design strategies for lightweight bridges in a
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Design strategies for lightweight bridges in a contemporary context
Ir.-arch. Kostas ANASTASIADES
International week
Current bridges
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urban mining
manufacturing assembly service life
mining earth’s resources
Need?
3Image credit to JD Hancock, Flickr
Preservation of our planet
► resource management
►waste management
►GHG-emissions reduction
► pollution reduction
► energy management
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recycling from different process
assembly
repair
refurbishmentmanufacturing
recycling
recycling to different process
service life
mining earth’s resources
energy recovery
composting
Cir
cula
r e
con
om
y
Circular economy
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Recover
micro-scale / material
meso-scale / construction / bridge
macro-scale /
eco-city
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Circularity assessment
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Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Recover
Morphologicalindicators
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Reuse
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Reuse
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Reuse
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Reuse
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Reuse
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Reuse
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Reuse
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Reuse RepairRefurbish
Recycle
Reuse
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Reuse
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Reuse
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Reuse
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Reuse RepairRefurbish
Recycle
Reuse
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Reuse
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Reuse
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Reuse
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Reuse
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Reuse
urban mining
Heijmans circular bridge concept
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Design for Adaptability
Reuse
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Design for Disassembly
Design for Adaptability
Reuse
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Morphological standardisation ?
Design for Adaptability
Design for Disassembly
Design for Reuse
Reuse Construction components
Morphological standardisation
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meso-scale / building / construction
Transportability
Morphological standardisation
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meso-scale / building / construction
girderpanelframe + mechanical connections
Container box
Modified container
Extendable container
Morphological standardisation
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Morphological standardisation
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Morphological standardisation
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micro-scale / component / material
Morphological standardisation
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micro-scale / component / material
Morphological standardisation
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Morphological standardisation
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Morphological standardisation
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Morphological standardisation
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Morphological standardisation
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Morphological standardisation
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Morphological standardisation
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micro-scale / component / material
Morphological standardisation
Lengths ?
Connections ?
Standard sections
Morphological standardisation
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micro-scale / component / material
Morphological standardisation
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micro-scale / component / material
Morphological standardisation
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micro-scale / component / material
Morphological standardisation
Question
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How do we handle this further morphological standardisation?
Thank you
Kostas ANASTASIADES (PhD student)
University of Antwerp
Faculty of Applied Engineering: Building Sciences
Energy & Materials in Infrastructure and Buildings
Supervisors: prof.dr. ir. Amaryllis AUDENAERT, dr. ing. Johan BLOM
design for disassembly
design for adaptability
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