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

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

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

• https://go.epfl.ch/CIVIL-433