Basajaun Project
Basajaun is a major European innovation action about sustainable building with wood. The main objective is to demonstrate how wood construction chains can be optimized to foster both rural development and urban transformation whilst being connected with sustainable forest management in Europe. Etcetera has been one of 30 partners in the collaborative consortium of cross-disciplinary experts.
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The project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 862942 from 2019-2023.
Demonstration building under construction
Completed demonstration building
Sustainable wood construction for rural development and urban transformation.
Basajaun vs. Conventional Facade System
Basajaun Demonstrator vs. Benchmark Building
After the design of the façade system and execution of the demonstration building we assisted the analysis and promotion of the results by developing the representation. The first important point was the increased amount of bio-based materials in the systems and building.
Bio-based Material Content
Basajaun vs. Conventional Facade System
Basajaun vs. Conventional Facade System
Creating awareness of the technical results of expansive research projects is a vital, if often overlooked, facit of the project. The second important data point is the dramatically lower global warming potential (GWP) of the Basajaun systems and demonstration building as compared to the current conventional systems.
Global Warming Potential
The Basajaun project was the first Horizon Europe project that etcetera particpated in with Tecnalia as coordinator. The topic of bio-based construction was a continuation of research projects that we had worked on in the past in Tecnalia and some of the other partners in the Basajaun consortium. Such large technically oriented projects give the etectera team the oppportunity to engage at many scales and types of design, and engage with colleagues from various disciplines such as material sciences, lumber harvesting, life cycle assessment, and digital twin development.
The project was divided into 3 topics through which innovative systems and digital tools were developed:
Digitalization and innovation - The digital transformation is leading to disruptive changes also in forestry and wood industries. Digital twins of forests and smart buildings with wood are becoming a reality. Etcetera assisted in the development of backend interfaces and decision-support tools to help purchasers and suppliers choose the correct solutions for their buildings.
Rural development - Forestry and wood industries provide employment and income in Europe’s rural regions, which represent around 80% of the EU territory. Modernising cities through building with wood is an opportunity for more growth in disadvantaged regions.
Sustainable wood construction - Wood is a circular material par excellence: It stores CO2 in solid products for decades and can be recycled both biologically and technically. By using more wood, buildings can reduce emissions and become carbon sinks. Through our extensive experience in building product design and development etcetera assisted in the design and development of the interior partition, roof, structure, and façade systems.
More information can be found on the Basajaun website.