COST Action HELEN – Holistic Design of Taller Timber Buildings

Gerhard Fink; Robert  Jockwer; Iztok Šušteršič; José Manuel Cabrero  Ballarín; Mislav Stepinac; Eleni Toumpanaki; Pedro Palma; Chiara Bedon; Daniele  Casagrande; Steffen Franke

doi:10.1007/978-3-032-02098-7_1

COST Action HELEN – Holistic Design of Taller Timber Buildings

Gerhard Fink^*, Robert Jockwer, Iztok Šušteršič, José Manuel Cabrero Ballarín, Mislav Stepinac, Eleni Toumpanaki, Pedro Palma, Chiara Bedon, Daniele Casagrande, Steffen Franke

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The construction sector is responsible for a large amount of greenhouse gas emissions, energy and raw materials consumption and waste production. Thus, a shift towards sustainable construction methods is essential. Engineered timber, a leading material for sustainable construction, has advanced to a point where it can now be efficiently used for taller buildings. Unfortunately, designing taller buildings made from timber is more demanding compared to their concrete and steel counterparts. A successful design and construction of taller timber buildings requires intensive collaboration between different fields. COST Action HELEN aims to support the transformation from research on isolated topics to a more inte-grated, interdisciplinary approach. This shift is essential for the safe and economic design, construction, maintenance, and recycling of taller timber buildings.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	EngineeringHolistic Design of Taller Timber BuildingsGerhard
Editors	Gerhard Fink, Robert Jockwer, José Manuel Cabrero
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	3-15
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9783032020987
ISBN (Print)	9783032020970, 9783032021007
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02098-7_1
Publication status	Published - 24 Sept 2025

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Name	Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering
Volume	Part F913
ISSN (Print)	2366-259X
ISSN (Electronic)	2366-2603

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Keywords

Taller timber buildings
Holistic design
Robustness
Reuse and repairability
Deformations and Vibrations
Accidental Load Situations
Sustainability cdot
Durability

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Fink, G., Jockwer, R., Šušteršič, I., Ballarín, J. M. C., Stepinac, M., Toumpanaki, E., Palma, P., Bedon, C., Casagrande, D., & Franke, S. (2025). COST Action HELEN – Holistic Design of Taller Timber Buildings. In G. Fink, R. Jockwer, & J. M. Cabrero (Eds.), EngineeringHolistic Design of Taller Timber BuildingsGerhard (pp. 3-15). (Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering; Vol. Part F913). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-02098-7_1

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COST Action HELEN – Holistic Design of Taller Timber Buildings. / Fink, Gerhard; Jockwer, Robert ; Šušteršič, Iztok et al.
EngineeringHolistic Design of Taller Timber BuildingsGerhard. ed. / Gerhard Fink; Robert Jockwer; José Manuel Cabrero. Springer Nature, 2025. p. 3-15 (Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering; Vol. Part F913).

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