Cool precast concrete enclosure studies from Washington U. in St. Louis

Precast Concrete Enclosures is an elective course taught by Assistant Professor Pablo Moyano Fernandez at Washington University in St. Louis. The primary goal of the course is to enable students to envision and materialize full-scale building envelopes using precast concrete. During SP 2021, students were able to design, document and build real-scale molds that were cast at Gate’s plant in Ashland City, TN. The class was awarded $50,000 as part of a 4-year PCI Foundation grant in collaboration with Gate Precast, to lay the foundation of applied research in precast concrete building enclosures. The materialization of full-scale prototypes requires cooperation with industry partners as it provides access to resources that are not generally available at higher education institutions. This partnership enables interconnection between students’ academic learning and real applications, methods and products of the precast concrete industry.

Team 1
Raquele Cardozo
Natsuko Nozaki
Robert Tian

Team 2
Connor Merritt
Mic Ma
Guorun Yang

Team 3
Catherine Chun
Caleb Heusel

Team 4
Lindsey Compeaux
Ian McWilliams
Kevin Mojica

Team 5
Lisa Chen
Cody Xie
Meredith Busch