Timber construction
Summary
Help students understand and design innovative, architecturally and structurally interesting wood constructions. Deepen technical knowledge through the study of built examples.
Content
Understand and design parts of timber constructions like:
- beam, truss and strut systems
- design of load-bearing systems for multi-storey buildings
- Stabilization of multi-storey buildings
- Structural elements: building columns and floors
- Building envelope
- Fire protection and calculations
Keywords
wooden buildings, floor, connection, fire facade, timber, design, construction
Learning Prerequisites
Required courses
Prerequisite courses
Civil-331 : Design and dimensioning of timber structures, or equivalent.
Important concepts to start the course
Important concepts to master
Structural statics and basic dimensioning of timber structures
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- Design structural systems
- Analyze structural behaviour
- Construct timber conections
Transversal skills
- Manage priorities.
Teaching methods
ex cathedra, illustrated with slides, exercises, tour
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Supervision
Office hours | No |
Assistants | Yes |
Others |
Resources
Bibliography
- P-A Dupraz, M. Mooser, D. Plug ; « Dimensionnement des structures en bois - aide au calcul basé sur la norme SIA 265 », PPUR, 2010
- TGC13: Construction en bois
- Construire en bois / Thomas Herzog, Julius Natterer, Roland Schweitzer, Michaël Volz, Wolfgang Winter /ed. PPUR, collection: Atlas de la construction
- Normes SIA (structure porteuse), de n° 260 à 265
- TGC volume 13
Ressources en bibliothèque
- Dimensionnement des structures en bois / Dupraz
- Construction en bois (TGC13) / Natterer
- Construire en bois / Herzog et al.
- Normes SIA - only access (for EPFL only)
Moodle Link
In the programs
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: Oral (summer session)
- Subject examined: Timber construction
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: Oral (summer session)
- Subject examined: Timber construction
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Spring
- Exam form: Oral (summer session)
- Subject examined: Timber construction
- Courses: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional