decathlon Europe" (SDE) college competition that was held in Madrid in June 2010. The objective of the architectural decathlon is to build a net zero-energy house that is rated in various disciplines including architecture, building engineering, comfort and sustainability. The house built by the University of Applied Science in Rosenheim, Germany, took second place at the SDE. It will be on display at the outdoor exhibition site during BAU where it can be viewed. The second day will conclude with a panel discussion titled "The Electricity Only House as a Model for the Future", which promises to result in exciting and controversial discussions. Participating in the two-day event includes admission to BAU 2011.

BAU 2011, the World's Leading Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials, Systems, takes place from 17 to 22 January 2011 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre.

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