The European Innovation Council will fund the project "UniversalTimberSlab".
In the UniversalTimberSlab project, a multidisciplinary team of young researchers from the University of Stuttgart is developing innovative computational design methods and robotic fabrication processes to develop and construct a resource-saving building system for wood floor slabs. The tailor-made, high-performance plate structure is point-supported and provides architects and engineers with full design freedom, as it is only known from conventional reinforced concrete slabs. The new system is particularly interesting for buildings in city centers as the slabs can not only be adjusted to any shape of the site, but can also be constructed 30% slimmer than alternative wood floor slabs.
The project will be coordinated by the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) at the University of Stuttgart. The Institutes of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE), for Acoustics and Building Physics (IABP), for Construction Materials (IWB), the Materials Testing Institute (MPA) as well as the Chair for Computing in Architecture at ICD are all participating in the project.
The project will commence in October 2024 with a duration of 3 years.
For more information please visit the Project Site.
Primary Coordinating Contact: Hans Jakob Wagner