WOOD IN ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION

Content

• Proficiency in wooden construction
• Ecological issues of wood architecture
• Tradition of wooden buildings
• Contemporary building strategies
• Wood techniques and aesthetics

The course consists of a series of intense lecture and discussion sessions. Wood, as a building material, is examined from a technical, ecological and aesthetical point of view.

Aim

• Becoming acquainted with the special issues of designing a wooden building
• Realizing the properties and possibilities of wood as a building material in the future built environment

Staff

Architect Pekka Heikkinen, Philip Tidwell
Visiting teachers

Literature
Wood Properties
Wood Species
Sawn Timber
Wood Products
Joining Wood

Key terms:
Sawn timber
Wood Products

Schedule, Spring term 07

3-6 ects