Geopolymer Cement Workshop

students working with cement shapes

The C.A.S.T. Workshop Series invites you to pre-register early for our Geopolymer Cement Workshop!

Register via email: rodney.latourelle@umanitoba.ca

The workshop, led by C.A.S.T. Researcher-in-Residence Rodney LaTourelle, will take place on Friday, November 10, from 9:30 - 4:30 at C.A.S.T. Lunch will be provided for participants.

The workshop is a geopolymer cement primer, examining the ‘culture of concrete’ in the context of an industry that must rapidly decarbonize. An ecologically friendly alternative Portland cement, Geopolymer is made from industrial waste materials. Participants will create basic molds and have the opportunity to create geopolymer cement mixes using recycled aggregate and pigment. Symbolic of earthy friendly transformation, the focus is on a sculptural approach with this alternative material.

Rodney LaTourelle (Witthöft & LaTourelle) is an artist, writer, and designer based in Berlin. Witthöft & LaTourelle create installations, public art, architectural interventions and exhibition design and have exhibited and practiced internationally. Their work has been collected by The National Gallery of Canada, Remai Modern, Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg. Their re-contextualizing, site-based practice is currently focused on expanded material exploration in the context of diverse spatial memory, recycling and circular, climate-friendly processes.

LaTourelle is currently the researcher in residence at the Center for Architectural Structures and Technology at the University of Manitoba.