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Four waysto worktogether

Practice, research and teaching share one method: build the thing, measure it, and publish what it teaches. Engagements range from a single design commission to multi-year consortium research.

1

We define the problem.

A conversation about your site, your program, and what "sustainable" actually means for this project.

2

I develop research-backed design.

Concepts grounded in real environmental, material, and site data — from forest inventories to construction detailing.

3

You get something you can build.

A proposal, a building, or a published methodology that holds up under both design scrutiny and technical review.

01

Architectural, Urban & Product Design

Design and design-build across scales — from small buildings and masterplans to street furniture and prototypes — with bio-based materials and prefabrication logics carried from concept through to on-site assembly.

  • —Concept and schematic design
  • —Design-build delivery and site supervision
  • —Timber and bio-based material systems
  • —Prefabrication and assembly detailing
  • —Masterplanning and urban installations
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02

Sustainable Innovation Research & Consulting

Applied research on forest-to-frame supply chains, bio-based construction and the policy that governs them — delivered as consortium work, technical reporting and advisory for institutions, industry and development banks.

  • —Funded research design and consortium coordination
  • —Life-cycle and embodied-carbon assessment
  • —Forest-to-frame supply chain studies
  • —Technical reports and policy briefings
  • —Expert advisory and peer review
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03

Experiential Education, Workshops & Trainings

Studios and workshops where students design and physically build the work — full-scale, on real sites, to real deadlines. Curriculum, direction and assessment for postgraduate programs, plus lectures and short-format intensives.

  • —Design-build studio direction
  • —Postgraduate curriculum and assessment
  • —Fabrication workshops and intensives
  • —Thesis supervision
  • —Lectures and juries
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04

Grant Writing & Project Management

Funding strategy and delivery for research and innovation projects — from consortium building and proposal authorship through stakeholder coordination, subgranting and milestone reporting. 19 awarded proposals totaling approximately €7 million, delivered on time and under cost.

  • —Proposal authorship and funding strategy
  • —Consortium building and partner onboarding
  • —Horizon Europe, LIFE, EIT and Built by Nature schemes
  • —Subgranting, expert review and open calls
  • —Milestone delivery, budgeting and reporting
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Colorado

Timber Age Systems — Head of Design

Barcelona

IAAC Valldaura Labs

Cambridge

Gates Cambridge PhD Scholar alumnus

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Building the timber age m.salka@timberage.com