Cardboard Architecture Literature Review on Components and Performances

The need to create more sustainable and energy-efficient buildings drives the search for new materials to be used in the construction sector. Paper and cardboard-based products can fit very well in this context. Specifically, this article aims to identify the main components for the Architecture and Engineering Construction sector, as well as the prototypes and buildings already constructed using systems that incorporate corrugated cardboard, attempting to gather the identified values found in individual studies for the main characteristics such as mechanical, thermal and acoustic properties. Due to the diversity of the samples (i.e., shape and type of cardboard), a direct comparison between the identified components and systems is not possible. However, the diversity of the products found demonstrates that there is a certain interest in this field.