Pfaffenbergstrasse 95
67663 Kaiserslautern
Welcome to the research area t-lab — Wood Architecture and Wood-Based Materials The aim of the t-lab Timber Architecture and Wood-Based Materials is to initiate environmentally friendly developments and implement them in building culture.
The t-lab was founded in 2014 and is operated by the departments of Structural Engineering and Material, Building Construction I and Design. The aim is to research and implement architectural and structural timber buildings in efficient, consistent and sufficient construction. The focus of research is on the constructive design of large spans for use-neutral buildings, the increase in the use of building products made of beech wood, reversible load-bearing structures to increase circular value creation and hybrid composites. The overriding focus is on the development of climate-neutral construction methods and the material substitution of steel and reinforced concrete. Our research activities to date illustrate our concern. Another focus of the t-lab is networking with leading timber construction researchers and timber construction companies from Germany.
The timber construction research of the t-lab also influences the education of architecture students. Interdisciplinary courses on architectural and structural timber construction topics are held and culminated, for example, in 2016 in an internationally acclaimed Design-Build project (www.design-build.space). A workshop and research hall is currently being developed in interdisciplinary research and teaching. Construction will start in 2020. The workshop and research hall marks the start of the t-lab Campus Diemerstein. The building is constructed in a 100% circular economy and thus represents a milestone in climate-neutral construction.
