Building ... A new experience in Africa

Susanne Gampfer; Wolfgang Huß; Hermann Kaufmann; Philipp Dietsch; Jörn Von Grabe; Michael Merk; Peter Mestek; Jörg Schaffrath; René Stein; Stefan Winter; Norman Werhter; Arthur Wolfrum

Building ... A new experience in Africa

Susanne Gampfer, Wolfgang Huß, Hermann Kaufmann, Philipp Dietsch, Jörn Von Grabe, Michael Merk, Peter Mestek, Jörg Schaffrath, René Stein, Stefan Winter, Norman Werhter, Arthur Wolfrum

Technical University of Munich

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Abstract

This paper presents an interdisciplinary design-build-project for students of Civil Engineering and Architecture. The project consisted of a theoretical design phase at the university and a second, practical stage, during which the participants were given the opportunity to actually build the structure. Thus, as a special teaching method within university education this full scale project linked theoretical information on building materials, construction and sustainable technology to the practical experience of implementing them on site - while simultaneously imparting communication and collaboration skills which are essential for both engineers and architects throughout their professional careers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	11th World Conference on Timber Engineering 2010, WCTE 2010
Pages	2662-2669
Number of pages	8
State	Published - 2010
Event	11th World Conference on Timber Engineering 2010, WCTE 2010 - Trentino, Italy Duration: 20 Jun 2010 → 24 Jun 2010

Publication series

Name	11th World Conference on Timber Engineering 2010, WCTE 2010
Volume	3

Conference

Conference	11th World Conference on Timber Engineering 2010, WCTE 2010
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Trentino
Period	20/06/10 → 24/06/10

Keywords

Interdisciplinary teaching
South Africa
Student project
Sustainable building
Sustainable technology

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Gampfer, S, Huß, W, Kaufmann, H, Dietsch, P, Von Grabe, J, Merk, M, Mestek, P, Schaffrath, J, Stein, R, Winter, S, Werhter, N & Wolfrum, A 2010, Building ... A new experience in Africa. in 11th World Conference on Timber Engineering 2010, WCTE 2010. 11th World Conference on Timber Engineering 2010, WCTE 2010, vol. 3, pp. 2662-2669, 11th World Conference on Timber Engineering 2010, WCTE 2010, Trentino, Italy, 20/06/10.

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