StrawLab
© Larissa Daube, Katharina Elert
Project information
submitted by
Katharina Elert
Co-Authors
Alma Kaltenhäuser, Bálint Kámeny, Clara Emilia Natalis, Isabella de Moraes Neves, Joost Rouven Gabriel Jansohn, Lara Engelke, Lara Schumann, Marlene Charlotte Dodenhof, Nama Mohamed Muoftah Masoud, Nils Niklas Heinrich Humpert, Robin Fechtel, Victoria Luise Fibich, Zeliha Ari
Mentors
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Ruth, Katharina Elert M. Sc.
Faculty:
Architecture and Urbanism,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Degree programme:
Architecture (Master of Science (M.Sc.)),
Civil Engineering (Master of Science (M.Sc.))
Type of project presentation
Exhibition
Semester
Summer semester 2023
- Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 8 - Hauptgebäude / Main Building
(102)
Project description
The excessive use of environmentally harmful building materials such as reinforced concrete causes considerable environmental problems that urgently need to be contained against the backdrop of the climate crisis. Straw as a building material offers a very good alternative in many areas, which can meet the requirements of sustainable construction much better. However, this historic building material still has great potential for optimization if it is to keep pace with conventional building materials.
The StrawLab seminar therefore focused on optimizing straw as a building material. The participating students experimented directly with the material in order to develop a new building material from it. The resulting test specimens were then jointly subjected to real compression tests, which provided information on the respective load-bearing capacity and thus also statements on the suitability as a building material.