The large, doubly curved concrete slab of SANAA’s EPFL Learning Center in Lausanne required a specific formwork solution. A smoothly curved surface of 7,500 sqm was constructed in combination with standard scaffolding components, using nearly 1,500 individual wooden boxes.
designtoproduction automated the planning process, starting with a 3D-model of the slab surface, and resulting in detailed plans for all of the 1,500 formwork tables and the machine data for the CNC-cutting of almost 10,000 individual cleats.
