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Biomimetics and bionics in the architecture of the wooden house ProTerra ProTerra House is an example of a successful biomimetic wooden house project that combines different aspects of green architecture: biomimetics, bionics, bio-tech, architectural geonics Biomimetics is the science that studies nature and its solutions to create new technologies, products, and processes. Biomimetics helps humans learn from nature how to live in harmony with the environment, conserve resources, and increase efficiency. Biomimetics is used in various fields, including wooden house construction. The house with the third light "ProTerra" of 214 m² is an example ... more

Wood main physical properties The main physical properties of wood include: color, luster, texture, macro-structure, odor, moisture, shrinkage, internal stresses, swelling, cracking, warping, density, sound - electro - thermal conductivity. Сolor, shine, texture and macrostructure determine the appearance of wood. Wood of different breeds have different color - from white - aspen, spruce to black - ebony. Tannins, resin and pigments, founded in cells cavities, make wood more colourfull. Wooden house of pine in pine forest: Timber gloss - is the ability to reflect light beam pointedly. It depends on ... more

Pine physical properties The height of pine trees is usually 20 - 40 meters. Pine is a fast-growing species, and at the same time pine tree lives 300 - 500 years on the average. The annual growth of pines in height under favorable growing conditions can be between 0.8 - 1 m. Annual rings are clearly visible on all cuts. Nucleus is present. Resinous is there. The texture of pine is monotonous. Pine has small density due to great differences in structure of early and late wood. the density of early zone is in 2-3 times lower than late zone of one year layer. An average content of a late wood in one ... more

Wood main chemical properties Wood main chemical properties Wood consists mainly of organic substances (99% of the total mass). Elemental chemical composition of wood of different breeds is practically the same. Absolutely dry wood on average contains 49% of carbon, 44% of oxygen, 6% of hydrogen, 0.1-0.3% of nitrogen. When burning wood remains its inorganic part - ash. The composition of the ash includes calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium and other elements. The listed chemical elements form the basic organic substances: cellulose, lignin and hemicelluloses. Cellulose is a natural polymer, a ... more

Advantages of wooden houses Technology for the production of wooden prefabricated houses, suggests their manufacture from natural materials, which many scientists a way to live closer to nature, which in turn led to prolonged life expectancy. Materials for construction of prefabricated houses, wood, glass and rock Gibbs derived from nature. Moreover, these prefabricated houses have other advantages: Prefabricated houses have less weight, which he in turn reduces the cost of pouring the foundation and allows placement of prefabricated houses in areas with groundwater, which implies a greater rigidity ... more

Building from wood in Australia - construction process of a wooden house from glued laminated timber Most of australians are clustered in coastal cities and their sprawling suburbs. Australians like living in single-family homes on fairly large lots. Most of them are frame houses, some of them are made from concrete or bricks. Timber or log houses are not so popular yet, but there are already some quantity of solid wood timber houses consctucted by Finnish companies. Our wooden house is a new product for Australian market, but it has many advantages that can be interesting to those who just plan to build their own house in Australia. Wooden house keeps cool inside even in ... more

Physical properties of wood Physical properties of wood The properties of wood found in tests that do not lead to a change in chemical composition are called physical properties. 1. Appearance of wood 2. Wood moisture and properties associated with its change 3. Thermal properties 4. Electrical properties 5. Sound properties 6. Properties of wood, which appear under the influence of electromagnetic radiation 1. Appearance of wood It is characterized by the following properties: color, gloss, texture and macrostructure. Under the color of wood is understood a certain visual sensation, which depends, ... more

3D tour of a wooden house in virtual reality glasses (simulations, VR, digital space, digital reality) If you want to see the 3D-tour of the "White house" and the "Mirage" with augmented reality glasses in the office of ArchiLine Wooden Houses (Minsk, Belarus) just call us +375(29)-620-05-67 , +375 29 6 200 885 (Viber, WhatsApp, Telegram) and sign up for a meeting. Look more: 3D-tour of the wooden house "White Houses" made of glued laminated timber Archiline Houses: 3D-tour of the wooden house «Mirage»: ... more

House of Your Dream – Subconscious Mind Knows All About It Don`t use Google to find a house of your dream or you will just bury your desires and visions under tons of articles and photos from search results. Just use your mind and your subconscious to create, define, and visualize an ideal house. Make yourself comfortable – lie down on a couch or sit back in your favourite armchair. Close your eyes and take ten deep breaths, making short pauses between them. Imagine the landscape and scenery you would like to see around your house. As you get the picture ‑ imagine you, sitting on the ground in that place, with a company of your ... more

Conversion of an old wooden stable to a hotel and bar In Connecticut, designer Kelly Mittleman turned the former wooden stable into a hotel with a bar, which is now full of customers. Kelly says she wanted to make the hotel with the bar modern enough to not look like Ye Olde Saloon. The rickety old staircase used to provide the only access to the attic, so she built a staircase to replace it and make the space above more convenient: Sleeping places in the converted stable for night guests: But you don’t need to build a wooden stable to restore it later and remodel it into a hotel, but immediately build what you need, a hotel ... more