Digitalization for a Novel Triad of Design, Fabrication, and Material
DigiTrio (Digitalization for a Novel Triad of Design, Fabrication, and Materials) unites ten pioneering projects funded through the EIC Pathfinder Challenge, each exploring how digitalisation can transform the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) sector. Together, we are building a collaborative research ecosystem that reimagines how buildings and infrastructure are conceived, fabricated, and managed.
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By encouraging interdisciplinary and cross-border collaboration, DigiTrio opens new pathways for future value chains, deeper industry engagement, and stronger commercialisation prospects through coordinated portfolio activities. It is a dynamic hub for innovation where science, technology, and architecture converge—accelerating the development of smarter, more sustainable solutions for the built environment.
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As a unified portfolio, DigiTrio is committed to advancing sustainable construction by reducing embodied carbon and promoting predictive, data-driven approaches to design and manufacturing. Our shared mission is to achieve measurable COâ‚‚ reductions, enable more intelligent construction processes, and support scalable, environmentally responsible practices across the AEC industry.
UTS
Universal Timber Slab project - Computational design, fabrication and engineering methods for unconstrained, highly resource efficient, point-supported timber slabs in multi-storey buildings
FlexiForm
Structurally and materially informed design and fabrication strategies for knitted textile formworks for concrete structures
STACK
Stackable surface rationalization for freeform architectural design
CARBCOMN
CARBon-negative COMpression dominant structures for decarbonized and deconstructable CONcrete
ALGOLOAM
Loam Walls with Algorithmically Generated 3D Natural Reinforcement
Archibiofoam
Digital design and robotic fabrication of biofoams for adaptive mono-material architecture
AM2PM
Additive to predictive manufacturing for multistorey construction using learning by printing and networked robotics
Pantarei
digital based bio-waste derived meta-PANels Towards A REvolutionary building Identity
Scene-B
Sustainable Concrete Freeforming for the New European Bauhaus
RAW
Computation For A New Age Of Resource Aware Architecture: Waste-Sourced And Fast-Growing Bio-Based Materials