
Emergent Timber Technologies
Materials, Structures, Engineering, Projects
Rainer Hascher(Editor)
Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
1st Edition
Published on 13. October 2014
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-3-03821-502-8 (ISBN)
Description
The "old" material of wood has been used to construct dwellings of different types since the dawn of mankind. And not without reason. Its low density combined with high rigidity, good processability, and its resistance makes it an excellent building material.There is currently a pioneering renaissance of the timber construction, for two distinct reasons: first, wood is increasingly being rediscovered as one of the most important renewable raw materials for sustainable construction. Moreover, a revolution in the construction of timber structures began several years ago with the ever-progressive use of three-dimensional CAD models for digitally controlled robot manufacturing The book documents these developments, in particular the engineering bonding techniques, the introduction of digital production techniques, and the innovative material developments of this material. The chapter on composite structures and experimental structures specifically address trends toward the future-oriented dimensions of timber construction.In the final section, outstanding designs are documented in detail, such as the Club House of Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Course designed by Shigeru Ban in Yeoju, South Korea, and the double gymnasium in Borex-Crassier, Switzerland, by Graeme Mann and Patricia Capua Mann.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
Switzerland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
220 farbige Abbildungen, 30 s/w Abbildungen, 70 s/w Zeichnungen
30 b/w and 220 col. ill., 70 b/w ld
Dimensions
Height: 28 cm
Width: 22 cm
Weight
1007 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-03821-502-8 (9783038215028)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Simone Jeska | Khaled Saleh Pascha | Rainer Hascher
Emergent Timber Technologies
Materials, Structures, Engineering, Projects
E-Book
10/2014
1st Edition
Birkhäuser
€59.95
Available for download
Persons
Simone Jeska and Khaled Saleh Pasha both worked at the Technical University in Berlin at the Chair of Prof. Rainer Hascher.