Dr. Alireza Javadian has received his PhD in Architecture and Construction from ETH Zurich and is currently working as the Head of Research at Faculty of Architecture at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany and as the Co-principal investigator of the Urban Bio-cycle project at the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore. His research is focused on development of alternative sustainable construction materials made from renewable resources such as bamboo, timber and agricultural waste and industrial by-products following a circular economy principle.