International Seminar 2022

• New geometries and wood production techniques

• visiting professorMarkus M. Hubert (Aarhus University, Denmark)

International Seminar 2021

• Modular timber construction

• visiting professorPeer Haller (TU Dresden, Germany)

International Seminar 2018

• Construction of Meetiing Point at the University of Navarra

• At partnership with FP Donibane

• visiting professorPeer Haller (TU Dresden, Germany)

Timber construction (taught from 2011 to 2017)

• As a complement to the theoretical sessions, practical work is carried out at the laboratory of Building of the School of Architecture, and visits to forests and industries in Navarre. In this way, students acquire a global vision of wood.

• Programme of the subject:

• module 1. The forest.

  • The forestry sector.

  • management sustainable forestry.

  • Environmental certification.

  • Green shopping.

  • Environmental benefits.

  • Forest biomass.

• module 2. Wood. Basic concepts.

  • Visual properties.

  • Types and products.

  • Humidity and climate.

  • Use classes.

• module 3. Timber construction

  • design for durability.

  •  Structural properties.

  • Construction systems.

  •  Structural joints

•  Internships in laboratory

  • Visual classification

  • Visually sorted part breakage

  • Moisture and wood

  • Perpendicular tension

September 2018. Construction with cross-laminated timber panel (CLT).

• presentationpossibilities and design with CLT panels. Juan Negreira (University of Lund. Sweden.)

• Recent projects and works with CLT in Spain. Miguel Nevado (enmadera.info)

• Vibration and acoustics in CLT systems. Juan Negreira (University of Lund, Sweden).

• roundtableCLT in our environment. Fermín Olabe (Government of Navarra), Carmelo Fernández Militino (TYM Asociados), Diego Nuñez (Madergia), Unai Gorroño (Egoin), Juan Negreira (University of Lund. Sweden), Miguel Nevado (enmadera.info)

October 2015. 2nd Workshop of COST Action FP 1402

December 2014. Architecture and wood

• Is one hundred metres the height limit for wooden Structures ? No. Miguel Nevado.

• With wood. Carlos Quintans

February 2013. Dr. Jean Luc Sandoz (Founder and director of Concept Bois Structure and Concept Bois Technologie, France - Switzerland)

• Wood. Building the future

• Wood. Navarre and its forests. Fermín Olabe (Government of Navarre)

• Wood. Products and possibilities.

• Timber construction. Concepts and applications.

• Structures of great lights.

• Timber construction. Applications and examples.

• Floor slabs and mixed construction.

• The future of timber construction. New concepts and challenges.

October 2011. Prof. A.J.M. Leijten (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands)

• Wood. Building the future

• The wood and forests of Navarre.

• Preliminary concepts. 

• Why should we cut down more trees? 

• The differences of wood.

•  The enemies of the wooden Structures .

• Learning from structural collapses.

• The importance of details.

• European products and structural codes (Eurocode 5)

• Simplified design rules for structural design

•  Aspects of design and details.

• Joints on the wooden Structures .

October 2010. Forest Certification

• Our forests. The future of our forests. Jesús Miguel Santamaría. School de Ciencias. University of Navarra

• management integral forest management in Navarre. Yolanda Val. department de development Rural y Medio Ambiente. Government of Navarre

• Our wood. Why I build with wood. Capilla-Vallejo Architects

• Wood. Environmental advantages. Fermín Olabe. department de development Rural y Medio Ambiente. Government of Navarre

• Eco-innovation and Sustainability in Construction. Certified wood, eco-innovation and solution in sustainable construction. Ana Belén Noriega. administrative assistant General Manager of PEFC Spain

• Wood, a sustainable building material. Marta Conde. Director of project " Building with wood".

• The tool Green and the sustainability of materials. Paula Rivas. Green Building Council Spain.

March 2010. Prof. Peer Haller (TU Dresden, Germany)

• Wood. The construction of the future. Free access.

• The past and present of timber construction. The example of Japan.

• Wood construction. Basic concepts.

• Timber construction. Applications and examples.

• The future of timber construction. New concepts and trends.

August 2019. Campus Cross-border iForWood

• Students from all the schools in the trans-Pyrenean area, both Spanish and French.

• Developed in the Señorío de Bértiz, Navarre.

• Program:

• Session on Timber Construction. José Manuel Cabrero

• Session on management Forestal. Fermín Olabe, Director of the Environment of the Government of Navarre.

• Session on Residential Architecture with Wood. Julen Pérez Santisteban, of Waugh Thistleton Architects

• visit a sawmill. Serrería Alemán, Erratzu

• Session on modular construction. Julen Pérez Santisteban, Waugh Thistleton Architects

• Visits to wooden buildings. 

  • Albaola Factory (Pasajes, Basque Country). Xabier Agote, Albaola

  • Donamaria Tower (Navarre). Pello Iriarte, Maite Apeteguia

• Building with Wood. Andrew Waugh, Waugh Thistleton Architects

June 2013. Cadwork Workshop

• Adrián Eiras (Cadwork Ibérica Team)

• Program:

• First operations

• Single deck erection

• Advanced drawing tools with survey of a second structure

• Wood-wood joints and end types (dowels and dovetails)

• design of fittings

• Methodology for the survey of unique roofs

• Organisation of the project

• Amendments to the design

• Listings

• Basic notions of 2D cadwork

• 3D to 2D file transfer

• Preparation of plans

• Automatic exploded views. Interpretation of drawings

• Numerical control: machine language and export from file to CNC 

• Import/Export in other formats

• Print

• presentation of the project

August 2012. Workshop design in Wood. Peter Q. Bohlin

• presentation. topic from project. J.M. Cabrero, J.A. Medina

• Beauty and contradiction: Pamplona Cathedral. Xavier Cherrez

• visit guided tour of the Cathedral. Xavier Cherrez

• Principles of design in wood. Jose M. Cabrero

• Designing with wood. Peter Q. Bohlin

• My vision of architecture. Peter Q. Bohlin

• Wood. Architectural possibilities. Ryan Keerns

• The future. Final thoughts. Jose A. Medina