Companies that make a living from forests are more interested in protecting and preserving them. The LIFE HAYA project is the joint effort to mitigate the effects of climate change by finding out more about beech forests and learning to make even more sustainable use...
The innovations continue in ‘Wood IoT Wall’, the Hazitek project to develop smart wooden curtain walls. A programme funded by the Basque Government and the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund). In matters of sustainability and environmental protection, wooden curtain walls improve on the efficiency of traditional...
It is called Kora Green City, located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, and is one of the most sustainable buildings in the world. Radiata pine curtain wall contributes to the architects' energy efficiency goals. Sustainable architecture is a magical cocktail. The first of its ingredients is the architects' desire...
The roof of Le Dôme, a winery in Saint-Émilion designed by Norman Foster's studio, is constructed using VIGAM: the only oak glulam in the world with the CE marking for structural use. Sustainable architecture is developed based on different prerequisites related to respect for the environment....
Grupo Gámiz's R&D department is taking part in the AEGIS project, which aims to create buildings and public spaces that contribute to people's well-being. The digital transformation has changed our understanding of life, relationships and work. In this regard, in the industrial sphere a true revolution...
The research project ‘Wood IoT Wall’ is being conducted within the Hazitek programme, funded by the Basque Government and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The fact that wood is a building material experiencing an upturn has been seen for some time. In reality, rather than...
The latest edition of these annual meetings organised by one of the most active journals in the sector took place in Málaga. And of course, GRUPO GÁMIZ was there. Since the journal Arquitectura y Empresa was launched in 2016, its bosses did not want it to...
The technological advances in the production of glulam wood multiply the creative possibilities of architecture. It is very likely that if you invite us to think about beams, we think of straight lines. Nevertheless, the current possibilities of glued laminated timber or glulam, allow architects let...
Architects trust the structural use of wooden beams to combine beauty and sustainability. One innovation is wooden curtain walling. The concept of sustainable architecture seeks construction and building solutions that prioritise all that is sustainable and ecological and that, at the same time, spur creativity and...
In the plan presented by the city authorities, the creation of a “materials passport” for the construction of new buildings stands out. The “ring model” or “doughnut model”, created by the Oxford economist Kate Raworth, is the inspiration for Amsterdam's plan to design a city based...
