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| Author(s): |
Gerusa de Cássia Salado
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Carlos. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2006-09-28 |
| Examining board members: |
Eduvaldo Paulo Sichieri;
Valter Luís Caldana Junior;
Akemi Ino
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| Advisor: | Eduvaldo Paulo Sichieri |
| Abstract | |
According to the actual context of great concern with the environment preservation and, at the same time, millions of homeless people due poverty and environmental catastrophes, arises the necessity of studying alternative construction materials, which can contribute to soften these issues. Based in this, this work focuses the use of paper tubes in the construction by the japanese architect Shigeru Ban. The construction systems created by the referenced architect and the technical characteristics of paper tubes that he uses in his works have been studied in this research. Preliminary technical tests have been done to characterize paper tubes made by a brazilian industry and to check if their technical characteristics would become possible the production of construction systems as the japanese works. This study, however, is only the beginning of several researches that will made until identify the viability of application this technology in Brazil. (AU) | |