Cardboard in ArchitectureThe 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. |
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This is a highly detailed and fascinating book. It has been extremely useful and helpful in aiding the construction of a termite city. Unfortuantely, there was nothing in the book about the rapid consumption of cardboard-based structures by insects. The city collapsed into anarchy after only a week, and several thousands of termites have died from excessive intake of carcinogenic glue, used in the construction of the buildings.
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its an excellent book over cardboard
Contents
Cardboard Technical Research and Developments at Delft University of Technology | 1 |
Cardboard in Architecture an Overview | 21 |
Paper Leaves | 49 |
The Design and Building Process of a Cardboard Pavilion | 59 |
A House of Cardboard | 69 |
Structural Engineering and Design in Paper and Cardboard | 95 |
Application of Cardboard in Partitioning | 119 |
Mechanical Behaviour of Cardboard in Construction | 131 |
The Cardboard Dome as an Example of an Engineers Approach | 147 |
Epilogue | 165 |
Author Details | 167 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Cardboard in Architecture Volume 7 of Research in architectural engineering series, ISSN 1873-6033 |
| Editors | Mick Eekhout, Fons Verheijen, Ronald Visser |
| Publisher | IOS Press, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1586038206, 9781586038205 |
| Length | 167 pages |
| Subjects | › Architecture / Methods & Materials |
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