Scope of the conference:

— Regenerative and circular architecture — (Prefabricated) timber-based renovation solutions — Process innovation in design and construction of wooden buildings — Timber structures (Eurocode 5) — Fire safety in timber buildings — Building physics of timber structures — Zero emission wooden buildings (LCC, LCA)

 

Day 1 Monday, February 26th

Excursion day Visit to important examples of timber architecture as well as Estonian woodhouse producers DAY TRIP 113:00 – Departure from Culture Hub 14:00 – Timbeco production visit (including an overview of the peculiarities and possibilities of the production of modules and elements) 15:00 – Vaela modular kindergarten visit (an object under construction, where the last exterior/interior works are still in progress) 16:00 – Kuuma 4 apartment building visit at Saue (an already renovated apartment building, an example of a "circular" renovation solution) 18:00 – Arrival at the Culture Hub DAY TRIP 213:00 – Departure from Culture Hub 13:15 – Permanent exhibition “SPACE IN MOTION: A Century of Estonian Architecture” vist at the Estonian Museum of Architecture 15:00 – Pelgulinna state gymnasium / Arhitekt Must 16:30 – Municipal Building in Saue / Molumba architecture office 17:30 - Elektrilevi educational building in Kiili / senior researcher Renee Puusepp (EKA), Estnor 18:00 – Arrival at the Culture Hub  

Day 2 Tuesday, February 27th

  08:30 — 09:00  Conference opening Registration Tea & coffee Opening of the Exhibition   09:00 — 10:30 Keynote session @ Cauldron Hall Opening Words for the FORUM HOLZBAU Hugo Karre, Member of the board FORUM HOLZBAU, Lurnfeld (Austria) Role of New European Bauhaus in transformation of timber architecture for sustainable future Anna Sandak, InnoRenew CoE & University of Primorska (Slovenia) Future challenges for timber structures Andrea Frangi, ETH Zürich (Switzerland)   10:30 — 11:00 Tea & coffee break Exhibition   11:00 — 12:30 Parallel sessionsEurocode 5 – 2nd generation @ Small Hall Design of cross-laminated timber Philipp Dietsch, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany) Design for serviceability limit state Tomi Toratti, Federation of the Finnish Woodworking Industries (Finland) Execution standard Andrew Lawrence, ARUP (UK)   Design for manufacture and assembly @ Woodblock Hall The future of timber construction facing the challenges of Industry 4.0 Dr. h.c. Heinz Köster, President of the Technical University of Applied Sciences of Rosenheim and President of FORUM HOLZBAU (Germany Platform-DfMA timber designs for Resi and Office concept buildings Sebastian Alejandro Hernandez Maetschl, Stora Enso (Germany) ELEMENTerial – exploring architectural potential of CLT fabrication residues Siim Tuksam, Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonia)   12:30 — 13:30 Lunch & exhibition   13:30 — 15:00 Parallel sessionsTimber-based renovation solutions @ Small Hall Circular renovation of an apartment building with prefabricated insulation elements Eero Nigumann, Timbeco Woodhouse OÜ (Estonia) Development of prefabricated insulation element for renovation of high-rise apartment buildings Peep Pihelo, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia) Case studies of moisture safety implementations on timber structures Eneli Liisma, Merko Ehitus Eesti AS (Estonia)   Eurocode 5 – 2nd generation @ Woodblock Hall Design of connections Robert Jockwer, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) Design of timber bridges Matthias Gerold, Harrer Ingenieure GmbH (Germany) Fire design Alar Just, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia)   15:00 — 15:20 Parallel sessionsShort presentations @ Small Hall Commissioning the Design and Construction of Prefabricated Renovation Alari Jürgenson, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia) Misused timber in renovation Üllar Alev, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia) Moisture safety strategies for roof renovation with prefabricated additional insulation elements Georg-Mihkel Kodi, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia) A novel approach to quantify crack formation in CLT. Kristo Kalbe, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia)   Short presentations @ Woodblock Hall Bending and vibration behaviour of CLT-steel composite beams Noah Böhm, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (Germany) Airtightness and moisture behaviour of joints and VOC concentrations in wood and hybrid structures Anti Rohumaa, South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Finland) An Analysis of Wooden Traditional House in Nepal Bharat Raj Pahari, Institute of Engineering/TU (Nepal) Timber Reciprocal Frame Structures Kertu Johanna Jõeste, Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonia)   15:20 — 16:00 Tea & coffee break Poster discussion Exhibition   16:00 — 18:00 Parallel sessionsRegenerative and circular architecture @ Small Hall An open source circular modular construction system Renee Puusepp, Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonia) Long-term carbon sequestration and reduction by circular design with wood Harald Schwarzschachner, Stora Enso (Germany) Prefab light clay-timber elements for net zero whole life carbon buildings Juha Päätalo, Päätalo Architects Ltd (Finland) Fabrication reconsidered: Root chair; robotic milling technology Hugo Fekar, Academy of Arts (Czech Republic)   Life-Cycle-Costing in wood construction @ Woodblock Hall Modelling the decay risk of exterior wood from detailed 3D geometries Jonas Niklewski, Lund University (Sweden) Bioinspired living coating system for regenerative and circular architecture Anna Sandak, InnoRenew CoE (Slovenia) Tool development for LCC of wooden building envelope Roja Modaresi, Norwegian Institute of Wood Technology (Norway) Design, and Construction on the Service Life and Appearance of a Wooden Building Villu Kukk, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia)   19:00 Conference dinner Gala Dinner @ Cauldron Hall, Culture Hub Estonian Woodhouse Association will give out awards for individuals or organisations that have contributed to the development of the sector. Person of the Year 2023 Friend of Wooden Houses 2023 Influencer of Estonian Wooden Architecture 2023  

Day 2 Tuesday, February 27th

  09:00 — 09:30 Registration Tea & coffee Exhibition   09:30 — 11:00 Parallel sessionsMoisture safety @ Small Hall Moisture sorption properties of Laminated Veneer Lumber Lars Gullbrekken, SINTEF (Norway) The future of wooden structures in combination with bio-based insulation Anke Blommaert (Belgium), Ghent University The effect of controlled roof ventilation on the moisture safety of roofs Timber Structures Klaus Viljanen (Finland), Aalto University   Timber Structures @ Woodblock Hall Reconnect Ukraine – research project on timber connections Andrii Bidakov, O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv (Ukraine) Assessment of strength and stiffness properties of aged structural timber Maarja Kauniste, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia) Onsite application of end-grain bonded timber under low curing temperatures Dio Lins, Bern University of Applied Sciences (Switzerland)   11:00 — 11:30 Tea & coffee break Exhibition   11:30 — 13:00 Parallel sessionsProcess innovation @ Small Hall Planning sustainability for timber construction projects using the example of the Student residential quarter “Campus RO” Lore Köster, Campus RO, Rosenheim (Germany) Multi-criteria decision process for selection of biobased facade materials Veronika Kotradyová, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (Slovak Republic) SOFTacademy – development of pre-fabricated renovation to turn a district into a cosy living environment Mariliis Niinemägi, Tallinn City, Strategic Management Office (Estonia)   Historic wooden buildings @ Woodblock Hall Technical state, renovation need, and performance Alois Andreas Põdra, Estonian Open Air Museum (Estonia) Renovating heritage buildings Kadri-Ann Kertsmik, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia) Assessment of the Potential of Reconstruction of Historic Buildings Helena Rummo, Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonia)   13:00 — 14:00 Lunch & exhibition   14:00 — 15:30 Keynote session @ Small Hall Designing material genealogies: the case of wood Aris Kafantaris, Kengo Kuma and Associates, Chief Project Manager (Japan) Benefits and challenges of digitalisation the renovation process Ergo Pikas, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia) Automated design and distributed factory based timber housing Gilles Retsin, Automated Architecture AUAR (UK)   15:30 — 16:00 Closing session Hugo Karre, Forum Holzbau Antra Viļuma, Riga Technical University   Further information and registration at: Link