ABOUT
Reabita was founded in 2010 to introduce into Italy the Japanese SE-structure® earthquake-proof system, where SE is an acronym for Safety Engineering.
The system was developed and patented by NCN (New Constructor’s Network) of Tokyo, and dedicated to structural design and manufacturing. The same software that makes a 3D structural analysis, sends the data to production, the structure having been verified beforehand, in order to ensure maximum precision of all the elements.
Since 1996 up to now, using SE-structure®, 24.000 buildings have been built in Japan by a network that currently includes over 520 construction firms with a consistent group of trained architects and engineers. The current yearly production is 1.800 glulam frames with special connectors.
In 2013 in Italy, Reabita successfully assembled the first building in Europe with a Japanese structural technology under the supervision of architect Francesco Montagnana, NCN's point man in Europe. A 500m2 semi-detached house engineered between Japan and Europe and built in Italy, integrating here pre-assembled elements employing local craftsmen to complete in a very short time the exterior walls, together with the mechanical systems and finishes.
SE-structure
Reabita srl
Ecotech building
Each unit is freely designed within a building frame that consists of timber columns, beams and floor panels but includes no walls (with the exception of shearing panels). The construction system was devised so as to give architects freedom to locating the exterior walls and organizing the layout. Systematic dimensional coordination make it possible to provide diverse unit designs adapted to the lifestyles and demands of occupants.
Open Building Toolkits
World Conference on Timber Engineering (2016 Wien)
Timber frame structure systems using glued laminated timber have become a widespread construction method for detached houses throughout Japan. SE-structure® is one of these systems and for its integration of design-prefabrication-installation-quality control and seismic design has been chosen for the construction of a pilot project in Italy:. The SI (support/infill) system has been implemented with SE-structure® system, in a European context. The structure of the building was conceived as an example of system building based on an open system, applicable to residential building.
Engineered buildings
Structural design + engineering
The developer/housebuilder delivers flats which are ‘ready to camp in’: they satisfy Building Regulations including thermal/acoustic insulation and fire regulations, and are fit to live in from day one. This provides maximum flexibility for new owners: those short of money can fit-out their flats over time, according to their finances; keen DIYers can choose to do much of the fit-out themselves, which will also keep costs down; and those short of time can choose to have the entire fit-out carried out by small contractors whom they appoint. It also means maximum flexibility in layouts: a single buyer might start off with a huge studio flat, adding partitions to create more rooms as and when needed – for example, when starting a family or to rent out a spare room.
