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INTRODUCTION
Paper is the most common fibre composite material, and research is continuing to develop new variations. We are surrounded by paper, and we throw away most of it. Look at your rubbish bin, and you can see what the major constituent of our landfill sites is : paper, mostly in the form of cardboard packaging. ... These cartons are so well engineered that we take their performance for granted, so why is it that paper is widely thought of as being an unsuitable materials for building, except perhaps as traditional Japanese shoji screens?
Paper is an industrial material, one that can be made resistant to fire and water and as soft as wool or as strong as wood. ... The more the fibres are organized by orientation, rather than just being matted, the harder it is to differentiate paper from fabric.
PAPER AS STRUCTURE
It is structure that makes a material strong or weak. Structure within the material (fibre additions and orientations) and structure applied to the material (folds, corrugations and honeycombs) make an enormous difference to the engineering properties long before the material is put to work in a larger structure. ...
Paper tubes are widely available, come in various thicknesses, diameters and lengths, and the weight they can support is a function of the wall, thickness and the diameter. ...
Name : Japanese Pavilion at the Expo 2000
Function : Exhibition hall
Location : Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Architect : Shigeru Ban
Structural engineer : Buro Happold
Material : Wood and recycled paper
Technical statement
Made of paper tubes and a paper covering, this structure had a clear span of 35 metres and, at 72 metres long and 15 metres at its highest point, enclosed a huge free space. The surface membrane on top of the grid shell was made of glass-fibre-reinforced paper, translucent so that a complex play of light and shadow articulated the spaces of the exhibition hall and the corridor that wrapped around it.
Approximate Word count = 1555
Approximate Pages = 6.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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