Natural Intelligence: A New Era of Sustainability (lecture only accessible in German)
Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. M.Eng. Arch. Hanaa Dahy - BIOMAT (ITKE) Universität Stuttgart

The lecture will address various developments that have been carried out within the framework of the established chair of the speaker with the aim of a future-oriented sustainable architecture. In this context, work with local materials, especially bio-based ones, and with different means of embedding intelligence will be highlighted, which took place using approaches such as digital fabrication technologies and the integration of computer-aided design methods. In addition, multidisciplinary work, automation technologies, and other factors are highlighted to show how current and forward-looking techniques can have a direct impact on how intelligent, sustainable architecture of the future can be developed and created, and how it serves the environment and society.

The case studies that will be analyzed during the lecture will cover a wide range in this regard, and other related topics will be able to be further explored in the open discussion.

"Hanaa Dahy, born in Cairo, is a registered freelance architect in the Chamber of Architects in Germany and an engineer in Egypt, with 18 years of experience in academia and practice. She obtained her Bachelor of Architecture Engineering (Ain Shams University in Cairo) with distinction and excellence, her Master's degree in 2006 and her PhD with excellence in 2014 from the University of Stuttgart. During her professorship at the University of Stuttgart, she established the BioMat department in 2016 and founded her architectural practice in Cairo in 2003. Most recently, she has received a new professorship at Aalborg University in Copenhagen at the Faculty of Design and IT.

She currently holds a number of European and international patents in the field of sustainable building materials, won several international architecture and design awards including Tamayouz for women with outstanding achievements in architecture and construction in 2020, MaterialPreis Award in 2016, 2019 and 2021 from Designzentrum BW in Germany, received Focus International Design Prize Award- Silver category in 2021, Green Concept shortlist for 2022, Eco-Preis multiple nominations, Excellence in Teaching Award for German universities in 2016, Materialica Design and Technology Award 2015 and many others. She leads several architectural and industrial projects and is a founding member of ArchIDA (Research Center for Architecture in Stuttgart) and PI (Principal Investigator) of the Cluster of Excellence in Stuttgart IntCDC: "Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture". Dahy has completed numerous architectural projects in Europe and the Middle East and is a visiting professor at several European universities and a member of various international scientific committees.

Her research areas in architectural practice include digital fabrication, nature-inspired architecture, ecological building systems, biocomposites, biomimetics, sustainability, smart materials, soft materials, product design, circular economy, and closed-loop design."