Building with Massive Wood – developing student understanding and workmanship in the use of modern massive wood construction elements, while cherishing our local building traditions and celebrating the diversity of architectural expressions. Erasmus Project

Project Title

Building with Massive Wood – developing student understanding and workmanship in the use of modern massive wood construction elements, while cherishing our local building traditions and celebrating the diversity of architectural expressions.

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2014

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

1. Context – Timber is ecologically sustainable building material and the use of timber in construction is moving towards a more industrial production mode. Vocational training needs to understand this shift and develop a relevant response.
2. Goal – we want to develop a comprehensive understanding of the modern value-chain of timber and apply this to a discussion on the relevant vocational training
3. The participants are three schools and one university. Each school has 2 teachers/admin and 6 vocational students in the project. The university has 2 researchers. Total participants is 26.
4. The activities are one week sawmill, one week element building, one week construction and a half week in research facility.
5. Method – We will arrange introductory lecture including safety themes, we will work in factory situations at relevant companies, interspersed with short classroom discussions. There will be a reading list for each visit, and report writing during and after visits.
6. The results will be a more comprehensive understanding of the value-chain of timber and a keen understanding of where the construction sector is moving and where innovation is possible and needed.
7. The long term benefit for the school and their ecosystems will be a more relevant vocational training. For the students it will be a keen understanding of some European building traditions and modern developments in architecture and construction.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 74275 Eur

Project Coordinator

Arna vidaregåande skule & Country: NO

Project Partners

• Landesberufsschule Pöchlarn
• BERNER FACHHOCHSCHULE
• LBS Kuchl