When: 26 & 27 February 2025 (Wed & Thu), 14:30 - 18:00

Where: Design & Computation studio - TU main building, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin   (https://www.newpractice.net/get-here)

Registration for UdK-students: Please complete this form. You will receive a confirmation from us when you have successfully registered. Don’t miss this chance to combine creativity, technology and recycling in a hands-on workshop! Spaces are limited, so sign up now.

Reshaping plastic

A workshop with Aron Petau, supported by Franz Siebler (InKüLe)

This hands-on workshop invites participants to actively address plastic pollution by transforming waste into durable, meaningful objects. Unlike traditional industrial recycling, which often prioritizes economic over ecological concerns, this workshop empowers individuals to reclaim and repurpose plastic in a way that fosters creativity, sustainability, and personal agency.

Participants will sort, wash, and shred plastic waste using a Precious Plastic Shredder, creating small flakes. These flakes will then be heated, transforming them into a malleable plastic mass, which will be molded using a DIY plastic sheet press. The resulting sheets will be finished with woodworking tools, and participants can add personal engravings with a CNC machine, allowing for unique, patterned designs.

Requirements:

• Students need to bring a laptop

• If you can't bring your own laptop, please note it in the registration form.  

Details: 

• Teaching language: English

• Who can join: Open to UdK students from all disciplines

• The workshop is planned with time for a lunch break

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Aron Petau (he/him) studies Design and Computation at the Technical University and the University of the Arts Berlin. As a freelance supervisor of makerspaces, his focus lies at the intersection of media and technology education and creative processes.

With a background in Cognitive Science, Aron has already worked on several projects related to the digitalization of education. His interest lies primarily in technologies that enable self-empowerment. He is particularly passionate about 3D printing and is researching non-industrialized and decentralized approaches to recycling and reusing plastic sustainably, treating it not as waste but as a valuable resource.

Aron is also interested in reflecting on the societal impact of technologies and exploring ways to shape this impact in a collaborative and community-oriented manner.

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The Im/materialities workshop series comes from an open call for student-led workshops initiated and supported by InKüLe.

In the digital age, boundaries between material and immaterial worlds are increasingly blurred. Today's hybrid materialism challenges us to rethink the nature of matter and the ways in which our digital and physical realities interact. In this shifting landscape, how do digital technologies shape the materiality of objects, bodies or environments?

In the second edition of the InKüLe open call, it brings together a series of student-led workshops initiated and supported by InKüLe. Students were invited to propose a workshop topic they're currently researching in related to Im/materialities. InKüLe co-curated selected proposals, provides technical support, spatial organisation and general planning of the workshop. The workshops are open to students from all UdK departments to participate, offering a place for transdisciplinary exploration and exchange.