The Summer Workshop will explore the structural, architectonic, environmental and social dimensions of TRC and its application, especially in the context of social housing in Latin America as a socially and environmentally sustainable “lightweight” material.
Building upon the TRC Prototype Pavilion initiated in 2019 at EPFL Fribourg and prior research from the Brazilian architect Lelé in Argamassa Armada (ferrocement), our upcoming summer workshop aims to craft 1:1 TRC elements for Social Houses in Nicaragua. The teaching team has fostered a collaborative partnership with Grupo Sofonias, an organization dedicated to community development in the rural region of Jinotepe, Nicaragua.
We will also explore the application of LC3 cement for TRC, a sustainable binder developed at EPFL for implementation in Latin America. This experimentation, made possible through collaboration with the LMC lab at EPFL, represents a significant advance towards sustainable construction practices.
Patricia Guaita, architecte et chargée de cours, ALICE IA ENAC EPFL
Raffael Baur, architecte et chargé de cours externe, ENAC EPFL
David Fernández-Ordóñez, ingénieur civil, fib et ENAC SGC EPFL
Enrique Corres, ingénieur civil, assistant de construction, ENAC SGC
Beatrice Malchiodi, Post Doc, LMC EPFL
