SERVICES
Innovative materials, prototyping and advanced manufacturing
This technical area is centred on innovative processes in relation to settlement issues in general, the sustainability of transformation processes, the topics of building and urban redevelopment, technologies and advanced materials and the prototyping of construction components, including those that are textile- and/or polymer-based.
The intended market for these services comprises parties in the world of research and manufacturing in addition to public and/or private stakeholders.
Advanced manufacturing and prototyping for architecture
The use of computer numerical control machines, additive and subtractive machines to build architectural designs at all scales. Assistance with CAD-CAM design processes.
Creation of prototypes and demonstrators for dry assembly structures, design items and building components with different technical materials for architecture.
Computational design systems
Assistance and development of applications for the computational design and simulation of the behaviour of buildings, structures and construction systems.
Integration of photovoltaic cells in flexible materials
The study and validation of the integration of photovoltaic cells in flexible materials such as membranes and fluoropolymers.
Performance simulation and prototyping of lightweight structures
Simulation of the mechanical, thermal, optical and luminous, acoustic and safety performance of architectural components and lightweight structures.
Creation of prototypes and demonstrators for lightweight structures, design items and construction components made from textiles and/or polymers such as, for example, tensile structures, tent-like structures, pressure-supported structures, emergency tents, form-active structures, ETFE cushions, lights and other design items made from textiles and polymers, suspended ceilings, dividers, false walls and soft furnishings.
Mechanical characterisation and measurement of the optical properties of lightweight materials
Uniaxial and biaxial mechanical characterisation of woven and non-woven materials and fluoropolymer films. The measurement of UV-VIS-NIR spectral optical properties (specular and diffuse hemispherical reflectance, bidirectional reflectance and transmittance) and IR spectral properties (diffuse hemispherical reflectance and transmittance, specular reflectance of glass and normal emissivity)
Development of innovative technology and materials for architecture
Design, development and production of construction solutions such as envelopes, structures and components with innovative characteristics from a structural, environmental or technological point of view.
The study of innovative materials for architecture and construction through analytical and experimental research (geopolymers, composites, shape-changing materials, organic and inorganic materials, and others).
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