LiTA - Laboratori d'Innovació i Tecnologia en l'Arquitectura
L’activitat tècnico-científica des del 2009 (any de la constitució com a grup emergent SGR 2009 525) s’ha orientat cap a la seva consolidació en les àrees de PERSONES (més doctorands, més beques i ampliació de l’equip), RECERCA (més participació a projectes i producció de patents), SOCIETAT (cooperació amb associacions sectorials , participació en comissions avaluadores, direcció de revistes, etc.), INFRASTRUCTURES (nou local i nou laboratori) , DIFUSIÓ (increment de la participació a publicacions, congressos, cursos, etc.) i GESTIÓ (gestió de congressos, projectes de recerca, etc.). La internacionalització del grup s’ha iniciat a través de convenis amb la TUM de Münich i la Università degli Studi de Firenze. S’ha concorregut també a les convocatòries MARIE CURIE i COST, encara sense èxit. Els resultats assolits són optimistes pel impacte assolit entre els recercadors joves que van trobant en el grup una plataforma favorable al desenvolupament de la recerca tècnica en arquitectura. Tanmateix alguns resultats són encara insuficients per la situació econòmica del sector de l’edificació que ha dificultat extraordinàriament la relació amb la indústria.
El objetivo del grupo de investigación es aglutinar y reorientar estratégicamente los esfuerzos e iniciativas de investigación de diferentes profesores de los Departamentos de la UPC relacionados con las tecnologías y las ciencias aplicadas a la materialización de la arquitectura, de la edificación y del urbanismo. Este grupo de investigación está estrechamente vinculado docentemente al Máster de Tecnología de la Arquitectura y al Programa de Doctorado Tecnología de la Arquitectura, de la Edificación y del Urbanismo.
El grupo de investigación ya dispone de dos espacios cedidos de trabajo, uno de oficinas y otro de taller, en el edificio CRITT de la ETSAV. Se pueden consultar más datos en la web Laboratori d'innovació i Tecnologia a l'Arquitectura - UPC. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech.
The aim of the research group is to honor and strategically refocus the efforts and research initiatives off various staff members of the UPC related technologies and applied sciences to materialize architecture, building and urbanism. This group is closely academic linked to the Master of Technology Architecture and the Technology Doctoral Program in Architecture, Building and Urban Construction.
The research group already has two leased spaces of work, an office building and another workshop, on CRITT building at ETSAV. You can find more information on the Web Laboratori d'innovació i Tecnologia a l'Arquitectura - UPC. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech.
The aim of the research group is to honor and strategically refocus the efforts and research initiatives off various staff members of the UPC related technologies and applied sciences to materialize architecture, building and urbanism. This group is closely academic linked to the Master of Technology Architecture and the Technology Doctoral Program in Architecture, Building and Urban Construction.
The research group already has two leased spaces of work, an office building and another workshop, on CRITT building at ETSAV. You can find more information on the Web Laboratori d'innovació i Tecnologia a l'Arquitectura - UPC. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech.
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Food security and innovative tools with a global food system approach
(2020-01)
External research report
Open AccessThe current challenge of agriculture is to ensure sustainability, being aware that in the next half century we must produce as much as in the previous ten thousand years. At the same time, we should improve crop resilience, ... -
PNEULASTICS, pneumatically activated differentiated stretchable membranes
(International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2019)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThe object of this research is the design of pneulastics, initially flat, pneumatically activated stretchable membranes with areas of differentiated thickness- and therefore elasticity- that respond ... -
Lightweight ventilated façade : acoustic performance in laboratory conditions, analysing the impact of controlled ventilation variations on airborne sound insulation
(2020-12-01)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe use of double-sheet enclosures with an intermediate non-ventilated air cavity guarantees a higher airborne sound insulation. The insulation advantages depend on air tightness and the placement of sound absorbing material ... -
Study case: Design of a spherical actively-bent chebychev net triangular gridshell covered by a stretchable membrane
(International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2019)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThe aim of this study is to design and build a spherical elastic gridshell, 6m in diameter and covered by a stretchable membrane; using the previously published work in Chebychev Net gridshells [8] and the introduction of ... -
G-shells:flat collapsible geodesic mechanisms for gridshells
(International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2019)
Conference lecture
Open AccessWe present G-shells, a new strategy for deployable elastic gridshells developed from an initially flat and compact geodesic mechanism. The one-degree of freedom mechanism evolves from its initially flat state into a geodesic ... -
Herramienta automatizada para evaluación rápida de la vulnerabilidad estructural y no estructural de hospitales
(Asociación Chilena de Sismología e Ingeniería Antisísmica, 2019)
Conference lecture
Open AccessA tool for rapid and automatic assessment of the seismic structural and non-structural vulnerability of hospitals is presented; this vulnerability refers to the operability after strong earthquakes. The non-structural ... -
Implementación del efecto de pandeo en el método simplificado del EC4-1-1 para secciones tubulares mixtas
(2019-04-29)
Article
Open AccessEl Eurocódigo 4 sobre estructura mixta propone un método simplificado para diseñar secciones tubulares mixtas sometidas a estados combinadosde compresión y flexión, como alternativa al método analítico general. Este método ... -
Real Cyclic Load-Bearing Test of a Ceramic-Reinforced Slab
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020-01-21)
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Open AccessCeramic-reinforced slabs were widely used in Spain during the second half of the 20th century, especially for industrial buildings. This solution was popular due to the lack of materials at that time, as it requires almost ... -
Learning from BARCHcelona, an educational experience in the urban environment for incoming students of architecture studies within the Erasmus+ program
(2019)
Conference report
Open AccessLa ETS de Arquitectura del Vallès (ETSAV) de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya es una escuela de educación superior de tamaño medio (1000 estudiantes). La demanda de estudiantes europeos interesados en llevar a cabo ... -
A case study of structural monitoring as a control tool in the restoration process of Heritage Structures: The strengthening of the Vistabella Church’s Tower
(2019)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe Sacred Heart church of Vistabella (La Secuita, Tarragona) was designed by Josep Maria Jujol, one of the masters of Catalan Modernism, and built in the early twenties of the XX century. The structure of the steeple ... -
Estructura metálicas postesadas en edificación : evolución histórica y situación actual
(Associació de Consultors d'Estructures, 2019)
Conference report
Open AccessEl pretensado en estructuras no solo es patrimonio del hormigón armado: el acero pretensado empezó casi un siglo antes, pero su uso ha tenido menos recorrido y aplicación que en el caso del hormigón. La introducción de ... -
Damage in face-brick facades placed between concrete slabs
(Elsevier, 2020-02-27)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyIn recent decades, non-structural exposed brick facades have been widely used in Spain and other European and American countries. However, when they are partially supported by floor slabs, to give the image of a continuous ...