Publications related to Prefabrication

Robotic Insertion of Timber Joints using Visual Detection of Fiducial Markers

Yves Weinand, Nicolas Henry Pierre Louis Rogeau, Victor Tiberghien, Pierre Latteur

Timber building industry is facing a major transformation with digitalization and automation being more broadly adopted. Prefabricated timber frame structures can be mass-produced on large robotic assembly lines, increasing the productivity and competitive ...

2020

The Effect of Material Fresh Properties and Process Parameters on Buildability and Interlayer Adhesion of 3D Printed Concrete

The advent of digital concrete fabrication calls for advancing our understanding of the interaction of 3D printing with material rheology and print parameters, in addition to developing new measurement and control techniques. Thixotropy is the main challen ...

2019

Computational Design of Auxetic Shells

Mina Konakovic Lukovic

Recent advances in material science and digital fabrication provide promising opportunities for product design, mechanical and biomedical engineering, robotics, architecture, art, and science. Engineered materials and personalized fabrication are revolutio ...

EPFL2019

Static behavior of Reinforced UHPFRC beams with thin cover depth

Eugen Brühwiler, Bartlomiej Wojciech Sawicki

Because of its high tensile strength and deformation capacity, UHPFRC (Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious composite) can theoretically be used without any reinforcement bars or prestressing. However, for more economical design and for rea ...

2019

Experimental investigation of the influence of integral mechanical attachments on structural behaviour of timber folded surface structures

Yves Weinand, Christopher Werner Matthias Robeller, Andrea Stitic

Structural behaviour of timber folded surface systems greatly depends on the connections ability to transfer the occurring forces between the adjacent elements and finally to the supports. This paper focuses on multiple tab-and-slot joints (MTSJ), where di ...

2018

Integrally attached timber folded surface structures : geometrical, experimental and numerical study

Andrea Stitic

In structural engineering, folded surface structures present one of the concepts for construction of self supporting column free systems. They utilize structural benefits of folding to achieve material saving and improve structural efficiency. The folding ...

EPFL2017

Working Space – An innovative modular timber construction system for the sustainable vertical extension of office buildings

Sophie Lufkin, Emmanuel Rey, Aleksis Dind

Urban densification issues are one of the key challenges for most European cities. In this context, the vertical extension of existing buildings provides a solution to create usable spaces without wasting additional land. Little attention has been given to ...

2017

Brevets de la maison en béton, 1892-1923 : visions d'une construction monolithique, d'Edison à Le Corbusier

Gia Bao Khue Aurélie Do-Tran

Looking back at the history of concrete houses around 1900, we can discover how reinforced concrete, initially tied to construction systems of renowned inventors (and other less known), is gradually becoming autonomous and a material on its own, highlighte ...

EPFL2017

Integral Mechanical Attachment for Timber Folded Plate Structures

Christopher Werner Matthias Robeller

Timber folded plate Structures combine the advantages of timber as a construction material, such as its carbon-dioxide storage, low energy production and favorable weight-to-strength ratio, with the structural efficiency and elegance of folded surface stru ...

EPFL2015

Fabrication-Aware Design with Performative Criteria

Yuliy Gennadievich Schwartzburg

Artists and architects often need to handle multiple constraints during design of physical constructions. We define a performative constraint as any constraint on design that is tied to the performance of the model--either during fabrication, construction, ...

EPFL2015

Facilitating the incorporation of VIP into precast concrete sandwich panels

Andrea Bassi, Thierry Voellinger, Matthew Leslie Heitel

This research focuses on the development of thin, load bearing, composite concrete facade elements containing high performance thermal insulation. A pilot project involving the construction of a detached house has been completed resolving issues related to ...

Elsevier Science Sa2014

Towards more efficient structures with composite UHPFRC-concrete construction

Eugen Brühwiler, Emmanuel Denarié

The extremely low permeability of Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concretes (UHPFRC) associated to their outstanding mechanical properties make them especially suitable to locally "harden" reinforced concrete structures in critical zones subjected ...

2006

SAMARIS D25b - Guidance for the use of UHPFRC for rehabilitation of concrete highway structures

Emmanuel Denarié

order to manage structures effectively and to reduce this burden to the minimum, the number and extent of interventions have to be kept to the lowest possible level. The extremely low permeability of Ultra-High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concretes (UHPFR ...

MCS/EU2006