Fabrication of biomimetic and biologically inspired (modular) structures for use in the construction industry (B04)

• Subject Area: Production Systems, Operations Management, Quality Management and Factory Planning ; Architecture, Building and Construction History, Construction Research, Sustainable Building Technology ; Automation, Mechatronics, Control Systems, Intelligent Technical Systems, Robotics ; Construction Material Sciences, Chemistry, Building Physics ; Metallurgical, Thermal and Thermomechanical Treatment of Materials ; Thermodynamics and Kinetics as well as Properties of Phases and Microstructure of Materials
• Term: from 2014 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 231064407

The project bundles research on fabrication methods for biomimetic structures: Fibre-reinforced 3D-printing, UV-cured free-form pultrusion of fibre-reinforced composites, and waste-free sand formwork for differentiated concrete structures. In the second funding period, control systems for Hydroplotting and Gradient Concrete Extrusion will be developed on a larger scale. The extrusion of bio-based foams and the development of building components based on (co-)extrusion of short and endless natural fibres will be included as a new line of research.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 141: Biological Design and Integrative Structures. Analysis, Simulation and Implementation in Architecture
• Applicant Institution: Universität Stuttgart
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr.-Ing. Hanaa Dahy; Professor Dr.-Ing. Götz T. Gresser, until 6/2018; Dr.-Ing. Armin Lechler, from 1/2018 until 6/2018; Professor Klaus G. Nickel, Ph.D.; Professor Dr.-Ing. Werner Sobek; Professor Dr.-Ing. Alexander Verl