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Construction modulaire

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Load bearing device

Corentin Jean Dominique Fivet, Jan Friedrich Georg Brütting, Dario Redaelli, Alex-Manuel Muresan

The present relates to a device being used in modular building construction comprising at least one flat load support comprising a first main face and a second main face, at least one elongated load support designed for being coupled with said flat load su ...

2021

Working Space – An innovative modular timber construction system for the sustainable vertical extension of office buildings

Emmanuel Rey, Sophie Lufkin, Aleksis Dind

Urban densification issues are one of the key challenges for most European cities. In this context, the vertical extension of existing buildings provides a solution to create usable spaces without wasting additional land. Little attention has been given to ...

2017

Rethinking the house form in poor areas : researching a pedagogical methodology to improve self-build housing in Angola by creating a culturally and ecologically sensitive expert system

Joana Rosa Ferreira Leite dos Santos Aleixo

Studying housing requires a multidisciplinary approach in order to come up with comprehensive solutions for physical, social and cultural needs. This thesis intends to bring those needs into the process of creating the house, by proposing a methodology to ...

EPFL2016

Swisswoodhouse, an innovative concept for sustainable modular housing

Emmanuel Rey

The Swisswoodhouse concept was born out of the crossover of several lines of thought concerning issues of urban densification, flexibility of housing, adaptability of buildings and sustainable construction. The approach aims to provide an alternative to th ...

2012

Geometrical description and structural analysis of a modular timber structure

Yves Weinand, Seyed Sina Nabaei

The ambitious goal of the ongoing research at IBOIS, the Laboratory of timber constructions at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is to develop a next generation of timber constructions made out of innovative timber-derived products, throu ...

2011

Geometrical description and Structural analysis of a Modular Timber Structure

Yves Weinand, Seyed Sina Nabaei

2011

Triggers for housing development

Philippe Thalmann

What leads to the development of residential construction projects? If the economic literature is to be believed, developers analyse market opportunities. However, it is difficult to assess those opportunities, for several reasons, e.g. long time horizon f ...

University of Reading2008