Innovation by Reduction How can architecture create a pleasant indoor climate using
construction techniques and as little technology as possible? Researchers from four different
departments at the Technical University of Munich joined forces with the engineering firm
Transsolar Energietechnik to explore integral strategies for simple energy-efficient
construction. The architecture firm Florian Nagler Architekten implemented the plans developed
by the TUM project for three prototype buildings made of solid wood masonry and lightweight
concrete in monolithic construction. Using these apartment buildings as examples the guide
vividly elucidates the six core principles of simple construction. Analysis of three exemplary
apartment buildings Monolithic structures in wood lightweight concrete and brick The result
of an interdisciplinary research project at the Technical University of Munich (TUM)
