Vernissage of the publication Architektur fertigen

Abstract:

Traditional timber construction is being increasingly reshaped by industrial production, and its characteristics, principles and possibilities have been changed considerably. To ensure that wood architecture meets the demands of tomorrow, design and planning need to be based on current production methods, making timber construction expressive, financially attractive and fit for the future. In this publication, planning architects are provided with design methods for contemporary, industrial timber construction. Its main focus is to convey application-oriented knowledge of the essentials for planning practice. The central question is: what are the ideal circumstances and rules for modern timber construction?

Professor Weinand, director of the Ibois laboratory, introduces several examples of the implementation of buildings made of wood, based on technological transfers from the Ibois laboratory. His Chapter, entitled Holz-Holz-Verbindungen für einen nachhaltigen modernen Holzbau (Wood-wood connections for sustainable modern wood construction), highlights the contemporary technological and digital advances that nowadays allow the implementation of wooden buildings assembled using wood-wood connections (tenon-mortise type, finger joints etc). For a global understanding of the economic, ecological and sustainable stakes, it is nowadays essential to think and design the architectural work in its entirety from the beginning of the project to the assembly details.

The vernissage will take place on 12 May at Baumuster-Centrale, Zurich.
Attendance is limited, please register in advance with the publishers.
The event will be broadcast on Livestream