Atrium house is a mass timber structure that has been developed for the purposes of the course to calculate the structural analysis alternatives.

3D AXONOMETRIC & DRAWINGS

CONSTRUCTIVE PLAN

PRE-DIMENSIONING TOOLS

In order to calculate the general dimensions of the structure we use the predimension tools of Fast + Epp and more specifically Timber Bay and member Calculator.

CALCULATIONS

For this, it is developed a 3d model in order to analyze the different timber components of the structure and propose the most appropriate dimensions.

The 3 options developed are the following:

  • Option 1: Glulam columns + Glulam beams
  • Option 2: CLT
  • Option 3: LVL

OPTION A – INTERMEDIATE FLOOR – OPTION B WALKABLE DECK ROOF – OPTION C PITCHED ROOF

The selection of components has been selected from the DATAHOLZ database.

DATAHOLZ

OPTION 1

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CALCULATIS FOR OPTION 1B

OPTION 2

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CALCULATIS FOR OPTION 2A & 2C

OPTION 3

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CALCULATIS FOR OPTION 2B & 2C

The final results are analyzed in the table below.

QUANTITATIVE TABLE

Structural Mass Timber Analysis for an Atrium House is a project of IaaC, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia developed at Master in Mass Timber Design in 2021/2022 by Student: Alexandros Kitriniaris. Faculty: Felipe Riola. Course: Techniques 1.1.