02.07.2024, Mainz – Every 5 years, the state of Rhineland-Palatinate awards outstanding projects in timber construction. For the 2019-2024 period, our project “Castanea Sativa Cabin” received an honorable recognition, with an award and certificate handed over by the state minister of the environment Katrin Eder, at a ceremony at the Zentrum Baukultur Mainz. The project was praised for its pioneering use of the castanea sativa hardwood, as well as the innovative assembly methods, joint geometry and automated fabrication workflow.






Castanea Sativa Pavillion Project Partners: Design and Planning: Digital Timber Construction DTC, Prof. Robeller, Production: CLTech Timber Construction, Jürgen Gottschall, Funding: Ministry of the Environment RLP, State Department of Forestry RLP, Gregor Seitz.

Read more about the research project in our IASS publication or visit the structure at the Zollstock, Annweiler am Trifels. Google Maps Link