Building with timber has experienced a remarkable renaissance during the previous years, as it is one of the “greenest” building materials. Renewable, climate neutral, capable of load-bearing and durable, timber has an enormous potential to become the construction material of the future for Germany. There are eight billion trees in German forests, ca. one third of Germany’s total area being covered by them. Taking this into account, timber could contribute as a construction material to meet future challenges of our society. Computer-aided planning and assembly methods facilitate the economic production of a multi-faceted creative architecture. You will experience the exhibition together with Stefan Kaufmann. Subsequently, you will research new ways of planning in the digital laboratories of the Technische Universität München, create your own forms by means of a computer and realize them with a laser cutter. FORM FOLLOWS PRODUCIBILITY.

The symposium deepens the positions of modern timber architecture demonstrated in the exhibition by outstanding architectural examples and at the same time refers to sustainable resources of ecological construction. Apart from work reports of the architects Helmut Dietrich (Bregenz), Florian Nagler (Munich), hiendl_schineis architektenpartnerschaft (Passau), Hubert Rieß (Graz) and Deppisch Architekten (Freising), a research report will be presented by Holger König (Munich), on the comparative eco-certification of five exhibited projects sponsored by the German environment foundation (Bundesstiftung Umwelt).