The international experts working together in the RAW - Computation for a New Age of Resource Aware Architecture consortium will set up a paradigm shifting new digital infrastructure, that combines non-destructive material sensing technologies with adaptive design and fabrication. This will allow the building industry for the first time to assess and use natural materials in the variability with which they are grown or have been reclaimed, minimizing the current energy consumption and wasteful practices of material homogenization. With a focus on reclaimed timber, biopolymers from agriculture waste and composites from fast growing hemp fibers the project will help to reduce CO2 emissions, support the circular economy and create new aesthetic possibilities for architecture.
The Institute for Building Structures and Structural Design (itke) and Department for Computing in Architecture at the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD/CA) at the University of Stuttgart are contributing its expertise in the field of data modeling and natural fiber materials to the project.
Under the leadership of the Royal Danish Academy, other partners are the Technical University of Denmark, the Technological University of Innsbruck, the Luleå Technological University and the Leiden University.
The project will commence in November 2024 with a duration of 3 years.
For more information please visit the Project Site.
Primary Coordination Contact: Dr.-Ing. Axel Körner
