FORSCHUNGSFORUM 4/2006
Innovation in large-scale residential building construction

The growing sector of multi-family homes / multi-story buildings in urban areas promises a great potential for the development of trend-setting building concepts that take into account new social, technological, and ecological developments. Also, innovative solutions in this field of building construction are of eminent importance for the dissemination of sustainable building designs in all fields of building construction. The sections below present four demonstration projects within the "Building of Tomorrow" subprogram, which have already been completed or are currently under construction.