WIPO
International Application Number PCT/IB2013/000830
International Pubblication Number WO 2014/177899 A1

EPO
International Publication Number EP2992146
Application number EP 13731157.7

CANADIAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE
Application No. CA 2.911. 100 A1

Abstract
A modular, self-supporting structural element (1, 10) for house building construction is described, which is provided with mechanical constraining means (2, 3) for the dry mutual connection with at least one second modular structural element (1, 10). The modular structural element has a variable density along at least one reference direction (4). A building structure (17) comprising a plurality of structural elements (1, 10) which are constrained to each other by said constraining means (2, 3) and a process for the construction of the building structure (17) are also described.

Keywords
Self-clinching blocks, erthquake-proof, self-construction, hight technical performance building, housing types flexibility.

Inventors
Prof. Calogero Montalbano, Prof. Attilio Petruccioli, Prof. Francesco Piccininni, Prof. Michele Dassisti, Prof.ssa Carla Antonia Chiarantoni.

Contact person
Prof. Calogero Montalbano
E-mail: calogero.montalbano@poliba.it
Tel: +390805963568