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At the Egurtek Congress you will be able to learn about the most important international projects carried out in wood, explained in person by the architects responsible for them

* Preliminary programme subject to change

Egurtek 2022

Forum for gathering information about timber architecture and construction

* Preliminary programme subject to change

Data updated date 02/11/2022
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2022

14:00 - 14:30
Egurtek 2022 Award Ceremony
Egurtek 2022 awards ceremony, in its six categories, to the winners of the projects: Building, Interior Design, Product Design, Publication, Local Wood (Basque Quality) and the BEM Award (Bois / Egurra / Wood). Read more
09:00
Accreditations
Remember that you have the option to register through the website and/or at the audiorium access desk (floor 4) during the days of the event. Read more
09:30 - 09:45
Inauguration and Opening
Xabier Basañez. General Manager. BEC Oskar Azkarate. General Manager. BASKEGUR Patxi Chocarro. Dean. COAVN Bittor Oroz. Vice-minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Policy. BASQUE GOVERMENT     Read more
09:50 - 10:35
Iñaki Archanco's Lecture
Iñaki Archanco - BOA Arquitectura Sostenible (Pamplona - Spain)
Archanco is a Navarrese architect whose studio has designed the new headquarters for the forest rangers of the Estella-Lizarra district. It meets the airtightness, ventilation and insulation parameters required by the Passivhaus Institute. The orientation of the building helps reduce heating-relatedRead more
10:40 - 11:25
Building strategies in wood
Stefan Prins - Powerhouse Company (The Netherlands)
A partner of Nanne de Ru at the Powerhouse Company. They work with wood as an essential element of architecture. Examples such as the structure of their Rotterdam Floating Office project make this evident, since it is entirely made of wood, thus drastically reducing the carbon footprint and making iRead more
12:20 - 13:05
Working with Wood
Carlos Castanheira - Carlos Castanheira Architects (Portugal)
This Portuguese architect is particularly sensitive to using wood in many of his works. A paradigm may be the Equestrian Centre at Cabo do Mundo, Leça da Palmeira, where the challenge required using this material in the structure and also in the partitions, walls and ceilings. A stable woodenRead more
13:10 - 13:55
Latest works with wood
Elizabeth Ábalo & Gonzalo Alonso - Abalo-Alonso Studio (Santiago de Compostela - Spain)
The Ábalo-Alonso studio won the Egurtek 2020 Construction award for its project called Escuela Infantil A Baiuca (A Baiuca Pre-school) in A Estrada, Pontevedra, as it was a building in which wood was combined with other materials that also contribute to lending the interiors a domestic feel. Read more
15:30 - 16:15
Vernacular
Laura Álvarez - Laura Álvarez Architecture (Amsterdam)
Laura Álvarez is a young architect from Madrid whose studio is based in Amsterdam. After gaining extensive experience at renowned architectural firms such as Mecanoo, SeARCH, Benthem Crouwel and Carlos Ferrater, she founded her own in 2008. In projects such as Villa Slow, built in Cantabria, Read more

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2022

09:30 - 10:15
Wooden Architecture
Lone Wiggers - C.F. Møller Architects (Denmark)
Lone Wiggers is a Danish architect and partner at C.F. Møller Architects, a studio with extensive experience featuring very interesting works in wood, such as the WoodHub, Government Office Hub, in Odense, Denmark. It is a 31,000-square-metre solid wood construction that houses a number of ofRead more
10:20 - 11:05
Sheila Blanco and Iñaki del Prim's Lecture
Sheila Blanco & Iñaki del Prim - blancodelprim Arquitectura Ecopasiva (Pamplona - Spain)
Sheila Blanco qualified as an architect at the School of Architecture of San Sebastian. She shares her studio with Iñaki del Prim, where they specialise in wood projects, such as Casa JM, the Pilgrims’ Shelter in Zegama and the Bortiri Mountain Refuge in Uztarroz, Navarre, among many otRead more

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2022

11:30 - 12:15
Coffee Break in Exhibition Area
Luxua Level 3
16:20 - 17:05
International trends and nuances in the construction of high-rise wooden buildings
VITTORIO SALVADORI - Cree Buildings (Austria)
An architect focused on using wood in high-rise buildings. In his doctoral thesis, he develops the construction details that make it possible to build at medium heights, which are what can be implemented in our environment. Read more

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2022

09:00
Accreditations
Remember that you have the option to register through the website and/or at the audiorium access desk (floor 4) during the days of the event. Read more
11:10 - 11:55
Coffee Break in Exhibition Area
Luxua Level 3
12:00 - 12:45
Geometry, materiality and systematization
María Barcina - bxd arquitectura (Barcelona - Spain)
BXD Arquitectura is an architectural studio based in Barcelona, which was founded in 2008 by architect and engineer Francesc Buixeda. It is focused mainly on building projects. Among the most significant projects, we may highlight the Hotel Terra in Plaza España in Barcelona, the industriaRead more
12:50 - 13:35
Sawdust, Symbols and Staves - Tectonic and Poetic Dialogues in Timber
JONATHAN TUCKEY - Jonathan Tuckey Design
Tuckey is a UK architect who trained at David Chipperfield’s studio and who is a strong advocate of reconstructing and reusing old buildings of undeniable value, using timber elegantly and efficiently. This is true of the Wachthuus Restaurant & Ski Lodge in Switzerland, in which he very inRead more
13:40 - 14:55
Conclusions
Irene Jimeno - Toca Madera (Madrid).
13:55 - 14:00
Congress clousure
In charge of Arrate Tellaetxe, Egurtek Director Read more

The EGURTEK team is organising an agenda of interesting speakers for the next edition.

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