"Timber construction with (almost) no limits"

01/02/2017

On Friday 10 March 2017, time 10.30 am at Centro Servizi Fieramilano-Rho will be held the congress “Timber Construction with [almost] no limits”. As part of the Made expo – the leading Italian trade fair for architecture, design and construction – forum-holzbau is organizing an international congress that gives designers, builder-owners, construction engineers, architects and timber constructors the possibility to share their own experiences with experts.

Urban Wood Architecture – A Challenge for the Future

Presentation: Hugo Karre, forum-holzbau, AT-Lurnfeld

10.30 a.m. Welcoming words by the organizers
10.45 a.m. Gradonna Mountain Resort | Großglockner/Austria – chalet estate and design hotel [*] Helmut Reitter, reitter_architekten, AT-Innsbruck
11.15 a.m. Art Deco and the love of nature [*]
Boris Zeisser, 24H-architecture, NL-Rotterdam
11.45 a.m. Wooden Architecture in the far north [*]
Reinhard Kropf, Helen & Hard Architects, NO-Stavanger
12.15 p.m. Discussion
12.30 p.m. Networking stand-up lunch

Technical Challenges of Timber Construction

Presentation: Prof. Maurizio Piazza, Università di Trento, IT-Trento

1.15 p.m. Timber construction under extreme conditions [*]
Herman Blumer, Creation Holz , CH-Waldstatt
1.45 p.m. Renovating with timber in earthquake zones
Ivan Giongo, Università di Trento, IT-Trento
2.15 p.m. Wood building from the ground up: the 5 most crucial technical questions and answers
Prof. Andrea Bernasconi, École d’ingénieurs Yverdon, CH-Yverdon
2.45 p.m. Discussion
3.00 p.m. Outlook and closing words
Emanuele Orsini, President of Assolegno di FederlegnoArredo, IT-Milano