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dc.contributor.author |
Block, P |
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dc.contributor.author |
Pigram, D |
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dc.contributor.author |
Mendez, T |
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dc.contributor.author |
Maxwell, I |
en_US |
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dc.date |
2016-05-28 |
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dc.date.issued |
2016 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Venice Biennale 2016: Lessons from the Front, 2016 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10453/122697
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dc.description.abstract |
A working prototype of a bespoke precast concrete floor system developed for the NEST HILO project. Through a combination of integrated design and advanced fabrication strategies the system achieves a 70% reduction of concrete when compared to conventional construction approaches. The incredibly thin (2cm) unreinforced floor further integrates hydronic heating and cooling strategies resulting in a highly efficient thermally active surface, Critically, the reduction of concrete ensures significantly less energy is required to activate. Floor was produced in collaboration with the Block Research Group [BRG] and Architecture and Building Systems research group [A/S] |
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dc.format |
Precast concrete floor prototype |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Venice Biennale 2016: Lessons from the Front |
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dc.title |
HiLo Prefabricated Floor |
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dc.type |
Exhibition |
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utslib.location |
La Biennale di Venezia |
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utslib.location.activity |
Venice |
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utslib.for |
1201 Architecture |
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pubs.embargo.period |
Not known |
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pubs.organisational-group |
/University of Technology Sydney |
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pubs.organisational-group |
/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building |
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pubs.organisational-group |
/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Architecture |
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pubs.organisational-group |
/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice |
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pubs.organisational-group |
/University of Technology Sydney/Students |
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utslib.copyright.status |
closed_access |
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pubs.consider-herdc |
false |
en_US |
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pubs.finish-date |
2016-11-27 |
en_US |
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pubs.place-of-publication |
La Biennale di Venezia |
en_US |
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pubs.start-date |
2016-05-28 |
en_US |
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pubs.rights-statement |
Research Contribution Through a combination of structural optimisation and advanced fabrication strategies, the system achieves a 70% reduction of concrete when compared to conventional construction approaches. Research Significance This is especially significant given that in large buildings, especially towers, floors represent the majority of material use. Additional systemic gains come in the form of reduced requirements for columns and foundations as they now have to support much less weight. The prototype was included in the 2016 Venice Biennale Arsenale, the most prestigious exhibition in Architecture. The 2016 theme "Lessons from the Front" indicates the curators desire to foreground those things on the horizon that will have a positive future impact on the built environment. |
en_US |
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pubs.rights-statement |
HiLo Prefabricated Floor is a research contribution in the fields of structural optimisation and architectural innovation. Concrete is the second most used material on earth (after water) and has a high embodied-energy and therefore high environmental impact. By reducing 70% of the concrete required for floors - which represent the bulk of a buildings mass in large buildings and especially in towers - this research has the capacity to contribute to a significant reduction in concrete. Through the use of computational structural design processes, the floor's geometry is defined in such a way that all dead-loads (the floor's self-weight) and live-loads (the variables loads of occupants etc.) can be taken completely in compression. Steel tension ties at the perimeter resist the resultant thrusts at the corners. Eliminating bending forces in this way allows the thickness of the concrete elements to be reduced to 20mm. For comparison 200mm is standard for typical spans. The system achieves a 70% reduction of concrete volume when compared to conventional construction approaches. Additional systemic gains come in the form of reduced requirements for columns and foundations as they now have to support much less weight. A prototype of the system was included in the Arsenale exhibition as part of the 2016 Venice Biennale, curated by Philippe Block, the most prestigious exhibition in architecture. |
en_US |
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pubs.rights-statement |
HiLo Prefabricated Floor is a research contribution in the fields of structural optimisation and architectural innovation. Concrete is the second most used material on earth (after water) and has a high embodied-energy and therefore high environmental impact. By reducing 70% of the concrete required for floors - which represent the bulk of a buildings mass in large buildings and especially in towers - this research has the capacity to contribute to a significant reduction in concrete. Through the use of computational structural design processes, the floor's geometry is defined in such a way that all dead-loads (the floor's self-weight) and live-loads (the variables loads of occupants etc.) can be taken completely in compression. Steel tension ties at the perimeter resist the resultant thrusts at the corners. Eliminating bending forces in this way allows the thickness of the concrete elements to be reduced to 20mm. For comparison 200mm is standard for typical spans. The system achieves a 70% reduction of concrete volume when compared to conventional construction approaches. Additional systemic gains come in the form of reduced requirements for columns and foundations as they now have to support much less weight. A prototype of the system was included in the Arsenale exhibition 'Beyond Bending' curated by Philippe Block, as part of the 2016 Venice Biennale, the most prestigious exhibition in architecture. |
en_US |
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pubs.rights-statement |
HiLo Prefabricated Floor is a research contribution in the fields of structural optimisation and architectural innovation. Concrete is the second most used material on earth (after water) and has a high embodied-energy and therefore high environmental impact. By reducing 70% of the concrete required for floors - which represent the bulk of a building's mass in large buildings and especially in towers - this research has the capacity to contribute to a significant reduction in concrete. Through the use of computational structural design processes, the floor's geometry is defined in such a way that all dead-loads (the floor's self-weight) and live-loads (the variables loads of occupants etc.) can be taken completely in compression. Steel tension ties at the perimeter resist the resultant thrusts at the corners. Eliminating bending forces in this way allows the thickness of the concrete elements to be reduced to 20mm. For comparison, 200mm is standard for typical spans. The system achieves a 70% reduction of concrete volume when compared to conventional construction approaches. Additional systemic gains come in the form of reduced requirements for columns and foundations as they now have to support much less weight. A prototype of the system was included in the Arsenale exhibition 'Beyond Bending' curated by Philippe Block, as part of the 2016 Venice Biennale, the most prestigious exhibition in architecture. |
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