Pulp, paper and board in new application

Photo: Simon Matthis
Photo: Simon Matthis
Photo: Simon Matthis
Photo: Simon Matthis

Housing is a worldwide challenge driving innovation in many areas. Use of cheap materials can help tackling this challenge. The Technishe Universität Darmstadt has come up with a broad range of paper-based materials at stage at Zellcheming 2015. Among them this little cottage made of board.

TU Darmstadt is focusing on new ways to mechanically structure paper by deep-drawing to chemical functionalization of paper surfaces with distinct barrier coatings and paper-reinforced light weight composites.