In the ninth year of the competition, students were asked to formulate why they work with wood in their works. In their works, the students emphasised that wood is a very unique material with a wide range of uses and its properties are great for the construction industry. Other reasons why the students worked with wood included its renewability, recyclability and reduction of CO₂ emissions.
The winner of the category "Wooden Buildings - Small" was Ondřej Buš from the CTU Faculty of Architecture (Fránek studio) for his work Minipanelák. The voting public liked the Chapel on Poustka Hill in Pozořice designed by Dorota Świderová from Brno University of Technology.
In the category "Wooden buildings - large", the jury was most impressed by Jakub Kender from AMU with his work Housing at the Old Cleaning House. The voting public then sent the most votes to Jan Suchý from the CTU Faculty of Civil Engineering and his competition entry Family House Lipence.
In addition to these prizes, KRONOSPAN and STORA ENSO were awarded prizes for the use (in their designs) of OSB and CLT panels produced by them. The KRONOSPAN prize was awarded to Tomáš Strnadel, a student of the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University (Soukenka studio) for his design of the study "Sokol Hall Extension" in the category of large wooden buildings. In the same category, there was also a design awarded with the STORA ENSO prize and this year for the first time also with the prize of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, which went to Tereza Krákorová from the Faculty of Architecture of the Czech Technical University (Mádr studio) for the competition work Student Campus Lanškroun.
This year, for the second year in a row, a special jury award was given to Jiří Petrželka and Kristýna Klůsová from the CTU Faculty of Civil Engineering of the for the design of the new sustainable district in Saint-Denis in Paris MCSC Paris 2020, again in the category of large wooden buildings.
In its projects, the Wood for Life Foundation highlights the benefits of using wood for our society and the environment. The aim of the student competition is to motivate students from colleges and universities to use wood in their school work and subsequently in their future employment.
Four ministries and 18 professional faculties and schools from the Czech Republic and Slovakia have granted their patronage to the competition. The students are supported in their work with wood by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Forests of the Czech Republic, s.p., the Military Forests and Estates of the Czech Republic, s.p., the Ministry of Industry and Trade and other companies and media in the field.
