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14 January 2019

Special show „Living spaces of the future“ at BAU 2019

Digitization, climate change, scarcity of resources and housing shortages – these trends call for society, business and research alike to change their ways. The construction industry also has to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to meet the constantly growing demands placed on buildings.

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Rendering of a building panorama with the developments from the ArKol project: solar thermal blind (left) and strip collector (right).
It is becoming increasingly important to think in cross-industry terms and act via networks. The member institutes of the Fraunhofer Building Innovation Alliance are working on interdisciplinary solutions to actively shape the “living spaces of the future”.

With its special show at BAU 2019, Hall C2, Booth 528, the Fraunhofer alliance will be presenting innovative products and system solutions from its construction research. The centrepiece of the special show is the walk-in “Innovation Cube” located in the middle of the exhibition area occupying a surface area of approximately 300 square meters.

The two-story cube will be used to showcase innovative and sustainable insulation materials, PV strip collectors, façade-integrated lighting and resilient façade elements capable of resisting explosions. Unusual materials, such as vegan leather for architectural applications or acoustic plaster, will be demonstrated on the façades of the cube, as will the use of PCM (phase change materials) as energy storage systems or an air collector and ceiling panels for smart air conditioning inside buildings. A wall drying system and a method for virtual sampling complete the multi-faceted joint exhibit.

In the augmented reality application for virtual room sampling, QR codes are collected via an app on a tablet and the corresponding virtual building products then displayed three-dimensionally on the inside of the cube. With this technology, architects, planners or manufacturers can now test various system or product solutions on virtual models, enabling them to make well-founded decisions early on in the planning stage. The “Innovation Cube” is surrounded by four theme areas, which are described in the following by means of selected exhibits. “While in other countries great efforts are already being made to exploit the possibilities of digitization to increase productivity and cost efficiency and reduce errors, the digitization of the German real estate world is still in its infancy,” sums up Thomas Kirmayr, Managing Director of the Fraunhofer Building Innovation Alliance.

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