Modular and Reusable Metastructures with Interlocked Interfaces for Circular Sustainable Construction

The sustainability and resilience of material supplies in industrial sectors are under global scrutiny, driven by the fundamental goals of the United Nations development program to mitigate environmental footprints and to safeguard the Earth for future generations. By integrating the principles of reusability and modular design into the development of architected and assemblable biocomposites, this research collaboration between McGill and UQAM supported by RRecq aims to pave the way for deployable, environmentally-benign architected materials that reconcile the demands of sustainability with the practicalities of rapid deployment and structural resilience. The novel approach of using interlocking mechanisms in assembled structures, enabled by advanced manufacturing, offers a cutting-edge solution for developing groundbreaking modular structures for sustainable circular construction.