Division of Timber Structures

Main directions of  scientific activity and teaching aims

  • traditional and historical timber structures
  • mechanics of wood and wood-based materials
  • innovative timber structures (textile, origami based folded plates)
  • glued laminated and cross laminated timber
  • smart and deployable structures
  • tensegrity, tensairity and light-weight structures
  • computational methods

Scope of the proposed scientific and research services

  • scientific and technical expertise on timber structures
  • design projects, modernization and revitalization of timber buildings
  • computational modeling of structures (FEM)
  • unconventional structures (tensegrity, deployable structures)