Connections for Circularity in Wooden Buildings

 - Jürgen Graf, Stephan Birk, Viktor Poteschkin, Marcel Balsen

The timber structure of a fabrication and research hall in Kaiserslautern demonstrates how a new type of connecting element made from compreg enables buildings to be dismantled leaving their components intact.

Connections for Circularity in Wooden Buildings
The frame structure, cross-laminated timber walls and the modularised building envelope can be dismantled into their individual parts if required. © Andreas Labes