Tailorcrete
Industrial technologies for tailormade concrete structures
TailorCrete combines the knowledge and resources of architects, designers, concrete technologists, civil and structural engineers and robot experts with the practical experiences of key players in the construction sector in a 4-year collaborative research. It will involve intensive testing and validation of results at laboratory scale and in full-scale prototypes and demonstrations in experimental buildings. TailorCrete is based on a grant from the European Union’s FP-7 research program. Fourteen academic and industrial partners will develop a set of new technologies including digital design and fabrication tools, new formwork and reinforcement systems to radically change the way concrete is currently produced and used.
The Professorship for Architecture and Digital Fabrication of ETH Zurich develops 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
The Professorship for Architecture and Digital Fabrication of ETH Zurich develops 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
Status:
Completed
Completed
Location:
Zurich, Switzerland
Zurich, Switzerland
Year:
2013
2013
Academic Institution:
ETH Zurich, Architecture and Digital Fabrication, Prof. Gramazio, Prof. Kohler
ETH Zurich, Architecture and Digital Fabrication, Prof. Gramazio, Prof. Kohler
Project Partners:
NV Bekaert SA, Grace Bauprodukte GmbH, Unicon A/S, Danish Technological Institute (Coordinator), Giben Scandinavia A/S, Dragados, Chalmers University of Technology, Paschal Danmark A/S, Czech Technical University, designtoproduction, University of Southern Denmark, Superpool
NV Bekaert SA, Grace Bauprodukte GmbH, Unicon A/S, Danish Technological Institute (Coordinator), Giben Scandinavia A/S, Dragados, Chalmers University of Technology, Paschal Danmark A/S, Czech Technical University, designtoproduction, University of Southern Denmark, Superpool
Lead Researchers:
Silvan Oesterle
Silvan Oesterle
Team:
Petrus Aejmelaeus-Lindström, Stella Azariadi, Samuel Bernier-Lavigne, Tobias Bonwetsch, Noah Bühler, Thomas Cadalbert, Dominik Ganghofer, Volker Helm, Andrea Kondziela, Ammar Mirjan, Daniel Rohlek, Axel Vansteenkiste
Petrus Aejmelaeus-Lindström, Stella Azariadi, Samuel Bernier-Lavigne, Tobias Bonwetsch, Noah Bühler, Thomas Cadalbert, Dominik Ganghofer, Volker Helm, Andrea Kondziela, Ammar Mirjan, Daniel Rohlek, Axel Vansteenkiste
