Stuttgart 210 Living Lab Ingersheim Pilot Project / HFT Stuttgart

For the construction site of the new main railway station in Stuttgart (Stuttgart-Ulm / Stuttgart 21 railroad project), geometrically complex concrete formwork made of cross laminated timber was used to create the goblet supports, skylights and arches of the railroad tunnels and edge connections. Once the station has been concreted, the formwork is no longer used, but disposed of as hazardous waste. This end-of-life scenario does not do justice either to the high quality and performance of the material or to the special geometric features of the formwork elements. Therefore, the Stuttgart 210 research project (www.stuttgart210.de) is investigating ways of preserving the material of the formwork elements and enabling them to be reused in the sense of upcycling by turning the building materials into the primary construction of new buildings. A key component of the project is research into all relevant parameters for building with reuse components in living labs. In addition to the theoretical investigation, the research results will be subjected to a practical test in four pilot projects - the living labs in Ingersheim, Marbach, Stuttgart and Mannheim. The experience gained there will in turn be incorporated into the research project. "Living labs as test spaces for innovation and regulation make it possible to test innovative technologies, products, services or approaches under real conditions that are only partially compatible with the existing legal and regulatory framework. The results of such experimental spaces, which are often limited in time and space, provide the basis for the evidence-based further development of the legal framework. Experimental clauses are often the legal basis."