Digital ecosystem for circular concrete elements (C01)

• Subject Area: Structural Engineering, Building Informatics and Construction Operation
• Term: since 2025
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 523205694

Sub-project C01 aims to develop a holistic approach from the extraction and processing to the use of concrete elements through integrated processes and information. A digital ecosystem for circular concrete elements will provide a basis for decisions on the extent to which extracted elements from a source building can be reused for the construction of new buildings. An assessment of supply and demand will show if the design of a target building will require the additional use of new or hybrid-reconditioned elements. The ecosystem includes the interaction of digital twins of the concrete elements with the digital models of an existing source building, the intermediate depot, the production of hybrid-reconditioned elements and finally, the new target building.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1683: Methods of interaction for the modular reuse of existing structures
• Applicant Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Project Heads: Dr.-Ing. Philipp Hagedorn; Professor Dr.-Ing. Markus Thewes