Automating Concrete Construction: Sustainable Social Housing in Colombia

Eduardo Castro e Costa; Paul Shepherd; Rodrigo Velasco; Roly Hudson

doi:10.5151/sigradi2020-35

Automating Concrete Construction: Sustainable Social Housing in Colombia

Eduardo Castro e Costa, Paul Shepherd, Rodrigo Velasco, Roly Hudson

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Abstract

The construction industry is a major source of carbon, and the main culprit is concrete. In addition, productivity for the construction sector is poor, and concrete construction in particular is labour intensive, slow, and costly. This paper introduces ongoing research addressing these two fundamental issues. First, by developing an integrated framework for automating manufacturing of reinforced concrete building elements through computation and robotic technology, and second by adapting such framework to the specific technical and socioeconomic contexts of Colombian construction, specifically for social housing.

Original language	English
Pages	254-259
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5151/sigradi2020-35
Publication status	Published - 9 Nov 2022
Event	24th International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics: Transformative Design - Online (due to COVID-19), Medellin, Colombia Duration: 18 Nov 2020 → 20 Nov 2020 Conference number: 24 https://sigradi2020.upb.edu.co/en/

Conference

Conference	24th International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics
Abbreviated title	SIGraDi 2020
Country/Territory	Colombia
City	Medellin
Period	18/11/20 → 20/11/20
Internet address	https://sigradi2020.upb.edu.co/en/

Keywords

non-prismatic concrete elements
Reinforced Concrete
flexible formwork
parametric modelling
Construction in Colombia

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Automating Concrete Construction in Colombia
Shepherd, P. (PI)
Royal Academy Of Engineering
9/11/20 → 30/11/22
Project: UK charity
Automating Concrete Construction (ACORN)
Shepherd, P. (PI) & Ibell, T. (CoI)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/01/19 → 31/03/22
Project: Research council

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