Cradle to Cradle Design for the Circular Economy

This 2022 ALPC marks the first-time Taiwan joins with an on-site session on May 7(Saturday) morning 09:00-11:30. Titled Cradle to Cradle Design for the Circular Economy, this event session features a joint Talk by Taiwan alum Arthur Huang and AAP Professor Felix Heisel. This is part of a series of on-site events hosted by Alumni Clubs around the Asia-Pacific region, marking our first attempt in joint-hands collaboration with Cornell Campus. In addition to the short Talks and discussions, this in-person event highlights a walk-tour to the nearby EcoARK project designed by Arthur, and a tour conducted by hotel CEO Jack Ho of the LEED certified Gold Hotel Riviera.

Hosted by Cornell University Taiwan Alumni Association

Date: May 7, 2022. 9-11:30am

Featuring:

Heisel, Director of the Circular Construction Lab

Arthur Huang ‘02, Founder and CEO of MINIWIZ; 2021 GFHS award Global Model Of Green Technology; 2019 OBAMA Foundation Emerging leaders; 2019 Davos Forum The Circulars Award Program (Runner-Up), WEF; 2019 Vatican Award for science/ecology/architecture; 2016 Emerging Explorer, National Geographic

Freda Tsai B Arch’ 90, President of Cornell Alumni Association of Taiwan, LEED AP professional, and former GM of TAIPEI 101 in charge of record score recertification of LEED Platinum.

This program features a dialogue between two Big Red waste building experts – Professor Felix Heisel and Arthur Huang ‘02. The author of the book Building from Waste: Recovered Material in Architecture and Construction, professor Heisel joined AAP from Zurich where he had been an architect and research academic. At Cornell, he is pioneering the Construction Lab where he and his team are reshaping the future of the construction economy, aimed at incorporating the 4R’s – reduce, reuse, recycle, and recover – into the new path of architecture education. reverse the “take, make, waste” attitude of the industrial age.

Arthur Huang, a highly energetic and original designer in his heuristic approach to waste redesign, was not yet 30-years-of-age when he built the EcoARK in Taipei, the world’s most sustainable building constructed out of 1.5 million recycled plastic bottles. Since then, he has won numerous significant awards and drew global attention as a leading advocate and architect of waste architecture hailing from Asia.

After its 2010 debut for the Flower Expo in Taipei, EcoARK Taipei has been a top pick for art exhibitions and trend-setting events. The building is more than PET bottle modular; it envelops an attractive column-free space famed by natural light, truss-beam roofs and cooling water. Arthur will discuss the design and construction of the building.

CAAT president Freda Tsai, B Arch’ 90, LEED Accredited Professional and former General Manager of TAIPEI 101 will moderate what promises to be one of the most enlightening conversations on the topic. After the virtual segment with Professor Heisel, Arthur will personally lead a tour of EcoARK for local participants.