They dictate practical theoretical workshop in wood
The Board of Directors of the College of Architects of the Province of Buenos Aires District 9 organizes another open proposal to the community: the practical theoretical workshop of wood architecture, which will begin on Tuesday, August 20 and will have the participation of professionals with local experience and international.
It will be in charge of members of the College of Architects, the Faculty of Architecture of the UNMDP and guest professionals. It consists of six classes and begins tomorrow. It has as its objective to provide criteria and tools to carry out projects that incorporate wood as a structural system and main component of the envelope. Six meetings will be in mixed modality (four virtual and two face -to -face) and for Complement them will be implemented a virtual space to provide audiovisual and digital material, attendees will work in a specific study case that will serve as a central axis of the sessions. , construction, assembly and commissioning of the artifact / exhibition pavilion winner of the Mar del Plata 150 years. Certificates will be delivered to those who have gone 100% of the meetings and carried out the practical work. The responsible and the coordination of the course are : Diego Pezano (Capba CPAU Capba Um Cadamda Sagyp) and Analía Díaz (Capba Ix Faud UNMDP). And the guests: Guillermo Allegrini (Faud - Barcelona); Erick Kennedy (unne Corrientes Argentina); Norma Greco (Faud - Mar del Plata); Santiago Castorina (Faud - Austria) and Celeste Sicardi (Faud Pinamar) in addition to MAP Architecture (Mar del Plata) and Cauldero Terra Builders (Tandil) .What are interest in obtaining more information and/or registering they can do so inhttps: // Capba9. org.ar/curso-de-arquitectura-en-madera/
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