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  • Intensive course “Construction in Wood”

Intensive course “Construction in Wood”

  • On-site (30 hrs)
  • 3 ECTS
  • €360*
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Programme

10 sessions alternating theory classes and hand-on workshops.

  1. Properties of wood: durability, fire resistance, certification, calculation systems
  2. Session on wood and the environment.
  3. Session on frames and beams, laminated and microlaminated timber. Start of small-scale project: awning.
  4. Small-scale project workshop: awning. Session on joints.
  5. Small-scale project workshop and start of large-scale project. Lecture by H-Arquitectes. To be confirmed.
  6. Session on lightweight framing, prefabricated walls and slabs. Lecture by Noem. To be confirmed.
  7. Submission of 1:20 model for small-scale project. Cross-laminated timber, fabrication, construction details. Start of large-scale project.
  8. Tour of Tallfusta, company specialised in wood and prefabricated solutions. Large-scale project workshop.
  9. Large-scale project workshop.
  10. Submission on A1 paper of structural blueprint of large-scale project. Guest project reviser. (Basic structural diagrams, axonometry of construction details, type of wood used, finishes, etc.)

Speakers and teaching staff

  • David Rifà, engineer, expert in wood construction
  • Marta García-Orte, architect and lecturer at the UIC Barcelona School of Architecture
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