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At the 46th Timber Construction Conference, Minister Peter Hauk argued that Baden-Württemberg, as a forest region, must be a key player in timber construction. The exhibition at the conference shows the winners of the Baden-Württemberg Timber Construction Prize 2024.
" Climate change requires rapid and decisive action. Modern timber construction makes concrete and important contributions to this, because it uses our forests as real all-rounders. They are not only living and recreational spaces for us humans, but also climate saviors and wood suppliers in the construction industry. Buildings made of wood actively store carbon dioxide (CO?) for several decades. Timber construction not only offers ecological advantages, but also creates architecturally appealing, technically high-quality and comfortable buildings. In addition, the entire value chain, from forestry to wood processing to the construction industry, offers enormous potential for our domestic economy by creating numerous jobs . With modern timber construction, Baden-Württemberg, as a forest state, has the best chances of exploiting the entire ecological, architectural and economic potential of the raw material wood," said the Minister for Food, Rural Areas and Consumer Protection, Peter Hauk , at the 46th Timber Construction Baden-Württemberg Conference in Stuttgart.
Presentation of special construction projects
The 46th Timber Construction Conference demonstrated the possibilities of building with wood by presenting special construction projects such as the four-storey rental building of the GBG housing company with 32 residential units in Mannheim's Franklin Quarter .
Project participants gave the specialist audience detailed insights into architecture, structural planning, fire protection and the execution of timber construction. Other contributions addressed specific planning aspects such as designing appropriately for timber construction and the vibration behavior of ceilings in timber construction. In addition, the participants discussed overarching topics such as the holistic view of timber construction taking climate protection, climate adaptation and resource efficiency into account and gave an outlook on what will become more important for companies in production and training in the future.
Timber construction offensive sends a clear message
"With our timber construction offensive, we have sent a clear message in Baden-Württemberg. We have taken measures to promote the use of timber in the construction sector and at the same time to advance training and research in this area. One of our goals is to increase the proportion of timber structures in state construction projects. Around half of the state's buildings are now constructed using timber construction and we are working to increase this proportion further," stressed Minister Hauk.
The fact that timber construction can solve the diverse construction tasks at hand, such as affordable housing, densification, preservation and modernization, was also demonstrated by the buildings awarded as part of the Baden-Württemberg Timber Construction Prize. The competition was held for the 15th time this year under the umbrella of the Baden-Württemberg Timber Construction Offensive and under the patronage of the Ministry of Food, Rural Areas and Consumer Protection. The state of Baden-Württemberg is working on the further development of its timber construction offensive in order to position itself as a model region for wood-based carbon removals in the spirit of the "New European Bauhaus" with the increasing use of wood in building structures.
Timber construction initiative Baden-Württemberg
The aim of the Baden-Württemberg timber construction offensive is to support a climate-friendly building culture with wood in the state. The measures include funding measures, educational programs and the expansion of digitalization in timber construction. The state is building its own new buildings and modernization projects using timber or timber hybrid construction wherever possible. As part of the offensive, five professorships for timber construction have been initiated so far and an education offensive has been set up together with the Chamber of Architects and the Chamber of Engineers. Over 25,000 specialist planners have already been trained via the "Building on Wood" education portal.
