The Timber Structure Design Workshop for Architects aims to introduce architecture professionals and students to the principles that guide the use of timber as a contemporary structural system. Led by Marcelo Maia Rosa of Andrade Morettin Arquitetos and João Pini of Ita Engenharia em Madeira, the activity seeks to combine theoretical foundations, design practice, and case study analysis, establishing a dialogue between architectural logic and engineering rationality. The workshop is structured in two complementary stages. The first part will feature a theoretical presentation organized around the fundamentals of timber structure design, with an emphasis on the material's characteristics. The FIBRA application, a pre-dimensioning tool that will allow participants to practice analyzing structural modulations, will also be introduced. The second part will analyze projects developed by Andrade Morettin, originally designed in timber or steel and concrete, and will include a speculative exercise in transposing them to timber construction systems. This comparative process will provide support for critical reflection on the material's potential and limitations, highlighting its applicability, as well as its formal and constructive implications. The workshop thus serves as a research and training space, aimed at assisting in the design process of timber structures, both technically and design-wise.
Free
Vacancies: 60
IABsp – Bento Freitas Street, 306 – Vila Buarque – São Paulo – SP
Registration:
Registrations must be made here.
Selection will be made in order of registration.
Registration will be open until October 1st, as long as there are spaces available.