This course invites students to reimagine structural design at the end-of-life stage, focusing on the reuse of obsolete yet structurally sound concrete components. It emphasizes an integrated approach that balances aesthetics and functionality, covering topics such as form-finding, structural analysis, reuse matching, multi-objective optimization, and post-evaluation.
This course encourages students to explore how algorithmic methods and hands-on model making can
be seamlessly integrated to transform discarded components into new structural forms, resulting in
performance-driven, carbon-conscious, and visually striking designs.
Instructors:
Prof. Wang Shuaizhong
Hanbing Zhao
Gordon Hung