[GSBN] Round Jumbo Bale Building: loadbearing or not?

[M Oehlmann]

Hi Rikki,

Werner Schmidt has references for a hybrid loadbaring option and for
loadbaring testing:
http://www.atelierwernerschmidt.ch/Gebaeude.html

Actually he is on this list yet due to great demand in Switzerland rather
busy and absent..

The hybrid effect will be received with wood. The use of wood could be
reduced for this by creating columns/boxes with jumbo-bales in it and place
them on constructually useful places. This way you could build several
floors high up to 8.

I tried some crazy "lobby" on this but it seemed not te be the right timing
yet. Possibly that will change one day.

All the best,

Martin Oehlmann



2011/5/25 Rikki Nitzkin <rikkinitzkin at earthlink.net>

> Hi all,
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> I have an arquitect friend who is designing a 15 m diameter round, Jumbo
> Bale, building with a reciprocal roof. He is doubting if it is possible to
> do load-bearing or not. Has anyone tried anything similar? Are there any
> ofical tests done on the load-bearing capacity of Jumbo Bales?
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