The primary goal of the course is to enable students to design and materialize full-scale building envelopes using precast concrete. The class was awarded a $50,000, 4-year PCI Foundation grant in collaboration with Gate Precast, to lay the foundation of applied research in precast concrete building enclosures. Students design, document and materialize real-scale molds that were cast at Gate’s plant in Ashland City, TN. The materialization of full-scale prototypes requires cooperation with industry partners as it provides access to resources that are not generally available at higher education institutions. This partnership enables interconnection between students’ academic learning and real applications, methods and products of the precast concrete industry.

 

 

Students:

 

Team 1

Raquele Cardozo

Natsuko Nozaki

Robert Tian

 

Team 2

Connor Merritt

Mic Ma

Guorun Yang

 

Team 3

Catherine Chun

Caleb Heusel

 

Team 4

Lindsey Compeaux

Ian McWilliams

Kevin Mojica

 

Team 5

Lisa Chen

Cody Xie

Meredith Busch