The Department of Building Technology at the Faculty of Architecture at TU Delft is studying and developing cardboard as a potential building material on a broad, systematic and where possible comprehensive basis. The guiding research question is: 'How can cardboard be used in both architectural and structural terms as a fully fledged building material, making use of the material-specific properties?' An exploratory phase from 2003 to 2005 - including an outdoor pilot structure (multi-shed), a pilot pavilion accommodating, an exhibition, workshops on resistance to fire and to damp, a first patent (KCPK), the design of an interior wall (Besin) and the publication of this book - was concluded by an international symposium attended by both the paper industry and the building industry. This publication comprises the report on that symposium.IOS Press is an international science, technical and medical publisher of high-quality books for academics, scientists, and professionals in all fields. Some of the areas we publish in: -Biomedicine -Oncology -Artificial intelligence -Databases and information systems -Maritime engineering -Nanotechnology -Geoengineering -All aspects of physics -E-governance -E-commerce -The knowledge economy -Urban studies -Arms control -Understanding and responding to terrorism -Medical informatics -Computer Sciences
Author(s): M. Eekhout, F. Verheijen, R. Visser
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 176
Title page......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
Cardboard Technical Research and Developments at Delft University of Technology......Page 10
Cardboard in Architecture; an Overview......Page 30
Paper Leaves......Page 58
The Design and Building Process of a Cardboard Pavilion......Page 68
A House of Cardboard......Page 78
Structural Engineering and Design in Paper and Cardboard......Page 104
Application of Cardboard in Partitioning......Page 128
Mechanical Behaviour of Cardboard in Construction......Page 140
The Cardboard Dome as an Example of an Engineers Approach......Page 156
Epilogue......Page 174
Author Details......Page 176