Wooden Public Buildings and Their Fire Safety Regulations
Ammann, Philipp (2019)
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2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201905139371
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201905139371
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The construction sector is experiencing a revolution on the idea to switch to its ancient building material i.e. wood. With climate change being a major crisis, world leading countries, such as Germany and Finland, have introduced massive timber construction, due to the benefits of timber.
The aim of this thesis was, to evaluate the knowledge of the building code standards in Germany and to develop an educational course for wooden public buildings and their fire safety regulations. Furthermore, projects from Germany and Finland were compared on their fire safety design and regulations. Fire was seen as a big influence on the idea of building with wood, as many disasters occurred in the past. However, such tragedies happened due to poorly planned structures.
Concluding was the fact that regulations have been restricting certain creative architectural projects. However, since the 2000’s more and more buildings, completed out of engineered wooden products, have been constructed and proved that the essential knowledge is there and applicable to any building, with irrelevant size. Companies, governments, educational institutions, and passionate builders must work together to create a general acceptance among the people of this world, to start the mass production of wooden buildings on a general basis.
The aim of this thesis was, to evaluate the knowledge of the building code standards in Germany and to develop an educational course for wooden public buildings and their fire safety regulations. Furthermore, projects from Germany and Finland were compared on their fire safety design and regulations. Fire was seen as a big influence on the idea of building with wood, as many disasters occurred in the past. However, such tragedies happened due to poorly planned structures.
Concluding was the fact that regulations have been restricting certain creative architectural projects. However, since the 2000’s more and more buildings, completed out of engineered wooden products, have been constructed and proved that the essential knowledge is there and applicable to any building, with irrelevant size. Companies, governments, educational institutions, and passionate builders must work together to create a general acceptance among the people of this world, to start the mass production of wooden buildings on a general basis.