Construction Materials Manual / / Manfred Hegger, Volker Auch-Schwelk, Matthias Fuchs, Thorsten Rosenkranz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Architecture, Design and Arts 2000 - 2014
• VerfasserIn: Hegger, Manfred,; Auch-Schwelk, Volker,; Fuchs, Matthias,; Rosenkranz, Thorsten,
• MitwirkendeR: Esslinger, Marc,; Funhoff, Dirk,; Jakob, Patrik,; Rudolphi, Alexander,; Sauer, Christiane,; Schittich, Christian,; Steiger, Peter,; Tichelmann, Karsten,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : Birkhäuser, , [2013]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: DETAIL Construction Manuals
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)

Eine Übersicht für Architekten, die auch die Bedeutung der Baustoffwahl für die sinnliche Wahrnehmung von Architektur wie Haptik, Geruch, Farbe, Oberflächenstruktur berücksichtigt, gab es bisher nicht. Mit dem Baustoff Atlas wird diese Lücke nun geschlossen. Als ein auf die Interessen von Architekten und Bauingenieuren gleichermassen abgestimmtes Grundlagenwerk wird er alle genannten Betrachtungsebenen vereinen. Dabei werden sowohl grundsätzliche Nachhaltigkeitsfragen wie Lebensdauer, Umweltbelastung und Stoffkreisläufe erörtert als auch Materialinnovationen vorgestellt. Alle wesentlichen herkömmlichen und neuartigen Baustoffe werden hinsichtlich Herstellung, Verarbeitung, Oberflächen, Anschlüssen und Kenndaten umfassend dokumentiert. Internationale Beispiele, deren Erscheinungsbild sich häufig aus jeweils einem Material definiert, veranschaulichen die Anwendung in der Architektur. Der Baustoff Atlas unterstützt damit die tägliche Arbeit von Architekten und Ingenieuren bei der Baustoffauswahl auf eine umfassende, zugleich anschauliche und anregende Weise.

Until now, the few existing systematic texts on construction materials have primarily been directed at building engineers. An overview for architects, which also considers the importance of construction materials in the sensory perception of architecture-including tactile qualities, smell, color, and surface structure-has not been available.With the publication of the Construction Materials Manual, all that has changed. As a basic work aimed equally at the questions and perspectives of architects and building engineers, it will bring together all of the above-mentioned viewpoints. It addresses fundamental questions of sustainability, including life-span, environmental impact, and material cycles, while also presenting material innovations. All of the principal conventional and innovative construction materials are comprehensively documented, with attention to their production, manufacture, fabrication, treatment, surfaces, connections, and characteristics. International examples help to illustrate their use in architecture, where a building’s appearance is often defined by a single material. Thus, the Construction Materials Manual will support the daily work of architects and engineers in the choice of construction materials in a comprehensive and at the same time vivid and stimulating manner.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part A. Materials and architecture -- The surface in contemporary architecture -- The architect as building materials scout -- The critical path to sustainable construction -- Criteria for the selection of building materials -- The development of innovative materials -- Touching the senses – materials and haptics in the design process -- Part B. Properties of building materials -- Stone -- Loam -- Ceramic materials -- Building materials with mineral binders -- Bituminous materials -- Wood and wood-based products -- Metal -- Glass -- Synthetic materials -- Life cycle assessments -- Part C. Applications of building materials -- The building envelope -- Insulating and sealing -- Building services -- Walls -- Intermediate floors -- Floors -- Surfaces and coatings -- Part D. Case studies in detail -- Loam: Chapel of rest -- Timber: Extension to mountain hut -- Stone: Wine store -- Lightweight concrete: Holiday home -- Stone: Private house -- Green roof: Private house -- Synthetic material: Private house -- Render: Private house -- Clay brickwork: Apartment block -- Glass: Metro station -- Synthetic material: Bus terminal -- Timber: Workshop for an open-air museum -- Timber: Hiroshige Ando Museum -- Metal: Natural history museum -- Membrane: Arts Centre -- Glass: Art Gallery -- Glass tiles: Service centre -- Concrete: Institute headquarters -- Clay elements: Hotel management school -- Metal: Fire station -- Lightweight concrete: Service centre -- Glass: Hospital extension -- Stone: 110 kV substation -- Glass: Combined police and fire station -- Membrane: Roof to tennis stadium -- Part E Appendix -- Physical parameters of materials -- Hazardous substances -- Statutory instruments, directives, standards -- Bibliography -- Picture credits -- Subject index -- Index of names