GEOMETRICAL ASPECTS FOR THE DESIGN OF PREFABRICATED LOAD-BEARING TIMBER-GLASS-FACADES

Khaled Saleh Pascha, Vitalija Saleh Pascha, Wolfgang Winter

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Abstract

The considerable increase in the architectural demands for highly transparent and load-bearing structures have recently resulted in the development of an innovative hybrid structure. This article provides a review of design parameters for Timber-Glass composite facades. The design/architectural question, which arose in the project, was how to define the interface of the prefabricated glass-timber-elements with the shell building. Through different design proposals different criteria as admittance of building tolerance and dilatation, load-bearing transfer capacity, maintenance requirements and architectural and design qualities were defined and verified through 3-d-models, prototypes and mock-ups
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of World Conference on Timber Engineering
Number of pages10
Publication statusPublished - 2016
EventWorld Conference on Timber Engineering - Vienna, Austria, Austria
Duration: 22 Aug 201625 Aug 2016
http://wcte2016.conf.tuwien.ac.at/
http://wcte2016.conf.tuwien.ac.at/home/

Conference

ConferenceWorld Conference on Timber Engineering
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityVienna, Austria
Period22.08.201625.08.2016
Internet address

Keywords

  • facade system
  • buildingenvelope
  • composite
  • timber
  • glass
  • envelope

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