Day 2, Session Block B
08:30 New Forms of Concrete for Modern Building Envelopes
Chair: Ruth Morrow, Queen's University, Belfast, United Kingdom
Sprayed concrete for complex geometry façades
- Architectural shotcrete
- Innovative façade
- Complex geometry
Valeria Postorino, Postorino & Associates Engineering, Milan, Italy
Aerogel mortars and possibilities for their application
- Aerogel mortars for energy retrofits of existing buildings
- Ultra-high performance aerogel for new building envelopes
- Applications in building insulation
Daniel Sanz Pont, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Lightweight precast geopolymer sandwich panel for building retrofits
- Production of cement-free concrete using waste materials
- High-performance three-dimensional polymer nanostructures
- Use of high-performance vacuum insulated panels to produce thin sections
Roisin Hyde, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
Super green concrete façade panels
- Thinking through design and application
- Low carbon concrete and waste stream
- Testing
Elizabeth Gilligan, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
Return to source. Linen lace and concrete
- Textile and concrete
- Linen woven lace
- Textile manufacturers
Ruth Morrow, Queen's University, Belfast, UK
Fiber cement façade: a new building in the historical center of L'Aquila, Italy
- Urban planning in the Italian historical center: demolition and reconstruction
- A "rigorous" fiber cement chaotic façade
Francesco Giancola, 2Studio Ingegneria e Architettura, L’Aquila, Italy
10:00 Coffee Break