Timber Top-Ups on Reinforced Concrete structures to increase dwellings area

In recent years, the Netherlands has witnessed a growing housing shortage, prompting an ambitious plan by the government to address the demand through increased construction of new housing until 2050. Moreover, as part of environmental commitments, new dwellings and existing housing stock must align with current energy performance standards and...

Hybrid Timber Construction Technology: Investigation in a hybrid building construction technique, that could be encoded in a digital tool, by maximizing the use of local building materials such as natural timber, in seismic zone of Meghalaya, India

While the world is advancing with taller structures using engineered wood, little importance is being given to natural wood, which is abundantly available in most regions of the world. The lack of technological research using this material in its natural state has caused a drawback in its usage. Also, the dependence on engineered wood for modern...

New Comers, New Living, New Amsterdam

The project is about designing and constructing a flexible timber high-rise building that adapts to future needs with completely open plans and high degree of pre-fabricability. It aims at being easily erected and taken down and rebuilt after it passes the 10 years of temporal use at Marineterrein Amsterdam; user-wise, it aims at being easily...