Technical articles
8 March 2022
We are honored to host Arnie Didier, COO and Founder of Forest Business Network with an interview about the upcoming International Mass Timber Conference in Portland […]
3 February 2022
Since the early 2000s, there has been a steady and heterogeneous proliferation throughout several western countries of multi-story timber-based buildings (MTBs). Even with just a quick […]
14 January 2022
Economists refer to these effects as negative ‘externalities’ that occur because we continue to operate in an economic system that focuses on financial capital and built/manufactured […]
14 January 2022
From 2025 onwards, in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (MRA) all the new construction will include at least 20% timber, which means an annual reduction of approximately 220,000 tons […]
8 September 2021
One of the very first engineers working on form-finding is the Italian Pierluigi Nervi. He worked on this (without any FEM software!) because of the shortage […]
3 July 2021
Autor: PhD Cesare Benzi, Phd Andrea Kalajzic (CRIEL – Research Center on the Internationalization of Local Economies, University of Insubria, Economics Department) During the last 25 […]
3 June 2021
The first thing that comes to mind when you design a timber staircase is the common imagination: it often tends to associate timber with an idea […]
6 May 2021
In recent years we have heard a lot about these new emerging technologies: virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality.At Ergodomus we love to push the […]
7 April 2021
A couple of years ago I met in Toronto Mr. Andrew Guido: he is an expert in this field and he just launched his brand new […]
1 March 2021
Decades of sustainable forest management and timber engineering have created an opportunity to push the boundaries of what engineered timber can do: higher-rise, larger-scale, improved architectural flexibility, more predictable performance, accuracy and durability. However, its potential is not yet fully unlocked.
Constant growth in a finite world simply cannot work when growth means that we are tapping into fossil resources.
1 March 2021
Spring is in the air and Easter will soon be upon us. That means it is time for the annual Ergodomus Egg Competition.
11 February 2021
Information management and procedures are undoubtedly the most important aspect of BIM, a well-known acronym that stands for “Building Information Modeling”. BIM is not just a […]
14 December 2020
These regulations also include the properties that a BIM project must meet at different levels. There are in total 5 categories called LOD (Level Of Development): […]
9 December 2020
It’s Christmas time and here in the office we were wondering how the position and the weight of the decoration can affect the equilibrium of a […]
22 October 2020
Impact sound insulation: how it relates to regulations and acoustic comfort.
