New technologies in the construction of the future

The exhibition, organized by the Danish Royal Academy of Fine Arts, was attended by 15 researchers who used the latest digital tools to explore new possibilities in architectural design.

Among the new ideas presented are carbon and fiberglass structural platforms woven by robots to create complex, resilient, multifunctional geometric designs.

James Solly, Engineer, University of Stuttgart: “These materials are much more multifunctional, despite the fact that they are compact, thin and tiny in size. Speaking in numbers, the effective strength of these materials is about five times greater than that of a conventional steel structure used in the construction process, and at the same time they are about five times lighter. "

Other researchers worked with resilient materials that could be deformed to produce and store energy on the facades, thus providing an eco-friendly, energy-efficient soft robotic plating for future buildings.

Saman Sffaryan, architectural designer: “It"s like a metal ruler — when you bend it and then lower it, the energy stored in the ruler returns it to its former state. Therefore, with this system you only spend energy in one direction. Other kinetic systems always require so that you spend energy on closing and opening. This system has the potential to save energy set in one direction, collect it and use it for the return trip. "

And how to safely and gently bend glued laminated timber to create new unexpected architectural spaces? Motion capture methods and three-dimensional and laser scanning technologies were used to study new geometries and tree morphologies.

Tom Svilans, architect: “We can make very complex, very large, very strong buildings from laminated veneer lumber. The problem is that since this is living biological material, it has its own behavior. When you bend it, it can jump back or deviate. So we need ways to keep track of all of this, because if you can"t exactly do exactly what you want, the process will soon become too difficult and too expensive. Therefore, by incorporating 3D scanning into the process, we can better watch how this material behaves while we we process it. "

This exhibition was the fruit of a European research project designed to represent the future, in which more and more buildings will be built using fewer materials and a more environmentally friendly way.

Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, architect, CITA Center for Information Technology and Architecture: “To build smarter using fewer materials means optimization. We need to be smarter at how we use these materials, we can make construction easier. Easier means not only using less material and take, for example, a smaller piece of wood, but also easier in terms of less traffic, less weight and less environmental impact. And these are just the necessary paradigms of the future. "

Researchers say that in five years, many of these solutions can be integrated into real construction.