1. Interface Materials how focussing on
materials can drive the design
Jan Wurm, Materials Consulting, Arup Germany
Building Physics &
Acoustics
Lighting Design
Fire Engineering
Materials
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Face to Face with materials
familiar
unfamiliar
unknown
unknowable
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Iceberg of material knowledge in building industry
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3. Avantgarde, prototypes
Lab scale
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Innovation Process
Commercial large scale
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360°Panorama view
foresight
detail view
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Materials Glasses - © Fraunhofer Centre
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4. timber
composites
Micro-algae & glass
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timber
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Architects: Studio Mishin
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10. © Quintin Lake
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© Quintin Lake
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E2 – Multistorey development Kouvola (HHS / Finnforest / Arup)
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E2 – Multistorey development Kouvola (HHS / Finnforest / Arup)
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E2 – Multistorey development Kouvola (HHS / Finnforest / Arup)
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E2 – Multistorey development Kouvola (HHS / Finnforest / Arup)
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E2 – Multistorey development Kouvola (HHS / Finnforest / Arup)
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LifeCycleTower (Rhomberg / Arup / Kaufmann / Wiehag)
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LifeCycleTower
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LifeCycleTower
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15. Txt size 18pt
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Txt size 18pt
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Industries
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Chanel Mobile Art
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Chanel Mobile Art
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Chanel Mobile Art
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Chanel Mobile Art
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TEC – Thin Environmental Cladding (Permasteelisa/3XN/Arup/Fiberline)
© 3XN
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3XN – Learning from Nature Pavilion
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BioBuild
Yarn creation
Jute fibers harvesting
Natural fibers
Sugarcane
Fiber treatment
Bio-derived resins
Furan resin
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Bagasse
BioBuild Materials
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21. Jute/furan/bio-PU
Jute/bio-polyester
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Glass & Micro-algae
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© Joshua Holko
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Glass Structures, Aachen 2000-2006
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Glass Structures, Aachen 2000-2006
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Glass Structures, Aachen 2000-2006
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Glass Structures, Aachen 2000-2006
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25. 2008
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• Total budget DKK 16 million
• Building Lab DK: 50% support (max DKK 8 million)
2009
Internationale Competition
Smart Material House IBA 2013
Architectc: SPLITTERWERK, Graz
Material Consulting / Facade / Building Physics: Arup, Berlin
Structure: Bollinger und Grohmann, Frankfurt
PBR Technology: SSC
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light
glucose
CO2
nutritients
fats ,lipids,
aminoacids
vitamine
O2
water
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Wärme
Sonnenschutz
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© SPLITTERWERK
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© SPLITTERWERK
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© SPLITTERWERK
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29. • Total budget DKK 16 million
• Building Lab DK: 50% support (max DKK 8 million)
2010
Product development
Arup, COLT, SSC
Funded by ZukunftBau
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height:
width:
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functionalities:
photobioreactor
Solar thermal collector
Dynamic shading
~ 2,6m
~ 0,7m
~ 24 l
~ 160 kg
Hinterlüftetes PBR Fassadensystem mit einachsiger Nachführung
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Heat exchanger
floatation
HEAT
CHPP
BIOMASS
Energy controller
Heat pump
Hot water
BIOGAS
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Integration
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Biq Hamburg
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© MicroLife
Avantgarde, prototypes
Lab scale
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Innovation Process
Commercial large scale
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