3rd Forum Wood Building Baltic 2022
May 2022
FORUM HOLZBAU
Forum Wood Building Baltic 2021 is a FORUM HOLZBAU conference with an accompanying networking event of selected companies related to timber construction, for the second time in the Baltic and for the first time in Latvia. It aims to present the latest international developments in timber architecture, engineering and technology to an audience of construction professionals including architects, engineers, contractors, housing organizations, planners, manufacturers and urban designers.
FORUM HOLZBAU was established 25 years ago as platform of leading universities for knowledge and technology transfer in timber construction and achieves the goal through its pan-European program of conferences and exhibitions. In Latvia FORUM HOLZBAU cooperates with the Riga Technical University.
The future with wood
Timber construction is gaining popularity for a wide range of building types and sizes. As a natural cellular material, it is strong and light, making it easy to transport and erect. It can also be machined to very high tolerances, making it ideal for prefabrication. Recent advances in computer-controlled manufacturing and stronger and larger engineered wood products mean that timber construction can now achieve shorter programme times often at lower overall cost, while providing safer, cleaner and quieter environment on site. It is also our only renewable construction material and it locks away carbon dioxide for the life of the building. The Forum – lectures sand online networking where different organizations show their latest products and services – will be an opportunity for practitioners and scientists to meet and exchange experience and to learn from the best within the field.
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Programme 2021
Day 1 – 14th April 2021Wood For A Sustainable Living
| 9:00 – 9:50 Networking | |
| 10:00 Welcome by FORUM HOLZBAU | Hugo Karre, Member of the Board of FORUM HOLZBAU
Erik Konze, Estonian Wood Architecture Competition Coordinator
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| 10:05 Welcome by Riga City Council |
Mārtiņš Staķis, Chairman of the Riga City Council
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| 10:10 Welcome by Riga Technical University | Tālis Juhna, RTU Vice-Rector for Research |
| 10:15 The European Green Deal, the Renovation Wave and the New European Bauhaus: opportunities for timber construction unleashed by Brussels |
Keynote speaker Paul Brannen, CEI-Bois & EOS |
| 11:00 Overview of the wood building situation in the Baltic countries | Olga Feldmane, Ministry of Economics, Latvia, Darius Kvedaravicius, Ministry of Environment, Lithuania, Ivo Jaanisoo, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia |
| 11:30 Coffee break | |
| 11:50 Accelerate low-carbon construction with wood – a Nordic Policy Snapshot | Anders Vestergaard Jensen, Nic Craig, Denmark |
| 12:30 Sustainability and Health, case of a Day Care center in Salaspils | Miķelis Putrāms, Latvia |
| 12:50 Birch plywood RIGA ECOLogical with lignin based glue – Your sustainable choice | Māris Būmanis, Uģis Ozols, Latvia |
| 13:10 Timber Construction Competence Centre | Argo Saul, Estonia |
| 13:30 Coffee break | |
Timber construction |
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| 14:00 Timber in construction: how to be effective | Audrius Papėčenka, Lithuania |
| 14:20 Innovative connectors for CLT and mass timber structures | Matteo Andreottola, Italy |
| 14:40 Weather protection solutions of exposed wood surfaces | Jānis Vanags, Swiss and Latvia |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Panel discussion |
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Day 2 – 15th April 2021Wood in Architecture and design
| 9:00 – 9:50 Networking | |
| 10:00 Public buildings | Keynote speaker Much Untertrifaller, Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architekten, Austria |
| 10:40 Challenges to use timber in load-bearing structures in Latvia | Kaspars Kurtišs, Latvia |
| 11:00 Pudasjärvi Log Campus – A Mass Timber School of Log Structure | Timo Leiviskä, Finland |
| 11:20 Coffee break | |
| 11:50 Educational buildings | Keynote speaker Nicole Kerstin Berganski, NKBAK Architects, Germany |
| 12:30 Wood-house architecture traditions and current practices in Estonia | Oksana Hetman, Estonia |
| 12:50 Engineering challenges and solutions in the concert hall Mitava – open-air building with 57m timber span | Pēteris Supe, Latvia |
| 13:10 Wood City in Helsinki | Juha Schroderus, Finland |
| 13:30 Coffee break | |
| 14:00 Build-in-Wood & Building Regulations. Why timber is better than the building law thinks it is | Peder Fynholm, Denmark |
| 14:40 HiTimber project – Future of wooden highrises | Mihkel Urmet, Estonia |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Panel discussion |
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Day 3 – 16th April 2021Innovations and construction solutions. Fire design
| 9:00 – 9:50 Networking | |
| 10:00 Eurocode 5 Revision – Fire design of timber structures | Keynote speaker Andrea Frangi, vice chairman of Eurocode 5, ETH, Switzerland |
| 10:40 Fire protection challenges for timber buildings in Latvia | Edvīns Grants, Latvia |
| 11:00 Fire Design of I-joists in Wall Assemblies | Alar Just, Estonia |
| 11:20 Coffee break | |
Innovations in construction solutions and building physics |
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| 11:50 Behaviours of Timber-concrete Composite Members | Karina Buka-Vaivade, Latvia |
| 12:10 EN 17334 – a first–time user experience | Kārlis Pugovičs, Latvia |
| 12:30 Wood frame solutions for free space design in urban buildings (WOODSOL) | Aivars Vilguts, Norway |
| 12:50 Modular retrofitting solution of buildings: the example of the first pilot building in Latvia | Anatolijs Borodiņecs, Latvia |
| 13:10 Weather exposed CLT construction – observations and improvement concept | Kristo Kalbe, Estonia |
| 13:30 Coffee break | |
| 14:00 Automated design and analysis of modular timber buildings | Renee Puusepp, Estonia |
| 14:20 – 15:00 | Closing of Forum |
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Speakers 2021
Anatolijs Borodiņecs
16th April – 12:50 – Modular retrofitting solution of buildings: the example of the first pilot building in Latvia Read more
Oksana Hetman
15th April – 12:30 – Wood-house architecture traditions and current practices in Estonia Read more
Uģis Ozols
14th April – 12:50 – Birch plywood RIGA ECOLogical with lignin based glue – Your sustainable choice Read more
Paul Brannen
14th April – 10:15 – The European Green Deal, the Renovation Wave and the New European Bauhaus:
opportunities for timber construction unleashed by Brussels Read more
Renee Puusepp
16th April – 14:00 – Automated design and analysis of modular timber buildings Read more
Peder Fynholm
15th April – 14:00 – Build-in-Wood & Building Regulations. Why timber is better than the building law thinks it is Read more
Kristo Kalbe
16th April – 13:10 – Weather exposed CLT construction – observations and improvement concept Read more
Kaspars Kurtišs
15th April – 10:40 – Challenges to use timber in load-bearing structures in Latvia Read more
Anders Vestergaard Jensen
14th April – 11:50 – Accelerate low-carbon construction with wood – a Nordic Policy Snapshot Read more
Timo Leiviskä
15h April – 11:00 – Pudasjärvi Log Campus – A Mass Timber School of Log Structure Read more
Pēteris Supe
15h April – 12:50 – Engineering challenges and solutions in the concert hall Mitava – open-air building with 57m timber span Read more
Aivars Vilguts
16h April – 12:30 – Wood frame solutions for free space design in urban buildings (WOODSOL) Read more
Miķelis Putrāms
14th April – 12:30 – Sustainability and Health, case of a Day Care center in Salaspils Read more
Matteo Andreottola
14th April – 14:20 – Innovative connectors for CLT and mass timber structures Read more
Māris Būmanis
14th April – 12:50 – Birch plywood RIGA ECOLogical with lignin based glue – Your sustainable choice Read more
Edvins Grants
16th April – 10:40 – Fire protection challenges for timber buildings in Latvia Read more
Nic Craig
14th April – 11:50 – Accelerate low-carbon construction with wood – a Nordic Policy Snapshot Read more
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