Building with Wood 2007
The role of timber in improving the sustainability of the built environment
Tuesday 18 September 2007 • Exeter University’s Peter Chalk Centre
A major one-day conference, combining presentations and a series of seminars themed around inspirational design, affordable housing, sustainable development, practical issues for architects, zero carbon buildings, wood energy and timber industry research, with corresponding trade stands and an exhibition of the twelve most inspirational timber buildings in Europe.
The presentations and seminars brought together both new and established practitioners from the UK and Europe, including designer Wayne Hemingway, John Romer from Edward Cullinan Architects, Alex de Rijke of dRMM Architects, Beat Mathys of Smarch Architects and Pekka Heikkinen from the Wood Studio at Helsinki University of Technology.
Organisations contributing included BRE, TRADA, RIBA and Exeter University.
The event was organised jointly by Woodfair South West and the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World (CCANW).
The Brochure
The Building With Wood brochure can be downloaded here...
Contributors
Where the speaker's presentations are available their name links to a download of the relevant file (some are very large).
Transcripts will be available later in October 2007.
Please note that all presentations, notes and trancripts are © 2007 of the presenters.
- Dr James Pendlebury • Welcome from Building with Wood Sponsors, the Forestry Commission
- John Romer and Oliver Kelly • The Downland Gridshell
- Alex de Rijke • Kingsdale School
- Beat Mathys • Berne Station, Switzerland
- Pekka Heikkinen • Wood Works - 13 Years of Wood Studio, Finland
- Bill Flinn • Inspirational Designs for the Self-Builder
- Paul Nielson • A New Generation of Affordable Homes from Timber
- Dr John Blewitt • "I like the floors" - How the Experience of Wood Can Promote the Sustainability Agenda
- Jonathan Fovargue • Solid Wood Panel Construction
- Jean-Luc Sandoz • Innovative Timber Structure: For a True Sustainable Development!
- Ivor Davies • Timber Cladding and Shingles
- Jason Bassett • The Sigma Home
- Nick James • The Key Role for Timber in Achieving a 'Zero Carbon Footprint'
- Gavin Killip • The 40% House
- Sam Whatmore • Woodchip and Pellet - the Solution...
- David Clubb • The Hard Won Path to Success - Case Studies from the South West
- Mike Webb • Delivering Wood Heat in Practice
- Justin Gilbert • What Do We Know About the Timber Resource in the South West Region?
- Chris Holland • The Challenge of Strength Grading
- Geoff Cooper • Innovation and Adding Value Through Re-Engineering
- Wayne Hemingway • A Vision for the Future
