Research

The aim of interdisciplinary research in the context of the climate crisis is to increase the proportion of timber construction and to increase the material substitution of mineral building materials in the construction and finishing of buildings. Research is focussed on the reduction of restrictions in timber construction, the identification of new potentials of bio-based building materials and the further development of the application possibilities of modern timber construction methods. The central question here is how the change in the construction industry towards resource efficiency with high architectural and architectural-cultural qualities can be achieved.

The close co-operation with the chairs of timber construction at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Wood Research in Weihenstephan form the basis of a broad-based competence in research on the subject of wood at the Technical University of Munich.