SOLID WOOD CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY IN THE SMALL HOUSE

摘要

This paper addresses how architectural and engineering principles interact in the design of a small-scale house with solid wood construction. Special interest is put into the interaction between different disciplines and the need for mutual understanding all along the production line in the building industry. The idea in this work is to utilise the structure and structural detailing in the architectural design, resulting in a rational way of building where technology and aesthetics support each other. Thorough architectural studies and analyses require that models be built, and as far as possible physical models. Actual physical construction is in this respect the ultimate way of architecturally developing a new structural technique. A house in the scale of a leisure-house can comprise most of the delicate problems with technical systems and detailing in a building. While planning, drawing and building this house several answers as well as interesting new questions will be revealed. The illustrating study in this paper aims at presenting technical and architectural possibilities with solid timber in such a small-scale project, planned for the rural Baltic Island of Gotland.