Criteria of design for deconstruction applied to dairy cows housing: a case study in Italy
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2018
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This work aims at presenting the design process of a new barn for dairy cows. Project
embraces several concepts that are rather new to the dairy industry and will deeply affect its
environmental, economic and social sustainability. The barn will be built o
n a green field site
located in Cervasca (CN) in the region of Piedmont. Building has been designed applying the
emerging principle of "design for deconstruction" extensively. A series of constructive solutions
was developed allowing for complete end
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of
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li
fe disassembly and reuse of building materials.
Structural system will consist of locally sourced timber connected by steel joints. Foundations
will be realized by means of chestnut wood piles driven into the ground. The employment of an
alternative housin
g system for dairy cows based entirely on cultivated pack will allow limiting
the use of cast
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in
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place concrete, which is largely employed in conventional dairy barns. The
cultivated pack needs a large space per cow leading the building to be particularly
extended. The
large covered area combined with the high snow load of the building site posed several
challenges. Accumulation of snow on the roof would increase dramatically the structural load
and therefore construction costs. Therefore, the building will
consist of several 12m
-
large
modules with 4m free space between them. Given the unusual shape of the barn and the limited
use of concrete for flooring, the development of efficient systems for livestock management
required the study of dedicated solutions
. A first module, already realized to collect useful
information for final design, is described.
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design for deconstruction, sustainable building, cattle housing, cultivated pack barns, compost dairy barns, articles