Form- and utilisation-aware design methods for structures from reused RC elements (A01)

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

In sub-project A01, methods for the design of structures made from reused RC elements are developed. Lacking its free formability, concrete must be used structurally as fixed elements with mainly angular shaped geometries with multiple uncertainties. These elements form an adaptive construction kit from which new global structures are designed. The project pursues two interrelated lines of research. In the utilisationaware approach (1), optimal compliance with the bearing capacity guides the structural design, in the form-aware approach (2) the approximation and adaptation of global structural geometries with existing elements does. The key criterion is sustainability with GHG emissions as the benchmark.

• 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: Professor Dr.-Ing. Peter Mark; Professor Achim Menges