Despite some barriers, the use of industrialised solid wood is making headway in our country. There are already many examples of different types of buildings that have followed this model. MASS Madera is here to guide you through the Spanish network of industrialised solid wood construction.
Zero concrete in this eco-friendly cohousing space
Entrepatios-Las Carolinas, which was designed by both its residents and the estudio sAtt, is the first eco-friendly cohousing space with right of use in Madrid. Located in the Usera neighbourhood of the city, the project, which was completed in 2020, is also CO2 zero. Similarly, “Casa Arteaga” in Bizkaia, by López Rivera Arquitectos, is a fully integrated timber house built without using any concrete.
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CLT in eight-storey social housing
Terrazas para la vida is an eight-storey social housing project consisting of 40 flats and located in the San Martí district of Barcelona. This CLT building is the work of Urbanitree, Ibáñez and Guallart’s own studio.
“Medium-density collective housing is probably the clearest example that we have today in which this wood is on equal economic footing with other materials, but obviously the possibilities do not end there [and it can also be used for] cultural and sports facilities, the tertiary sector, offices and so on”, the architect explains.
Entre els molts avantatges mediambientals destaquen:
📉 menys demanda d'energia de calefacció i refrigeració
❄️ sistema de climatització centralitzat d'alta eficiència
☀️ cobertes verdes per mitigar la calor
💧 aprofitament de les aigües grises
⚡️ plaques fotovoltaiques pic.twitter.com/kxIrB90CkY— Ajuntament de BCN (@bcn_ajuntament) October 19, 2022
The first high-rise office building
Wittywood in Barcelona, designed by Betarq Group, is the first completely wooden high-rise office building. It’s been in use since 2021.
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Structural efficiency
The team at Suma Arquitectura were the minds behind the Gabriel García Márquez Library (2022), a unique building whose structure incorporates industrialised wood in order to maximise its structural efficiency and architectural performance.
A multi-ecological neighbourhood
Lugo’s Impulso Verde is a four-storey building of Galician wood sourced from sustainably managed forests and completed in 2018. The project was backed by Life Lugo+Biodinámico and is the starting point for a future multi-ecological neighbourhood in this Galician city.
Now that you’ve read about how industrialised solid timber has been used in these examples, will you use it in your projects?
