Tailorcrete
Industrial Technologies for Tailormade Concrete Structures
TailorCrete combined the knowledge and resources of architects, designers, concrete technologists, civil and structural engineers and robot experts with the practical experience of key players in the construction sector in a 4-year collaborative research. Fourteen academic and industrial partners developed a set of new concrete construction technologies including digital design and fabrication tools, new formwork and reinforcement systems. The research involved intensive testing and validation of results at laboratory scale and in full-scale prototypes. TailorCrete was funded by the European Union’s FP-7 framework program. The Professorship for Architecture and Digital Fabrication of ETH Zurich developed a reusable wax based on site free-form concrete formwork as well as digital design and fabrication tools that make the Tailorcrete technologies available from design through planning to fabrication. In March 2012, the new wax based formwork technology has been awarded the Global Holcim Innovation Prize. www.tailorcrete.com
