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The Timber Design Society, in conjunction with NZ Wood, has held very well attended Wood Solutions seminars in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland this week.
Speakers included visiting wood-specialist engineers Richard Harris (see other news feed) and Stefan Winter (pictured) from Germany.
Stefan, who started his career as a carpenter, now spends his time between professorial roles in Munich and Helsinki universities. Sustainable constructions are the main focus his scientific and practical work, with one of the themes of his presentation being that buildings are complex systems.
He is also an advocate for reducing construction time on site through the use of efficient pre-fabrication. He gave an example of an ocean liner that provided living space for 3,500 people “a village” being able to be built in 11 months in a sophisticated manufacturing/construction operation. “Why can’t we build a village for 3,500 in 11 months?” he asks.
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