| Project description | Development of a Prefabricated Timber-Clay Composite Ceiling System for Serial Production in Multi-Storey Timber Construction |
| Acronym | HLD-ELEMENTSYSTEM |
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| Project content |
On the path toward a climate-neutral, resource-efficient, and health-promoting building stock, forward-looking concepts and technological innovations are required that enable the careful use of available raw materials and contribute to a consistent reduction of energy consumption in the construction sector. As part of the research initiative Zukunft Bau, a prefabricated timber-clay composite ceiling system is being developed. The system is made exclusively from low-energy, natural, and renewable raw materials. The objective is to substitute concrete in timber-concrete composite ceiling systems with clay, thereby creating a novel composite ceiling system. In doing so, the structural capacity of clay is activated within the ceiling system, in addition to making use of its favorable fire resistance, acoustic insulation, and hygrothermal properties. Through the synergetic combination of the widely available, ecological, and 100% recyclable building materials timber and clay, the advancement of high-performance timber composite systems for multi-storey timber construction becomes possible. At the end of their life cycle, the materials used can be separated into pure fractions and reintroduced into the material cycle. Within the scope of this development, not only the optimization of structural performance is addressed, but also aspects such as increasing the degree of prefabrication, advancing serial production, and enhancing building physics properties are investigated. The research findings are intended to serve as fundamental research for the construction industry, fostering the use of recyclable, natural materials. In this way, the proportion of sustainable construction methods can be increased, the consumption of fossil resources reduced, and the potential for greenhouse gas mitigation fully exploited. |
| Participants |
Dr.-Ing. Ingmar Kurtz M.Sc. Hannah Herrmann Prof. Dipl.-Ing. M. Arch. Felix Waechter Department of Design and Building Construction, TU Darmstadt B.Sc. Johannes Fröhlich Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karsten Ulrich Tichelmann VHT Darmstadt, Institute & Test Centre for Timber Construction and Drywall GmbH Hannah Schneider TSB Engineering GmbH |
| Duration | October 2023 – October 2025 |
| Funding | Zukunft Bau |
| Project website | https://www.ebk.architektur.tu-darmstadt.de/forschung_ebk/forschung_fg.de.jsp#forschung_ebk |
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Development of a Prefabricated Timber-Clay Composite Ceiling System for Serial Production in Multi-Storey Timber Construction
Design and Building Construction
Development of a Prefabricated Timber-Clay Composite Ceiling System for Serial Production in Multi-Storey Timber Construction
Design and Building Construction