BioMat pavilion 2018: Development, fabrication and erection of a double curved segmented shell from biocomposite elements

Hanaa Dahy, Jan Petrs, Derk H. Bos, Piotr Baszynski, Arjan P.H.W. Habraken, Patrick M. Teuffel

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Abstract

Bio-based composite materials in architecture have gained various new applications due to their availability, renewability, and environmentally-friendly characteristics. This paper demonstrates the use of bio-based building materials for load-bearing structures through a 1:1 realized segmented shell pavilion, referred to as BioMat Pavilion 2018. The pavilion consisted of 121 parametrically optimized curved elements prepared by a vacuum-assisted veneer-reinforcement lamination process. The biocomposite panels were fabricated from elastic or flexible fibreboards applied as sandwich cores laminated with veneer from both sides to provide elevated stiffness. Digitally prefabricated elements were bolted together on site into four shell segments, which were later lifted up and screwed, to three curved timber-intersecting beams, fixed to three footing foundations. In this paper analysis method, form-finding hierarchy and construction stages of the 3.6 m height, 9.5 m span, covering an area of around 55m2 are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE
EditorsCarlos Lazaro, Kai-Uwe Bletzinger, Eugenio Onate
PublisherInternational Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE)
Pages2862-2871
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9788412110104
Publication statusPublished - 2019
EventIASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 7 Oct 201910 Oct 2019

Conference

ConferenceIASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period7/10/1910/10/19

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2019 by S: GABRIELE, F. MARMO, V. VARANO Published by the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) with permission.

Keywords

  • Bio-composites
  • Design for sustainability
  • Lignocellulosic-based composites
  • Materials as a design tool
  • Multi functionality
  • NFRP
  • Segmented shell
  • Sustainable architecture

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