Appropriate Building Materials: a Catalogue of Potential Solutions (SKAT, 1988, 430 p.): Examples of wall materials: Timber panel walls

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Appropriate Building Materials: a Catalogue of Potential Solutions (SKAT, 1988, 430 p.)

Examples of wall materials

		Stone masonry blocks walls
		Rammed earth walls
		Compressed soil blocks walls
		Bamboo reinforced earth walls
		Burnt clay brick walls
		Concrete hollow block walls
		Bamboo walls
		Timber panel walls
		Sulphur concrete walls
		Walls from agro-waste

Timber panel walls

KEYWORDS:

Special properties	Suitable for prefabrication, quick assembly
Economical aspects	Medium costs
Stability	Good
Skills required	Carpentry skills
Equipment required	Carpentry tools
Resistance to earthquake	Good
Resistance to hurricane	Low to medium
Resistance to rain	Low to medium
Resistance to insects	Low
Climatic stability	Warm humid climates
Stage of experience	Standard construction

SHORT DESCRIPTION:

· With a well coordinated, modular design, only a few types of wall panels need to be prefabricated, and the less the number of different components, the quicker and cheaper is the process of prefabrication.

· Well seasoned timber should be used in order to prevent moisture movements and distortions which could make assembly difficult and cause dangerous stresses in the course of time.

· Protective measures against biological agents, hurricanes and fire are essential (see section on PROTECTIVE MEASURES).

· The illustrations on the next three pages are taken from the excellently illustrated UNIDO Manual on Wooden House Construction, which was prepared by the Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas (IPI), Sao Paulo, Brazil, for a self-help community building project at Coroados, Manaus, under a contract with the Housing Society for the Amazon State (SHAM).

Further information: Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas (IPI) do Estado de Sao Paulo, S.A., P.O. Box 7141, 05508 Sao Paulo, Brazil; Bibl. 14.22.

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