Essentially, the criteria applicable to everyday building for human-friendly goals have never changed: the building should remain usable for as long as possible and should fit considerately into its surroundings (i.e., should be "sustainable"). But it should also be possible to erect buildings economically and quickly, aims that led modernism to invent the industrialisation of construction. Until a short time ago these two criteria were regarded as irreconcilable contradictions: generally, buildings that came from the factory were neither beautiful nor durable nor environmentally friendly. Until a short time ago, however, there was no climate crisis and no digitalisation. so that the motivation and the means to transform this old conflict into an intelligent synthesis were lacking. Today, however, we are witnessing a fascinatingtechnical change of paradigms: industry is green and is working with renewable and recyclable materials. Digitalisation enables it to offer mass customization. On this account industry is now being allowed to erect buildings which, with good reason, would previously have been the province of the skilled manual worker. But with handcraft alone neitherthe housing question nor other global crises can be solved. The following contributions indicate how an intelligent and green industrialisation of construction could look. For example, 3D printing: Christian Schittich explains how a business conceived its house printer in such a way that "together with the necessary scaffolding it could be transported to all corners of the world where it then operates with solar power." Also important is the goal of "simple building" without technical overkill; to achieve this Florian Nagler's experimental houses suggest the use of industrially produced cross-laminated elements. In Denmark Kengo Kuma shows again that in the form of half-timbered building there has always been an environmentally friendly and "industrial" method of construction. And Hermann Kaufmann Architects from Vorarlberg supply a striking result of research into loadbearing structures made of Baubuche (beech laminated veneer lumber): "If they were they made of steel or preten-sioned concrete the individual building components would have been too big and too heavy, a number of them would be almost impossible to produce and the required fire protection values would have also presented problems". Things are moving ahead!
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