Project

CONNECTION SYSTEMS FOR EXTENDED BUILDING LIFE – DESIGN PRINCIPLES

Project Under Development

Aim: develop design principles for connection systems that extend building life Interdisciplinary approaches to generate new knowledge on reversible timber joints

  • mass timber joints
  • framing to mass timber joints
  • hybrid to mass timber joints

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Objectives/Deliverables

  • Design guidance for detailing connections for DfA, DfDR, maintenance & repair
  • Re-design (mass) timber buildings for DfDR

Project Leader/s

Lisa Ottenhaus

Node Leader - Design for Extended Building Life; Project Leader

The University of Queensland


Project Staff

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Opportunity

HDR Candidate

Higher Degrees by Research Scholarship Opportunity


Project Investigators

Lisa Ottenhaus

Node Leader - Design for Extended Building Life; Project Leader

The University of Queensland

Paola Leardini

Node Leader - Design for Extended Building Life; Project Leader

The University of Queensland

Hamid Valipour

Chief Investigator

University of New South Wales

Sardar Malek

Partner Investigator

University of Victoria, Canada

Eugenia Gasparri

Project Leader; Chief Investigator

The University of Sydney

Matt Smith

Partner Investigator

Simpson Strong-Tie

Tony Lam

Partner Investigator

Tzannes Associates


Lead Project Partner Organisation


Project Partners