EDUCATOR Lausane, Switzerland

TRC + LC3 Prototype Pavilion

EDUCATOR

Lausane, Switzerland

TRC + LC3 Prototype Pavilion

Project Team

Teaching Team: Patricia Guaita, Architect and Lecturer

Raffael Baur, Architect

David Fernandez Ordonez, Lecturer

Enrique Corres, Construction Assistant

Invited Experts: Dr. Beatrice Malchiodi, Post Doc

Jaime Velasco, Architect and Lecturer

NairobiIn collaboration with Urko Sanchez Architects

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This research through making aims to explore with students the structural, architectural, environmental, and social dimensions of Textile Reinforced Concrete and its applications, particularly in the context of social construction in the Global South.

Project Team

Teaching Team: Patricia Guaita, Architect and Lecturer

Raffael Baur, Architect

David Fernandez Ordonez, Lecturer

Enrique Corres, Construction Assistant

Invited Experts: Dr. Beatrice Malchiodi, Post Doc

Jaime Velasco, Architect and Lecturer

NairobiIn collaboration with Urko Sanchez Architects

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Overview

This research through making is based on the use of innovative Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC), a material with high mechanical properties in which carbon fabric is embedded in a cementitious matrix cast with low-clinker content binders, such as LC3. The use of such binders, combined with the high efficiency of the reinforcing material, significantly reduces the ecological footprint of construction (by using less material and reducing energy consumption during production). TRC thus enables the construction of very thin, highly durable, and consequently highly sustainable structures. The research aims to further explore the structural, architectural, environmental, and social dimensions of TRC and its applications, particularly in the context of social construction in the Global South.

Institution

EPFL – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
ENAC

Community Organization

Kenyatta University, and Urko Sanchez — Nairobi, Kenya, Kenya
https://www.ku.ac.ke

Additional Team Members

Marina Nicolier, ENAC Projecter Ensemble Coordinator, https://www.epfl.ch/schools/enac/education/fr/projeter-ensemble-fr/

Community Engagement

This initiative empower local communities to actively and autonomously engage in the construction of their own social housing and community facilities, using local resources and innovative production methods, whenever they deem it necessary.

Partners

Urko Sanchez Architects, Jaime Velasco Perez, Senior Architect & Kenia Country Director, and Lecturer in Department of Architecture & Interior Design Kenyatta University Campus, Nairobi.