RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Identification and trend analysis of multistorey timber buildings in the SUDOE region
A1 Basterra Otero, Luis Alfonso
A1 Baño Gómez, Vanesa
A1 López Rodríguez, Gamaliel
A1 Cabrera Perdigón, Gonzalo
A1 Vallelado Cordobés, Claudia Patricia
K1 Building, Wooden
K1 Wooden-frame buildings
K1 Building materials
K1 Construcción - Materiales
K1 Structural materials
K1 Estructuras - Diseño
K1 Estructuras de madera
K1 Wood
K1 Madera
K1 Buildings - Design and construction
K1 Edificios - Diseño y construcción
K1 Spain
K1 España
K1 Portugal
K1 France
K1 Francia
K1 Sustainable architecture
K1 Arquitectura sostenible
K1 Architecture
K1 3305 Tecnología de la Construcción
K1 3305.39 Construcciones de Madera
K1 6201 Arquitectura
AB The construction sector has one of the most polluting economic activities. In this context, several policies are being launched by the European Union to promote the transition to a sustainable economy, and timber construction is a safe way to contribute to it. Due to the recent development of multistorey timber buildings, the architectural and structural typologies have not been widely studied yet and with not many studies from Southern Europe. In this context, the main objective of this research is to identify and analyse the trends in the use of wood as a structural material in multistorey timber buildings (≥4 floors) in the SUDOE region, i.e., Spain, Portugal, and Southwest France. The methodology involved identifying 28 timber buildings in the SUDOE region and 101 worldwide, most of them in Europe, and sending online information request forms to different actors involved in their design and construction, collecting plans and BIM models, and performing technical study visits to the identified reference buildings. The collected information was included in open-access technical datasheets, and different indicators in terms of building uses, structural system, wood species, and wood volume, among others, were defined. The results showed that there is a tendency to construct taller timber buildings in the SUDOE region with a predominant use of local softwood species, with ratios of wood volume per built area varying between 0.3 and 0.4 m3/m2. The mass timber typology using cross-laminated timber (CLT) is mainly used for residential buildings, while post and beam are used for educational and offices buildings. In addition, a potential embodied CO2 equivalent depending on the building typology and use was also analysed.
PB MDPI
SN 2075-5309
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/68792
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/68792
LA eng
NO Buildings, 2023, Vol. 13, Nº. 6, 1501
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 22-nov-2024