Edifícios de Múltiplos Pavimentos em Estrutura de Madeira: Processos Construtivos e Diretrizes para Projeto

Abstract

The work aims to understand and analyze the different construction processes, and what are the guidelines for the development of multi-floor building projects carried out in timber structures. These processes bring about a new way of project thinking, which must consider factors restricted to situations involving wood as a structure material. Since this is a structural building system that is still little disseminated in the civil construction scenario at a world level, it is essential to have a technical capability for a complete understanding of the whole process that is part of the production cycle of a building that presents this constructive method. Therefore, the research first intends to contextualize the current global scenario of civil construction, so that the use of wood as a sustainable structural solution can be justified. Next, it is defined what mass timber products are, and how they can contribute to the implementation of construction systems based on timber structures and their possible applications. Consequently, the construction systems used are characterized, as well as the procedures for the construction of multi-storey timber buildings, considering besides structural factors, performance criteria such as thermal and acoustic insulation, fire safety, protection against humidity and stability of the buildings. Finally, an analysis of the construction process of three case studies was carried out in order to consider the different possible approaches to projects of multi-storey timber buildings, being them: Brock Commons, located in Vancouver; Stadhaus, located in London; and LCT One, located in Dornbirn