Projects in company with “Element SA”
Below is a list of projects in company at Element SA
The projects will be supervised by David Fernandez Ordoñez (EPFL) and Melchior von Rotz (Element SA).
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Sustainability is a key aspect to consider in the design of structures and in particular precast concrete structures. Of the three pillars of sustainability, the environmental pillar is a key aspect. As part of environmental assessments, it is now very important to evaluate the CO2 produced during the construction of the structure, but also throughout its life cycle, during the use and dismantling phases.
This project will assess the CO2 produced in prefabricated structures.
An example of a real calculation will be implemented after the analysis.
The aim of this master’s project is to analyse the different approaches to the design of precast concrete structures. The aim is to verify in which cases it would be more interesting to use the different reinforcement techniques available today and to draw conclusions from the analysis.
A real calculation example will be implemented after the analysis.
The aim of this master’s project is to analyse the differences in the design of reinforcement in precast concrete structures using standard reinforcement or concrete with fibres. The aim will be to verify in which cases it would be more advantageous to use standard reinforcement or fibres and to draw conclusions from the analysis.
A real calculation example will be used after the analysis
The goal of this master project is to analyse the different approaches to reinforcement design in precast concrete structures. It will be verified in which cases it would be more interesting to use the different reinforcement methods available today and to draw conclusions from the analysis.
An example of a real calculation will be implemented after the analysis.
Collaborative Project – EPFL-Tanzania
African Megacities are in an urgent need for housing. In particular Dar-Zanzibar Metropolitain Area has a great need to transform large quarter of informal housing into formal housing. Thus, the participatory transformation of informal settlements (and slums) is in high need. Therefore, the development of affordable and safe engineering, combined with smart and flexible housing design and easy-to-build by local contractors, that can use local material and create local jobs, combined with low-carbon building material, including smart pre-casting.
The project aims to develop an industrialised construction system with local materials and workmanship.
The work will be in combination with the organization SKAT that is developing this kin.
An example of a real calculation will be used after the analysis.
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