Engineered wood Marine Terrein

The Dutch Marine grounds are located in the very city centre of Amsterdam on the Marine Terrein, all 14 hectares of the area have been forbidden to access for a very long time until now. The Dutch Marine is leaving the area in stages because of budget cuts from 2015 till 2018. The terrain is badly connected to the centre; all the utility buildings are of low quality and the area doesn't have any attractive public functions. In order to develop the area a public park will be added with eateries below, all positioned above a harbour. The building will be constructed from wood because it is a sustainable material which relates well to the vision of the area. In addition the area has an history of shipyards in which wood was the main construction material. In this paper all types of structural wood are explored and in succession research has been done to what kind of structures are the most suitable for a high static load building in combination with long spans. Finally suitable types of engineered wood structures for a bridge in the Marine terrein can be deducted from literature and case studies.Architecture and The Built Environmen