Detailed sketch drawing of ‘Mobile living in Sahara desert’ design.

“Kerto Ski” is a modular design concept for light buildings that need to be easily moved to a different place. It can be used in harsh environments as deserted zones, where it can be filled in with sand to assure the building stability to wind efforts.

Open Source Wood hackathon brought fifteen participants together to generate innovative wood designs using Kerto® LVL (laminated veneer lumber).

The challenge of Open Source Wood hackathon was to create an innovative wood element for building design in multidisciplinary teams, mentored by experts.

The module design for a floating city is made exclusively of Kerto® LVL panels for walls, floor and roof as well as Kerto posts and beams.

'Design for a floating city' aims at building large autonomous and floating neighbourhood size developments in coastal and riverside areas.

The modular system, SafeCube, is built using Kerto® LVL T-studs for the columns and beams (45x140 mm²). Bolted plywood gussets (21 mm) are used to link the columns and beams. Kerto® LVL L-panel is used for the bracing envelop (27 mm).

SafeCube is a simple, quick to build solution for temporary housing. SafeCube is delivered as a “lego kit” that can be fitted into one maritime container.

Metsä Wood organized the first Open Source Wood Hackathon on 13th December in Nantes, France at the Ecole Supérieure du Bois.