Climatic advantages of the spread of timber constructions in peripheral regions - the case of southern Switzerland
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Stefano Miccoli
(Università della Svizzera Italiana, Academy of Architecture, Mendrisio, Switzerland)
Andrea Frangi (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Congress: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs, Ghent, Belgium, 22-24 September 2021 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress Ghent 2021 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 1863-1871 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 9 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/ghent.2021.1863 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The aim of this paper is to investigate the methods available for encouraging the spread of timber constructions in small, peripheral regions such as southern Switzerland. Since 2005, Switzerland has witnessed a major increase in the number of timber constructions, mainly due to the new fire prevention regulations and to the climate and energy goals that the country wants to meet in the near future. This growth has been less significant in southern Switzerland. Data given by the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) shows the climatic advantages of the spread of timber constructions. Therefore, the opportunities for increasing the growth of such constructions in southern Switzerland have been researched. In order to identify and take advantage of the unique features of the use of wood in this region, two recent timber buildings, the Nordic Ski Centre by Durisch & Nolli, and the House in Ludiano by Tocchetti & Pessina, are analyzed and presented in this paper. The case of southern Switzerland can be a model for the spread of timber constructions in other similar regions. |
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| Keywords: |
sustainability CO2 emissions timber structures Climate advantages
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| Copyright: | © 2021 International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) | ||||
| License: | This creative work is copyrighted material and may not be used without explicit approval by the author and/or copyright owner. |
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