FOSTA - Building as a Steel Component System

The project idea is to construct buildings that are assembled like a car from prefabricated components with high precision and a unique aesthetic. The material steel allows for a contemporary production method.

Today's architecture in multi-storey construction in Germany is generally (approx. 85%) characterised by construction methods using in-situ concrete and prefabricated concrete elements. The disadvantageous effects of these conventional construction methods result in particular from the unique character of the buildings, the high proportion of production on the construction site, the different component tolerances and the large number of interfaces.

The aim of the project is therefore to develop integrated steel construction elements that can be assembled into different types of buildings in a modular fashion. Despite their standardisation, different combinations of the individual elements should allow the design of individual buildings.