Innovative structural CLT system in projecting and building of student houses

The University campuses represent a dominant type of organization of the living activities of students. Buildings and common features, were usually built, in a classical manner. This means that majority of the student living complexes was built in the massive and skeletal structural systems of concrete and steel. This paper deals with the possibilities, advantages and examples of an innovative structural system, named CLT or XLAM system. The XLAM system was developed in Germany around 12 years ago and it has been rapidly spreading in most European countries such as Austria, Switzerland, Italy and Nordic Countries. It is a European innovative timber based material in which timber boards, made of domestic timber species are assembled in layers and glued together crosswise in order to form massive timber wall and floor panels characterized by significant mechanical properties. Such type of structural system can serve as a models for construction of residential, commercial and student facilities in Serbia. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. TR 36037: Construction of Student hostels in Serbia at the beginning of 21st century]