Product Development: Form work to cast the concrete

With the increasing demand for housing and infrastructure, material demand will increase exponentially. Such demands put massive load on the supply of resources. As a result, exploitation of the natural environment has been worsening the quality of environment day by day. The study focuses on making prototypes of the form-work using lime concrete. Considering the initial strength of the material, the wall sections shall be designed in such a way that the printed layers will be able to take the force exerted by the poured concrete.

WHY LIME?

Lime follows a natural cycle where with carbonation process the slaked lime turns into calcium carbonate, where the process ends and starts again to form a cycle.

PROTOTYPE DESIGN RATIONALIZATION

PROPOSED PROTOTYPE DESIGN

Layer thickness variation due to variation in base geometry curves

CEMENT CONCRETE CASTED IN THE DESIGNED FORM-WORK PRINTED WITH LIME CONCRETE MIX.

Cement Concrete casted in the Cylindrical Formwork. The 3D printed layers are loosely laid

Cement Concrete casted in the Corrugated Formwork. The 3D printed layers are well compacted

Urban Design is an expression of the needs of human beings in the form of built infrastructure at that span of time, While Serving to these needs and demands, the sensitivity towards the natural environment is being ignored. Which has eventually resulted into creating a highly polluted natural as well as built environment. This has become quite intense since a last couple of decades. The result of which is depletion of our natural resources, d degraded lifestyle and loss of biodiversity.

All these factors directly or indirectly affect the accessibility to the fresh and healthy supply of Food and Water. Rapidly growing urban areas are the first ones to get affected. Hence, it is important to rethink the design and planning strategies for the existing and upcom ing urban areas.

Design Parameters & Evaluation Criteria

Length of Road between Branches

Minimum - 500 m

Maximum -1000 m

Road Network

Road Width as per Length

Minimum - 6 m

Maximum - 24 m

Build-able Zones Closest from town/city core

town/city core

Branches At the Nodes

Minimum - 2 Branches

Maximum - 4 Branches

Contributions to the team: 1. Conceptualization - 90%

2. Data extraction - 20% 3. Data sorting and finalization - 90% 4. Logic Building - 100% 5. Computation - 100%

TEAM - AKSHADA ANAGALI l DNYANESHWARI METE POOJA YADGIRE

Farm To Table Concept