CARDBOARD ARCHITECTURE
Sep 26, 2015
CARDBOARD ARCHITECTURE
Corrugated cardboard
Corrugated cardboard is increasingly being used in a variety of modern applications, ranging from the printing, packaging and aviation industries to the construction of various indoor elements, including furniture and doors.
Advantages
Low cost material
Very strong insulate (thermal and acoustical) properties
Easily recyclable
Can be manufactured using renewable sources
Corrugated cardboard possesses a high degree of structural strength and stiffness
Cardboard blocks can be prefabricated and mass customised, permitting streamlining on the construction site, and thus improved cost savings
Limitations
Vulnerable to moisture
Vulnerable to fire
Vulnerable to temperature change
Sensitive to ultra-violet light
Sensitive to various chemicals
Solutions for many of these issues are currently being addressed and tested by researchers in the field.
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The strength of the building has nothing to do with the strength of the material, says Shigeru ban, the expert architect in cardboard architecture
Even concrete buildings can be destroyed by earthquakes very easily, but paper buildings cannot be destroyed by earthquakes.
Christchurch cathedral
Christchurch cathedral
Over 90 enormous 600mm diameter, 20 metre tubes are protected by a polycarbonate roof above, and very solid concrete floor below.
Sturdy LVL (laminated veneer lumber) inserted beams, lend further substantial support to these tubes.
The cardboard cathedral will also be one of the safest buildings in the city. It is being built to last 50 plus years and to 100% of the earthquake code.
Bridge made from cardboard tubes
Paper tea house by Shingeru ban
Packed Pavilion Constructed Completely From Cardboard
A Room made of cardboard
Cardboard caf at London design festival
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