Products of the Sun

Products of the Sun is an interdisciplinary seminar aiming at embodied experience of post-fossil futures. Students develop prototypes for heating water for a tea ceremony using only renewable energy sources. Combining solar cookers and photovoltaic-powered stoves the seminar explores how a small-scale energy infrastructure can be designed for the orchard of the ZKM to support human use while minimizing environmental impact. Through practical prototyping and critical reflection, students engage with questions of energy, ecology, and design at both the product and systems level. The seminar is a collaboration between HfG Relational Design and KIT Art in Architecture.

Students: Lisa Alberti, Emanuelta Alikaj, Omar Elnayal, Annika Fischer, Julia Haberzettl, Amelie Hennrich, Marcela Hernández, Elina Kakar, Klara Langer, Likhwa Lehmen, Richard Neubauer, Seline Oelmann, Niklas Peter, Tabea Pfautsch, Lea Schlegel, Daniel Unkel, Lilian Wagner, Han Yuting, Xinyi Zhang, Annelie Zwerger

Teaching: Prof. Valentina Karga, Dr. Indra Schelble, Dr. Olaf Quantius

Quest input: Marjan Van Aubel

Many thanks to Dr. Andreas Kugel and Mira Hirtz