BAMP – Building with Paper – Architektur

Project Title	Building with Paper
Acronym	BAMP!
Project Description	Future generations will increasingly need to meet their needs using renewable raw materials. The construction industry plays a key role in this transition: on the one hand, building operations consume vast amounts of energy for heating and cooling; on the other, conventional materials such as concrete and polystyrene significantly contribute to CO₂ emissions and environmental pollution. Given global population growth, mineral-based construction materials will no longer be suitable in the long term—neither in terms of their energy demands nor their availability—to meet the rising need for housing. The drawbacks of conventional materials, such as the high embodied energy (“grey energy”) of concrete, are particularly evident in the context of temporary or lightweight structures. Paper, as a substitute construction material, offers extraordinary potential for more environmentally friendly and sustainable building. It is a lightweight material whose fibers—unlike those of wood—can be precisely arranged and functionalized. While paper production today is highly efficient and technically advanced, its use in construction remains limited to simple applications. One reason is that the design freedom for three-dimensional forms (e.g., façade elements) has so far been unachievable with paper-based materials. The central scientific objective of the LOEWE research initiative “BAMP! – Building with Paper” is therefore to systematically explore the advantages of paper as a construction material and to develop the necessary scientific and technological foundations for its architectural and structural applications.
Coordination	TU Darmstadt – Department of Paper Manufacturing and Mechanical Process Engineering
Project Partners	Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design (ISMD), Civil Engineering, TU Darmstadt – Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Knaack, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Schneider Department of Paper Manufacturing and Mechanical Process Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, TU Darmstadt Department of Plastic Design, Architecture, TU Darmstadt Department of Macromolecular and Paper Chemistry, Chemistry, TU Darmstadt Department of Functionally Integrated Lightweight Design, Mechanical Engineering, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences Department of Production Engineering and Forming Machines, Mechanical Engineering, TU Darmstadt Institute for Mechanics and Materials Research, Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Applied Sciences Mittelhessen
Project Duration	January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2020
Funding	State Offensive for the Development of Scientific and Economic Excellence (LOEWE) – State of Hesse
Project Website	https://www.tu-darmstadt.de/bauenmitpapier/