Ferdinand Ludwig

Ferdinand Ludwig is a German architect and the head of the professorship for Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture at the Technical University of Munich.[1] Ludwig is a pioneer of and innovator in the field of Baubotanik, the architectural realm of living plant construction.[1]

Academic career and research areas

Ludwig began as an architecture student and graduated from the University of Stuttgart in 2012 with a dissertation titled “The Botanical Fundamentals of Baubotanik and their Application in Design”.[1] In 2007, he co-founded the research group “Baubotanik” at the University of Stuttgart’s Institute of Architectural Theory and Design (IGMA) and served as a head research associate until 2017.[2] Along with Daniel Schönle in 2010, Ludwig created “ludwig.schönle: Baubotanik - Architecture - Urbanism”, a collaborative office centering on incorporating the baubotanik approach in urban planning and architectural design.[1] Ludwig has designed and created numerous Baubotanik projects around Germany, such as the Plane-Tree-Cube in Nagold in 2012, a Baubotanik Tower in 2009, and a Baubotanik Footbridge in 2005.[3][4][5]

The central focus of Ludwig’s research concerns integrating the growth processes of living plants into architectural design and construction.[6][1] Merging living plants with architectural construction allows for the exploration of the creative and functional uses of plants in the context of building engineering.[7][8] The concept of Baubotanik is not only relevant in the fields of architecture and landscape architecture, but has increasingly been recognized as an adaptation method to climate change.[2][8] Ludwig’s work additionally centers on the technical challenges that arise in Baubotanik, thereby broadening architectural knowledge by confronting aspects of growth and decay, and probability and chance in architectural design.[1]

Awards
  • Prize for bold science, Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg (2016)[1][9]
  • Prize for exceptional scientific achievements, University of Stuttgart (2013)[9]
  • Named a “Maker of Tomorrow” by the Minister of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector Baden-Württemberg (2012)[1]

Key Publications
  • Ludwig F: “Baubotanik: Designing with living material.” In: Materiality in Architecture. Editor: Löschke S. New York: Routledge, 2016: 182-190. Abstract
  • Ludwig F, Schönle D, Bellers M: „Klimaaktive baubotanische Stadtquartiere, Bautypologien und Infrastrukturen: Modellprojekte und Planungswerkzeuge“. Reihe KLIMOPASS-Berichte: KLIMOPASS – Klimawandel und modellhafte Anpassung in Baden-Württemberg. Teil 2 Angewandte Forschung und Modellprojekte. LUBW. 2015. PDF download
  • Ludwig F, Storz O, Schwertfeger H: „Living Systems. Designing Growth in Baubotanik”. Architectural Design Journal. 2012; 82(2): 82-87. Abstract
  • Ludwig F: “Baubotanik Tower / Lake Constance Footbridge” In: Biodesign. Nature – Science – Creativity. Museum of Modern Architecture. Editor: Myers W. New York: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2012: 36-41. Abstract
  • Ludwig F, de Bruyn G, Thielen M, Speck T: “Plant stems as building material for living plant constructions”. Proceedings of the 6th Plant Biomechanics Conference. Cayenne, French Guyana, France. November 16–21, 2009: 398-405.

See Publications for all publications.

References
  1. "TUM Professoren - Ludwig_Ferdinand". www.professoren.tum.de. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  2. "Ferdinand Ludwig". European Green Infrastructure Conference. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  3. "BAUBOTANIK TOWER - Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture". www.ar.tum.de. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  4. "BAUBOTANIK FOOTBRIDGE - Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture". www.ar.tum.de. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  5. "PLANE-TREE-CUBE - Green Technologies in Landscape Architecture". www.ar.tum.de. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  6. "Baubotanik". futurearchitectureplatform.org. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  7. “Ferdinand Ludwig Builds Hybrids of Living Nature and Technology.” Designboom, 10 Nov. 2016, www.designboom.com/architecture/egger-ferdinand-ludwig-baubotanik-nature-11-10-2016/.
  8. "ferdinand ludwig builds hybrids of living nature and technology". designboom | architecture & design magazine. 2016-11-10. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  9. "Ferdinand Ludwig –Autores". ARQA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-13.
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