Wood structure | Naturally renewable, ecologically sustainable
"Wood is universally beautiful to humans and is the closest to humans among all building materials"
——Wright
An elegant, comfortable and romantic wood structure building has attracted many people's attention. Perhaps you are attracted by its green and environmentally friendly materials, which can give you a healthier living environment. Perhaps you are attracted by the relatively cheap cost of wood structure villas. But we may not know enough about the things about wood structure buildings.
Wood structure villas refer to engineering structures with wood as the main force system. In ancient Chinese architecture, wood structure was the main building form. Thousands of years of wood structure buildings have given us rich construction technology and experience. Before the maturity of reinforced concrete technology, most countries in the world were dominated by wood structure buildings and mixed structures.
Compared with the current frame system buildings, the advantages of wood structure are relatively reflected
➤ Comparison 1: Comfort
No one will deny that life is becoming more and more precious. Today, people not only require a healthy body, but also a healthy living space. Wooden houses will satisfy people who pursue high-quality life, health and longevity. A foreign research institute specializing in human natural sciences conducted a survey and research on this. Among the 30 people who lived in wooden houses for a long time and the 30 people who lived in reinforced concrete houses for a long time, the average life expectancy of the former was 9-11 years higher than that of the latter!
➤ Comparison 2: Earthquake resistance
Wooden structures have high strength - they are relatively light in weight, have high toughness, and have strong resistance to instantaneous impact loads and periodic fatigue damage. They have the best earthquake resistance among all structures, which has been fully proven in many major earthquake zones. In the 1995 Kobe earthquake in Japan, wooden structures caused minimal damage due to their own advantages, which is also the reason why wooden houses have developed rapidly in Europe, the United States, Japan, South Korea and other countries.
➤ Comparison 3: Energy saving and environmental protection
The thermal insulation and energy saving performance of wood structure is better than any other building material. Under the condition of the same thickness, the thermal insulation value of wood structure is 16 times higher than that of standard concrete and 3 times higher than that of hollow brick wall houses. In summer, the indoor temperature of wooden houses is 2.4 degrees lower than that of brick-concrete houses and 4 times higher in winter.
A typical North American light wood structure house captures about 29 tons of carbon dioxide - equivalent to the emissions of driving a passenger car for more than five years (about 12,500 liters of gasoline)
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change believes that buildings may provide the greatest opportunity to significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Through green building choices, about 30% of the global estimated greenhouse gas emissions from the construction industry can be avoided by 2030
Using sustainably harvested wood as a building material is a simple and economical way to help fight climate change. Carbon dioxide is a key cause of global warming and an important component of wood. Wood absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during its growth and uses solar energy to convert it into raw materials for durable wood building products.
➤ Comparison 4: Service life
The service life of a wooden house can be more than 100 years. Wood itself has gone through the test of time. Each piece of wood can grow for more than 100 years, and wood will not change with the growth of time. Wood only has physical expansion and contraction changes. Due to the quality of supporting building materials, modern wooden houses can roughly reach a service life of 50-70 years, which fully meets the domestic residential life standard requirements.
➤ Comparison 5: Construction period
All structural parts and connectors of wooden structures are standardized, so their construction and installation speed is much faster than concrete and brick structures. A wooden villa can be completed in only 8-16 weeks (including decoration). Due to its light weight, no complex lifting equipment is required in the factory or on site. The traditional brick-concrete construction method takes 24-36 weeks (including decoration).
➤ Comparison 6: Anti-corrosion and moisture resistance
Through technical treatment, wooden houses have good anti-corrosion and moisture resistance, while traditional construction methods, without good technical treatment, are prone to leakage, moisture, and decay.
The exterior wall of the light wood structure can form a "breathing building" by laying a waterproof and breathable membrane.
➤ Comparison 7: Economic efficiency
The construction cost of a normal frame structure clubhouse and residence is about 2500-3000 yuan/㎡, and the ordinary decoration cost is about 2500 yuan/㎡, which is equivalent to a unit price of about 5000-6000 yuan/㎡. After the completion of the wood structure building, the interior surface basically reaches the decoration level, and the overall price is 4500-5000 yuan/㎡, which is more price-competitive than the ordinary frame structure.
➤ Comparison 8: Fire resistance
The fire resistance of a building does not depend on the performance of a single building material, but on the fire resistance level of the entire building. The main frame of the light wooden structure house adopts a sealed fireproof design and is enclosed behind the gypsum board to achieve a fire resistance rating of 1 to 2 hours; for heavy wooden structures, the carbonization effect of wood is used; when wood burns, a carbonized layer will form on the surface, and its low thermal conductivity can effectively prevent the external flame from spreading inward, thereby ensuring that the entire structure is not damaged in a short time (when the steel structure encounters a fire, the steel beam will quickly heat up, soften and fall, leading to dangerous consequences).
When we are exhausted by the intrusion of the house, work, environment, etc. in reality, then a warm and healthy home is what each of us needs. The wooden house villa has such an effect, allowing you to relax unprecedentedly.
