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Durability as a Design Criteria
Are buildings everlasting? Unfortunately not. They, too, get sick and sometimes die. The previous article of this series dealt with how design and use of solid wood can create value in a building, through design flexibility. This time we will try to understand how...
Together for Sustainability & Innovation | Agreement announcement with Nelson Mandela University
Designing and building in wood – a natural and sustainable material, with excellent structural properties, manufactured through an innovative process – fills us with great pride as it offers solutions to one of the most dramatic problems of our times: climate change....
Does your space keep up with your evolving needs?
“How can we design large projects without necessarily imposing uniformity and rigidity where variety and adaptability over time are desirable? How can the big project nevertheless do justice to the small scale?” N. John Habraken, Control of Complexity, Places, Vol. 4,...
Durability and Sustainability in Mass Timber Buildings
Introduction In the upcoming series of articles, I will address issues related to durability and sustainability in solid wood construction and why they are so connected to the value of the building. In this introduction, I will briefly focus on the reasons why...
A few questions about the CLT Industrial Process
I take a cue from a fascinating article by Paul Kremer that helps to clarify a hot topic within the wood industry. The assessment of pros and cons of the various levels of automation in giving shape to a CLT plant. This analysis becomes useful if you...
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Cortaccia is a fascinating place, located along the valley that leads from Trento to Bolzano, in a strip of flatland, covered with vineyards as far as the eye can see, producing the highest quality wines. I go there for two main reasons: the first one, I guess, is...
The Silent Killer
The cement industry is one of the main causes of greenhouse gases emissions. It’s time to look for new, sustainable alternatives.