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CATEGORIES:Engineering Department Structures Research Seminar
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SUMMARY:&quot\;Stadthaus - the world's tallest timber resi
 dential building&quot\; - Andrew Waugh - Waugh Thi
 stleton Architects Ltd
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20111104T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20111104T160000
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/34479
DESCRIPTION:In our paper we will use our Stadthaus scheme to d
 emonstrate that solid timber construction is a fin
 ancially viable\, environmentally sustainable and 
 beautiful replacement for concrete and steel in hi
 gh-density housing.\n\nConstructed entirely from c
 ross-laminated timber from the first floor upwards
 \, Stadthaus is the tallest timber residential str
 ucture in the world. The nine-storey building is t
 he first of this height to construct load bearing 
 walls\, floors and cores entirely from timber. The
  tower houses twenty-nine apartments with a neighb
 our office on the ground floor.\n\nStadthaus was a
 ssembled using a structural cross-laminated timber
  panel system produced in Austria by KLH. Each pan
 el is produced from Spruce planks glued together w
 ith a non-toxic adhesive. The waste timber is conv
 erted to fuel\, which powers both factory and loca
 l village. As the prefabricated panels arrived on 
 site they were immediately craned into position an
 d fixed in place. Four carpenters assembled the ei
 ght-story structure in twenty-seven days. The spee
 d of the construction was especially relevant on t
 he densely populated environment\, was the lack of
  noise and waste\, creating far less intrusion on 
 the local community that a traditional concrete fr
 ame construction. The entire building was complete
 d within forty-nine weeks of starting on site\, es
 timated to be a saving of five months over a natio
 nal concrete frame building. This method of constr
 uction is also incredibly accurate\, and a healthy
  environment to both work on and live in. Upon its
  completion the building had zero defects and 100%
  tenant’s approval.\n\nThe unique structure of the
  building is a result of the practice's research i
 n reducing the carbon emissions not only of the fi
 nished building but of the whole build process. Th
 e production of concrete and steel are very energy
  intensive\, pumping tons of carbon dioxide into t
 he atmosphere. In complete contrast timber stores 
 carbon as it grows\; our research shows that Stadt
 haus stores 186 tones of carbon with its structure
  for its lifetime.\n
LOCATION:Engineering Department - **LR6**
CONTACT:Lorna Everett
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