World Wide Wood

I still remember the day I have approached my professor Carlos Caldera from the Politecnico di Torino asking him to support me in writing my thesis about timber construction. I still remember also the difficulties I have met in finding a company for my thesis, until the professor himself approached the company Nord Legnami Abitare in order for me to find a place. In there I found a company environment that took me back to my childhood. You know those memory deep down inside of you that you seemed to have forgotten until a switch helps you out? Well that was my case. The wood specimen, the dust, the machinery noises pushed me to my lifetime in my grandfather carpentry. Where a young and innocent boy was hanging around adults just to be able to play in the dust. Don't get me wrong, I played but then I was selling it to the chicken to the chicken farmers. Well memory awaken equals to love deepened. Indeed this solidified my interest for the timber engineering field.  I still remember ...

Aus Schaden wird man klug, Oliver Goldsmith I have surely  skipped certain details about my trip to Berlin. After Biel, Berlin is another city that got my deep admiration. Somehow, I felt good there, I was there just to learn the language but I have found great environment.   It is indeed a world city that blends creativity, technology and culture. Going from Alexander Platz, to Charlottenburg palace or just take a walk around Along the river Spree.  The architecture and urbanism are made so that history of the country is not denied. The diversity of culture, specially among the young people shows a great change and predicts a bright future for the country and maybe a reference for the rest of the European countries. I have enjoyed the city days and nights, and one day a friend of mine to whom I always talked about timber constructions took me to Esmarchstraße 3, Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, there I came across a white building that despite fitting in its small assigned spac...