As research fellow and adjunct professor of Politecnico di Torino Paolo Simeone is member of the scientific committee and the jury of the Wood Architecture Prize competition – editions 2023, 2024 and 2025 – established by Fiera Bolzano as part of Klimahouse and Klimahouse Wood Summit to attribute recognition to the quality of architectural projects, constructions, and engineering works in wood and enhance the different professionalisms of the wood-construction supply chain at a national level. Scientific partners: Politecnico di Torino and Università Iuav di Venezia.
DUOPUU collaborated with the Enrico Molteni Architecture office in the design process of a new education center for the Parma University Campus, made of engineered wood and organic/bio based building materials, supporting the principles of symmetry and unity of Enrico Molteni’s project for an unconventional wooden building that uses standard and certified elements. Design: Enrico Molteni / Status: finished / Total surface: 2450 sqm / Drawings and pictures by Enrico Molteni + photos of the article published in Casabella 955, March, 2024 .
DUOPUU designed a new life for an abandoned villa made of 100% wood and never finished. The greenest building is the one that already exists; this is even more true if the starting point is a house already built in timber.
Selected portions of main bearing elements, both horizontal and vertical, have been analyzed to define the entity of mechanisms of wood degradation in the CLT panels and design specific intervention methods. The project's goal was to not demolish the villa and not re-build a new one, demonstrating a new scale of circularity both in the impact of the building construction and the re-used materials and minimizing the new ones / Client: private / Total surface: 300 sqm / Status: finished.
In a small village in the Valsesia Alpine Valley, DUOPUU is providing consultancy for the restoration of a traditional house made of stone and wood. The consultancy supports the client-designer in making responsible choices regarding the environmental sustainability of new materials and technological solutions. The main components for the restoration include solid Larch timber structures, insulating panels made of wood fiber, and lime plaster. These elements aim to create a harmonious balance with the original materials and construction techniques / Client: private / Status: on-going.
DUOPUU is providing technical consultancy for the executive design of the experiential and interactive installations designed by Dotdotdot for a mountain route capable of interacting with the landscape and nature of Vallecamonica – this Alpine region is a World Heritage Site (1979) and a Biosphere Reserve (2018). Lightweight timber structures, high levels of prefabrication, minimal use of concrete, and assembly-disassembly construction methods have been included in the design process to minimize the impact of the installations while respecting the natural environment. Design: Dotdotdot / Status: on-going / Graphics by Dotdotdot.
DUOPUU is providing the technical consultancy for the executive design of a new net-zero emission small educational workshop designed by Atelier delle Verdure – architecture & landscape studio. The new building entirely made out of CLT structural panels will be almost-100% natural, renewable, recyclable and reusable. The architectural components will be based on certified low embodied carbon materials: cork and wood fibers for the insulate panels and prefabricated cross laminated timber panels for the structures. Moreover, the project is working on ensuring a minimum environmental impact for the construction phases and for the entire lifespan of the building / Concept and design: Atelier delle Verdure / Co-design and works management: DUOPUU / Client: private / Status: on-going / Render by Atelier delle Verdure.
