Opportunities and Challenges

towards the Olympics 2020:

Innovative Building Materials and

Production Technologies at

RWTH Aachen Univ. for the

Success of the Tokyo Games

NRW Japan K.K.,

Tokyo, September 30th 2014

Thomas Gries,

Udit Gohil, Benjamin Glauß

Quellenangabe: Arial 12

Discover Tomorrow!

Tokyo2020 – Tokyo‘s Key Strengths

Tokyo Core

Strengths

Delivery

Celebration

Innovation

Tokyo Core

Strengths

Celebration

Delivery

Innovation

Tokyo2020 – Discover Tomorrow

Source: Tokyo2020 Candidature File

Our proposition for Value Addition to the quadrangular event

Delivering world class infrastructure including accommodation through the most groundbreaking

German technologies and show international engagement with a truly world class Games

Celebrating with the temporary and permanent inhabitants of Tokyo by providing sustainable, long

lasting solutions

Smart use of dynamic innovations and global inspirations to ensure wide spread benefits for the

stakeholders of these Games through zero energy building, ICT and energy management concepts

Sketch of Olympics Village

Tokyo2020 – A sustainable and physical legacy

Source: Tokyo2020 Candidature File

Physical Legacies: The revitalisation of

the new heart of Tokyo

Image of Olympics Main Stadium

Image of Olympics Village

Social and environmental sustainability

legacies

Tokyo2020 – A sustainable and physcial legacy

Source: Tokyo2020 Candidature File

The three pillars of the Tokyo

2020 Sustainability Strategy

Minimal Impact Games

Green Urban Plans

Sustainability through Sport

Image of Olympics Village sustainability

ITA‘s Tokyo2020 Engagement Strategy

The three pillars of ITA’s Tokyo 2020 Engagement Strategy

Help Tokyo2020 through provision of low energy solutions to make it a minimal impact games

Help Tokyo2020 to realize its green concepts through intelligent use of technology to accomplish

a comfortable urban lifestyle in harmony with the natural environment

Help Tokyo2020 set trends in sustainability through the vehicle of sports

Institut für Textiltechnik

RWTH Aachen University

New Materials and Production Technology for

Mobility, Building, Health and Energy

RWTH Aachen University – Vision 2020

Best German

University of

Technology

Top 5 University in

Europe in terms of:

Academic Output

Quality of Graduates

External Funding

Leading Player in:

Interdisciplinary

Large-scale Projects

40,375 students in 127 courses of study

260 Institutes with 496 professorships

7381 employees (thereof 65% scientists)

894 Mio € total budget, thereof:

354 Mio € third party funding

Source: RWTH Aachen University,

Photos Peter Winandy

ITA – The Future:

ITA Model

International:

„Worldwide Network for tomorrow‘s products“

Industry:

„Innovation for Industry and Society“

Interdisciplinary:

„From Cardiac Valve to Valve Body“

Integrated:

„Research and Services as a whole“

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ITA – Facts and Figures

Budget: ca. 14,3 Mio. €

Staff:

100 Scientists

55 Service personnel

190 Graduate research assistants

50 Students majoring in textile

technology each year

Research and development

Publicity and third party

funded research

Academic and industrial education

Development and transfer

Direct industrial research

Further education

partially public p

ub

lic

Str

ictly c

onfidential Fundamental

Research

ca. 30%

Industrial Funding

ca. 31%

Industry-Related

Public Funding

ca. 35%

Subsidy

ca. 4%

ITA within RWTH Aachen University

RWTH Aachen University is

world leader in:

Production technology

Automotive technology

Polymer research

Cooperation:

Forums, working parties, related

to innovative projects

With selected institutes

Specific topics Simulation Bauen

Medizin

Pro

dukt

ion

Automobil/V

erkehr PolymereSm

art Te

xtiles

Energ

ie

Leh

rstu

hl fü

r

Bre

nnst

offz

elle

n

RWTH Aachen Campus

New form of cooperation

between industry and

university:

15 relevant clusters

Exchange of research results,

employees,

further resources

Biggest European technology

campus

Ca. 2 bn € investment

till 2020

Source: rha reicher haase + associierte

ITA

Why fibers?

strength & stiffness

flexibility & elasticity

surface & porosity

Therefore TEXTILE:

Soft up to completely elastic ↔ rigid, firm

bendable, foldable, drapable ↔ rigid and geometrically

stable

Highly absorbent ↔ close

5 - 10 % of all

material classes are

fibers!

mate

rial

Multiple scale

fiber

yarn

textile

composite

component

com

pon

ent

Fibers and Textiles – Multiple Scale Model

Our Guiding Themes

Mobility

Construction

Energy & Environment

Health

ICT

Production

Product Development

Education

Textile Economy

Our Technical Background

Mechanics

Plastics

Construction

Civil Business

Aerospace

Automobile

Design

Plastics

Architecture

Architecture

Materials

Production

Textile Buildings Process Chain at ITA

Sustainability Market Segment Reduction of CO2

emissions and energy

usage in materials,

production, transport and

erection

Integration of (super)

insulation materials

Fit for passive house

standards

Design Oriented Market Segment Light transmitting concrete

LED panels as backlight

source

Individual electronic control

by smartphone or tablet

Complete solution as

ventilated facade system

Interior and exterior

concrete furnitures

Functionality Market Segment Integration of additional

functionalities for energy

harvesting, distribution and

saving

Modular building systems

Light weight and large-size

products

Design freedom

Energy efficient solution – Textile Reinforced Concrete

(TRC)

Fine Concrete matrix

Aggregate size 1-5 mm

Adjusted flow properties

High surface quality

Textile Reinforcement Concrete Matrix TRC

TRC Composite

Corrosion free

Structurally strong

High design freedom

Negligible concrete cover

Carbon-, AR-Glass-Rovings

(800 - 3600 tex)

3D- warp knitted fabric

Surface of fine concrete

e.g. – Textile reinforced concrete

1 cm

Biaxial warp knitted fabric

History – Collaborative Research Centre 532

Title SFB 532: Textile Reinforced Concrete – Research for the

development of a new technology

Sponsored through DFG programme between: 1999 - 2011

11 Institutes and approx. 40 scientists of RWTH Aachen University

involved

Our Contribution! Source: www.salzigddesign.com

Tokyo 2020 Building Material Needs to Realise Buildings

with Lasting Legacy

* The size of the circle depicts the

relative size of the single TRC

component

Non-structural

Element

Structural

Element

Functional Element

Architectural Element

Ventilated

Facades

Large Hanging

Facades

Shell

Structure

Trans-

lucent

Facades

Solar-

thermal

Roof

Module

Roof Element

Water Structure

Restoration

Cafe

Module

Pedestrian

Bridge

Sandwich

Facade

Realised Building Applications in Germany

Source: ITA;

www.tokyo2020.jp/en/plan/venue/

Perspectives for Tokyo2020 Based on Realised Applications

– Translucent Concrete for Games Village Buildings

Tokyo International Forum: Venue for

Weightlifting in Tokyo2020

Source: ITA; Durapact;

www.tokyo2020.jp/en/plan/venue/

Perspectives for Tokyo2020 Based on Realised Applications

– Curved Roof Elements for Games Village Buildings

Tokyo Olympic Stadium: Venue for Athletics,

Football and Rugby in Tokyo2020

Source: ITA;

www.tokyo2020.jp/en/plan/venue/

Perspectives for Tokyo2020 Based on Realised Applications

– Sandwich Facades for Games Village Buildings

Olympic Gymnastic Centre: Venue for

Gymnastics in Tokyo2020

Possible Cooperation

Company

Opportunity

Undergraduate

Research

Scholarship

Experiment

Development projects with Japan

Direct

Research

&

Development

Short-term customer aid

Separate Proposals for a

variety of problems

Long-term research project

Supported by full-time student

thesis

Exis

ting M

odels

B

enefits

80 Years Textile Expertise

European Market Evaluation

Fast Market Introduction

Access to complete Textile

Process Chain

Transfer of ideas into projects with

the customer

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Possible Cooperation Implementation projects with Japanese Companies

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Collaboration and technology

transfer projects

• Technology transfer to Japan

and local market adaptation

• Prototype development

Approval projects and one-off

signature projects

• Required quality testing and

approval

• Use of local partners know-

how

• Upscaling

Value chain projects

• International product partner

availability

• Local distribution of products

• System integration

Feasibility of new

technologies in Japanese

Markets

New Market Segments/

Products for existing

markets

Value chain

crystallisation of new

technologies/ products

in Japanese market

Outlook

Shinji Kagawa

© Action Images

Some things work best as

German-Japanese Collaboration

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We in Germany would like

to be part of the Tokyo2020

success story as Japan’s

Innovation partner.

Do you want to be, too?