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CRC 1683 A01: FORM- AND UTILISATION-AWARE DESIGN METHODS FOR STRUCTURES MADE FROM REUSED RC ELEMENTS
This project is part of the Collaborative Research Centre 1683 "Methods of Interaction for the Modular Reuse of Existing Load-Bearing Structures", funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
In project A01 (Prof. Mark, Prof. Menges), methods for the design of structures made from reused RC elements are developed. Lacking its free formability, concrete must be used structurally as fixed elements composed with mainly angular shaped components with multiple uncertainties. These elements form an adaptive construction kit from which new global structures are designed. The project pursues two interrelated lines of research. In the utilisation-aware approach (1), optimal compliance with the bearing capacity guides the structural design, in the form-aware approach (2) the approximation and adaptation of global structural geometries with existing elements does. The key criterion is sustainability with GHG emissions as the benchmark.
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Prof. Achim Menges
Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD), University of Stuttgart
RESEARCHER
PARTNERS
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Peter Mark
Dr.-Ing. Patrick Forman
Institute of Concrete Structures, Ruhr University Bochum