The most important developments of all researchers of the SFB 1244... for the world of tomorrow will be applied and tested under real conditions in and on a high-rise building. For this purpose, an up to 37-meter-high, adaptive high-rise building will be constructed on an experimental platform on the campus of the University of Stuttgart.
The Demonstrator
The high-rise building, with a footprint of about five by five meters, will be designed as a lightweight construction to meet the demand for a drastic reduction in resource consumption during construction. Additionally, all building components are joined by detachable joints that guarantee an easy disassembly and a 100 % recyclability after the life time of the building parts has been reached.
The basic structure of the high-rise building will be planned in the first four years of the project and will be implemented in a first construction phase. The supporting structure of the building will be designed as a steel frame structure and equipped with conventional sensors and actuators. In the course of the project, these conventional components will be upgraded with newly developed actuators and sensors. With the help of the resulting closed loop control, the building can react to different load cases.
If, for example, the high-rise building starts to vibrate as a result of strong wind, the built-in actuators can actively counteract this. Each of the twelve storeys of the demonstration building serves as a test module for innovative facade types. These can be switchable pixelized glazing based on liquid crystal technologies as well as breathable envelopes based on carbon nanotubes. Corresponding systems will be developed within the framework of SFB 1244... for the world of tomorrow in the coming years.
Construction Progress
The facade of the Demonstrator
Contact
- General Planning: Prof. Lucio Blandini, ILEK, Universität Stuttgart
- Control and Regulation: Prof. Oliver Sawodny, ISYS, Universität Stuttgart
