Qasbaum is a modular building system designed for a broader concept of contemporary living including residential, hospitality, and co-working spaces in regeneration projects.
Qasbaum comes from Qasbah + baum (wood in German) because it translates the Kasbah’s main features (comfort, security, privacy) into a modular system entirely realized with XLAM technology which is common in Germany and Austria.
The choice of limiting the size of the rooms to the module dimension is the only extreme feature in the Qasbaum project. By keeping intentionally the minimal amount of space, Qasbaum suggests to measure comfort not with by the meter, but through the quality of perception.
Qasbaum is meant to be easily recognisable and its construction method has to be clearly understood. The modules’ assembly is not the only way to build Qasbaum, but assembly is the quick way to construct it.
Qasbaum uses timber technology because wood is the main renewable building material and I have calculated that 120 tonnes of CO2 are stocked only in its structures if built with CLT.
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