WOOD STUDIO'S OPERATING MODEL FOR PROMOTING TIMBER CONSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH

摘要

Timber architecture and timber construction have been named as one of the prioritised areas of the University of Oulu's Department of Architecture. Wood education has been integrated into the training given by different professorships, but the research and development work of timber construction and timber architecture has been concentrated in the architectural design laboratory's Wood Studio, a research team specialised in studying the possibilities of timber architecture and timber construction, particularly timber multi-story apartment buildings and new wood milieus. The main objective of the Wood Studio is to promote and organise the study of architecture that utilises the possibilities of wood, and to make use of the related knowledge in research and development and construction projects carried out in co-operation with timber and construction companies and the authorities. In addition to conducting research work, the Wood Studio's activities include creating new exemplary timber construction projects and pilot construction, as well as reporting on the results and experiences obtained from various projects, spreading information, exchanging information and know-how, and advancing co-operation between companies, educational institutions and research institutes.