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Optimising Concrete Slabs with Paper Formworks
The constant demand for new buildings means concrete continues to contribute to a large proportion of global greenhouse gas emissions. Italian architect and researcher Fabio Amicarelli, and Assistant Professor in Architecture and Guest‐Editor of this AD Ena Lloret‐Fritschi, discuss the Foldcast project being developed by the Fabrication and Material Aware Architecture (FMAA) group at the Università della Svizzera Italiana in Mendrisio. Foldcast combines software and digital machines to produce non‐standard, recyclable, paper‐based moulds for casting structurally efficient concrete elements.
Optimising Concrete Slabs with Paper Formworks
The constant demand for new buildings means concrete continues to contribute to a large proportion of global greenhouse gas emissions. Italian architect and researcher Fabio Amicarelli, and Assistant Professor in Architecture and Guest‐Editor of this AD Ena Lloret‐Fritschi, discuss the Foldcast project being developed by the Fabrication and Material Aware Architecture (FMAA) group at the Università della Svizzera Italiana in Mendrisio. Foldcast combines software and digital machines to produce non‐standard, recyclable, paper‐based moulds for casting structurally efficient concrete elements.
Optimising Concrete Slabs with Paper Formworks
Amicarelli, Fabio (author) / Lloret‐Fritschi, Ena (author)
Architectural Design ; 94 ; 40-47
2024-09-01
1 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Foldcast , Fabrication and Material Aware Architecture (FMAA) group , Academy of Architecture , Mendrisio , Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) , Pier Luigi Nervi , Gatti Wool Factory , Rome , expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam , University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) , Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST Rapperswil) , Müller‐Steinag Gruppe
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