ASBN SustainabiliTEA #26 // CLT in Education Buildings

Please join us for another ASBN SustainabiliTEA - a time to enjoy some tea (or morning beverage of your choice) whilst having a yarn about a diversity of topics around sustainable and regenerative built environments.

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Knut Menden from betti & knut will share education based case studies from his NSW practice, general CLT construction topics, and fire engineering aspects of CLT. A major focus of Knut’s work are pre-fabricated mass timber structures, as well as utilising Passivhaus design principles.

Don't miss this chance to check out what is happening interstate with this exciting material!

We look forward to hearing Knut's insights, whilst sharing space with you all virtually over a soothing cuppa.

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About the Speaker
Knut Menden draws on more than 20 years of experience as an architect in award-winning sustainable architecture. With a European background and in depth knowledge of sustainability and energy- efficient buildings, along with experience in different climate zones in different countries (Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, New Zealand and Australia), he runs an architectural studio based in Coledale, NSW together with his partner Interior Architect Bettina Steffens.

Coming from high-end residential design and complex commercial projects (particularly educational projects) the practice covers a wide range of project typologies and delivers creative and innovative design.

Minimising architecture’s impact on the natural environment with very low energy use as a pathway to creating sustainable and healthy living and working environments is at the centre of the practice's core values.

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Acknowledgement of Country

Adelaide Sustainable Building Network acknowledges the Kaurna People of the Adelaide Plains, Tarntanya, where our work is most often undertaken. We also acknowledge the Peramangk People of the Mt Lofty Ranges, the Ngarrindjeri of Fleurieu, Coorong and lower Murray regions and the Ngadjuri of the Barossa and Mid-North as the traditional custodians of the land where we live and work. We pay our respects to all Elders, past and present, of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander spirituality recognises the connectedness of people and culture with earth, sky and water country. The land is alive with traces of Dreaming ancestors. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land