Ancient methods for the future of green building

The real estate sector, in its most advanced fringe, is gearing up more and more towards new construction methods, preferring among all the dry construction system. This is a momentous choice that will revolutionize the way we think the action of the building, involving the entire value chain of the building: the legislature, the designer, the manufacturer and the manufacturer. But what is it and why it is considered as the construction technique of the future?

CHANGE THE DESIGN OF BUILDING

First, the dry construction system is in contrast to traditional building techniques, employing binders, such as mortars, cements, adhesives, etc.., Since the structures are mechanically assembled on site in functional layers.

This method assumes that all intervention components to be assembled are directly provided, according to the executive project, from specialized factories and are therefore, once merged in the pipeline, already tested and certified for.

The site becomes the place of assembly of high-quality components, in which skilled workers make up what is a "mechanical system", all made a priori by the designer.

WHY BUILDINGS IN DRY?

One of the advantages of dry construction is the lack of the bond to the masonry. In fact in this case the designer is free to choose among many construction materials, identifying from time to time the element that allows the desired performance.

If the concrete as it is convenient for the foundations and pillars, the steel is mainly used for connections and, along with the wood, is more suited to prefabricated parts.

THE ROAD PREFABRICATION

The dry system is based on the prefabrication and, as such, assumes that all components are manufactured in the factory with precision and time control. This allows you to have a forecast that was previously impossible, on-time and implementation costs.

Prefabrication also allows you to get individual components complete of installations and coatings.

OPTIMIZATION OF THE TIMES

Once developed the project, and developed the project executive, is launched the production of all the necessary parts, which can be built at the same time, optimizing the time of delivery to the site. This allows the assembly of complete construction in a very short time, an advantage which is amplified, however, by the lack of drying phases.

FANTASY CONSTRUCTION

Through this method you can also respond flexibly to the aesthetic of the designers, since it is by definition flexible and designed to meet the different needs of composition.

BUILDINGS ENERGY SAVING

But the advantages do not end here, as it is moreover of advanced systems also from the point of view of energy saving and therefore already predisposed, both as regards the thermal and acoustic insulation, both as regards the plant, to optimize fuel consumption energy and produce energy from renewable sources. So this is a system that thinks a priori to the comfort of those who will inhabit the house and its consumption.

AMAZING GROWTH

The fortunate that the dry construction method is having in Italy is dictated by the union of several factors.

First of all, today is increasingly required compliance with the time of delivery of the building by the customer and the respect of the costs of production, and this would not be possible except through this system. Furthermore, the difficulty in finding skilled labor in traditional building techniques, shifts the interest of new solutions, leaner, more immediate and verifiable.

The increase in plant installations, also, and the consequent need to find ways to simplify the maintenance or repair, require the construction of flexible, streamlined, easy to inspect.

SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY

To all this is added the high degree of sustainability of these buildings because energy consumption is calculated and controlled in every phase of life: from the birth of its components, assembly, from the management of the building, its demolition. All this without sacrificing the styles of contemporary architecture.

There are some basic points that need to be adhered to in dry construction:

* Disassembly: components must be easy to handle and can be connected easily, and must be assembled in anticipation of their disassembly and re-use.

* FLEXIBILITY: the components must also allow changes in operating phase, such as the change of the distribution of the interior spaces of a building.

* SURVIVORS: there must be the possibility of disposal of work with reference to any possibility of reuse, recycling or disposal of the parties, to allow for a reduced use of raw materials for the production of new components.

 

13/02/2010

 

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Source:

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