11. Europäischer Kongress (EBH 2018)

11. Europäischer Kongress EBH 2018
Ki-etude Building – Folded Wood | P. Ernest 3
Ki-etude Building – Folded Wood
1. STUDY CASE _ Design and construction of a wooden
housing building in an urban context
Wood construction is expected to play a growing role in the construction sector. By presenting
our ki-etude housing project built in Namur, Belgium, we want to demonstrate
that wood construction can be an effective, economical and ecological response for private
housing in urban centers.
The design process was very challenging as the constraints were numerous. We will show
how wood construction was relevant to deal with all the aspects of the project, architectural
and technical ones. The building is located on a rather complex plot and strict requirements
in terms of energy performance, fire resistance and acoustics needed to be met.
It was the pretext to innovate both architecturally and technically.
The ki-etude building was the highest CLT building in Belgium at this time.
Figure 1: Ki-Etude housing completed picture by Valentin Bianchi
1.1. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
The project is located in the historic center of the Belgian city of Namur. In a narrow alley
right next to the train station. The land was occupied, originally by a building of three
levels without architectural interest. The client, who is a real estate developer, wanted to
build, on top of the existing building in order to get ten apartments.
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