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Chalet “Maruska”, Harrachov

September 9, 2020|BIG SEE Wood Design Award 2020 - Winner, Czech Republic, Wood, Wooden houses|

The building  which was the subject of the assignment was one of the houses in a housing estate designated for Customs officials and the subsequent refurbishment gave the owners a new life. The present owners decided to make their new home on the ground floor, while using the  attic  to rent for short stays. This alteration in the use of the building,required a capacity increase of the building, which
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Time Place Weng, Goldegg

September 9, 2020|Austria, BIG SEE Wood Design Award 2020 - Winner, Wood, Wooden houses|

The aging farmhouse of the Arche Hof Vorderploin in Goldegg-Weng intends to build a new building in the form of a simple, three-storey building that fits sensitively into the existing topography (slope) and into the existing ensemble. The basement is built in a multi-layer reinforced concrete construction with core insulation. The outer and inner walls are left as exposed concrete and supplemented with solid wooden walls made of cross-laminated
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Geçit Wooden Pavilion

September 9, 2020|BIG SEE Wood Design Award 2020 - Winner, City and community, Turkey, Wood|

The Faculty of Fine Arts and Design of Izmir University of Economics, Turkey, hosted and sponsored a Design and Woodworking Workshop directed by Architect Sebastian Erazo, and Faculty Member Architect Stefano Pugliese. The workshop had two main pedagogical aims: first, students from Interior Architecture and Industrial Design had to respond to a design brief prepared by the tutors: they were asked to activate certain areas of their campus through a spatial
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Fingerschinder pi r²

September 3, 2020|Austria, BIG SEE Wood Design Award 2020 - Winner, Wood, Wooden products|

Fingerschinder r^2π is a redesign of one of the most iconic training devices, the olympic rings. The design concept is aimed at making the most out of the empty space in the middle. Two wider sections with finger slots in three different edge sizes were added, while still maintaining the original functionality of the rings. It combines a hangboard - typically used by rock climbers to strengthen their fingers
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Bulbous

September 3, 2020|Austria, BIG SEE Wood Design Award 2020 - Winner, Furniture, Wood|

Bulbous is a collaboration which has been initiated by the Vienna Design Week for their Passionswege 2019 program. Passionswege basically pairs up a selection of studios with local craftsman in Vienna for the Design Week and supports them to create a new collection. This is one of those projects which are very exciting to work on because you have the time and means to really dive into the production
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KONSTANTIN chair

September 3, 2020|Austria, BIG SEE Wood Design Award 2020 - Winner, Furniture, Wood|

Celebrity chef Konstantin Filippou and designer Martin Mostböck make a common cause: in the five-toque restaurant in Vienna you can take a seat on a designer armchair made of sustainable material. The armchair was made from local materials that come from a radius of around 100 kilometres. The conceptual idea comes from the special details that have to do with grips and handles such as pans and knives. These
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MATI chair

September 1, 2020|BIG SEE Product Design Award 2020 - Winner, BIG SEE Wood Design Award 2020 - Winner, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Furniture, Home, Product design|

Mati is a dining chair with armrests, made entirely in solid wood with an upholstered seat. The design inspiration for Mati is about the pursuit of security. In functioning societies dinners are always about a delicious meal, interesting conversations and about comfort, of course. Comfortable chairs contribute to pleasant atmosphere. Thus, the name Mati (meaning mother in archaic Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian) was chosen to symbolize the chair’s motherly seating
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Norcia multipurpose and civil protection center, Norcia

August 21, 2020|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2020 - Winner, BIG SEE Wood Design Award 2020 - Winner, City and community, Italy, Public and commercial architecture, Wood|

The Multipurpose Civil Protection Centre in Norcia was designed by Stefano Boeri Architetti as part of a larger project for the economic and cultural development of the Norcia area and was created thanks to funds raised by the “Un aiuto subito. Terremoto Centro Italia 6.0” campaign, promoted by the Corriere della Sera and TG La7. Spread over an area of 450 square metres, the building houses two multipurpose halls
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Rampolyna, Partizánske

August 21, 2020|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2020 - Winner, BIG SEE Wood Design Award 2020 - Winner, City and community, Landscape and urban space, Wood|

[1:1] WORKSHOP is being organized by 4 female architects from WO|V|EN studio, annually since 2013 as a form of an international summer school. Last summer's edition (12 - 24. 8. 2019) took place in Partizánske (former Baťovany), a small town built as a factory town for the famous shoe company Baťa in 1938. The main goal of the [1:1] WORKSHOP is to design and build a wooden structure in a
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Weekend House Smrečany

August 19, 2020|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2020 - Winner, BIG SEE Wood Design Award 2020 - Winner, Residential architecture, Slovakia, Wood, Wooden houses|

Liptov region has long been a popular recreational location. The long and narrow plot has a favourable east-west orientation, but on its southern (most precious) border, sits a neighbouring house with its windows directly overlooking it. We choose the welltried open concept of an atrium house, which provides the inhabitants with the benefit of the southern sun, and at the same time sorts out the exposed social interaction with
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DUNA bird watching, Kalinkovo

August 19, 2020|Architecture, BIG SEE Architecture Award 2020 - Winner, BIG SEE Wood Design Award 2020 - Winner, City and community, Landscape and urban space, Slovakia, Wood|

DUNA bird watching was created within project Experimental Wooden Climatic Chamber within EEA Scholarship Program Slovakia with project number SK06-IV-02-004 of partner organisations: Faculty of Architecture, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava and Bergen School of Architecture, Bergen, Norway, during 4 student - professional workshops in spring 2016. It is placed at Hrušovská zdž like part of Gabčikovo water dam on Danube river, near village Kalinkovo, cca 18 km from
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