November 27, 2025 | 5:30 PM
11/25
Juraj Pojatina
/ Arhing /
Marko Gusić
/ ARGU studio /
Mia Kozina
/ KAKO studio /
Duje Katić
/ KAKO studio /
Miha Bogotaj
/ EKOART /
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Sustainable Hour: Wood – the Building Material of the Future opens a thematic focus on the structural, technological, and cultural aspects of contemporary timber architecture - one of the most dynamic areas of current European building practice. On Thursday, 27 November at 17:30 at Urania – space of creation, the discussion will bring together architects and engineers whose recent work and professional experience address a central question: can wood be re-established as a legitimate material for future construction in the Croatian context?
The conversation will be moderated by Marko Gusić (ARGU studio), author of a house in Delnice completed in 2023 and 2024 - one of the few recent examples of a thoroughly considered timber structure implemented in a complex mountainous environment. The Delnice project emerged as a response to increasingly urgent questions about the role of materials in an era of accelerated planetary warming: how to build responsibly, how sustainable wood truly is as an alternative, and what it means to seek local solutions that are culturally and climatically relevant.
Mia Kozina and Duje Katić (KAKO studio) will offer their perspective by presenting the process behind a house in Istria - a project that raises the question of opting for timber construction in a country where such an approach is still underdeveloped. Their work includes long-term dialogue with the client, cost and feasibility analyses, exploration of market possibilities, and visits to realized projects in Slovenia.
A structural engineering perspective will be provided by Juraj Pojatina (Studio Arhing), a designer with extensive experience on numerous CLT-based buildings. His insights address issues of long-term stability, logistical and regulatory challenges, and the relationship between architects and structural engineers in projects that rely on precision and interdisciplinary understanding of the material.
The construction phase will be presented by Miha Bogotaj (EKOART, Slovenia), whose studio has realized numerous timber projects, including the KAKO studio house currently under construction. His contribution complements the discussion with concrete on-site experience, technological requirements, and conditions that distinguish the Slovenian market from the Croatian one.
The Sustainable Hour program once again examines models of architectural practice oriented toward responsible, materially conscious, and climate-relevant construction. The discussion approaches wood not as a nostalgic return to the traditional, but as a contemporary structural system that opens possibilities for holistic thinking about space, landscape, and resources.
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Silvana Mihaljević
Maks Udov
Siniša Staničić
Nikolina Krešo
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Zdravko Tomšić
Daniel Fischer
Nataša Jukić
Ana Marija Šimić
Anita Markota Štriga
Bojana Mrvoš
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Irena Križ Šelendić
Branimir Šegotić
Velimir Dvorščak
Tomislav Stašić
Dražen Pomper
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Prof. Kristian Jambrošić, PhD
Prof. Antonio Petošić, PhD
Assoc. Prof. Marko Horvat, PhD
Prof. Zoran Veršić, PhD
Mateja Nosil Mešić
Bojan Borko
Romana Ilić
doc. art. Mateo Biluš
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Alan Kostrenčić, PhD
Ivana Tutek, PhD
Maja Stanić
Eli Kodnik
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Aida Riđanović
Helena Matuša
Milan Koštro
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Kaja Šprljan Bušić
Ines Hrdalo
Ljuba Južnič
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Ivana Šajn
Silvije Novak
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Ivan Dell’orco
Tedi Chiavalon
Vladimir Sabo
Rudolf Šaravanja
Anica Petričević
Tea Pestotnik Prebeg
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Vesne Šoić
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Morana Ikić Komljenović
Nerma Mehadžić
Sanja Borčić
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Tomislav Fabek
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Vjeran Piršić
Marko Sušanj
Aida Čustović
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Nataša Ivanišević
Fausto Ferlin
Marko Iveković
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Saša Poljanec-Borić
Zoran Paunović
Davor Bruketa
Silvije Novak
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Marina Zajec
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Zoran Šuša
Juraj Pojatina
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Marko Dabrović
Boris Centner
Neven Mikec
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Marko Matejić
Nikola Ivković
Iva Šilović
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Romana Ilić
Ana Laslo
Irena Križ Šelendić
Željka Hrs Borković
Vjeran Piršić
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Jana Čulek
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Lucas Werft
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Seats are limited, so please reserve your place here. Admission is free!