Presented as part of the DesignTO Festival with the Goethe-Institut, the Consulate General of Germany in Toronto & Harbourfront Centre and supported by Bulthaup Toronto.
Luisa Rubisch and Rasa Weber are guests of the Goethe-Institut.
Luisa Rubisch and
Rasa Weber of the Berlin-based design and architecture collective They Feed Off Buildings (TFOB) speak about the process of creating ‘Urban Terrazzo’, a composite material that uses architectural debris to pay homage to demolished buildings and their histories.
TFOB is a design and architecture collective from Berlin, which specializes in material research and design. The studio unites a team with expertise in design, material, architecture, film, and photography. Their performative design interventions explore a new perspective on architecture and its materiality. The project
Urban Terrazzo, which travels through various cities in order to explore the given materials of architectural demolition, illustrates one of TFOB’s experiments in performative design. Whenever an old building has to be demolished or its core removed, an enormous amount of demolition waste is produced. What seems like a pile of rubble, which usually ends up in local landfills, can actually be the beginning of a great new material story.
Following the talk,
Maryam Siddiqi of The Globe and Mail will interview Rubisch and Weber. As the Lifestyle Editor at The Globe and Mail, Siddiqi helms Globe Pursuits spanning the best in style, design, travel, food and drink, and health. Her work has appeared in the National Post, Chatelaine, Report on Business, En Route, and Elle Canada.
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