Overview
Start: Earliest possible start date; August 15, 2026
Duration:
6 Months
Department:
Company Profile
‘Timber Structures’ is a start up in the field of timber construction, set up in 2019 in Bangalore. We offer Architects and Engineers a reliable and sustainable alternative to steel / concrete structures, an effort towards carbonizing construction in South India, where the use of wood has completely disappeared form the industry . We work with local plantation species like cocopalm and the fast growing Melia dubia trees. To overcome the difficulties posed by such species we have set up our own glulam production line with locally built hydraulic press. Thus we can design, produce and set up traditional and modern wood structures. We train local carpenters to master structural wood work and continuously expand our technical infrastructure. ‘Timber structures’ is the ‘one of its kind’ pioneering wood construction company in South India
Job Description
The candidate must be keen to learn and work in a very different and new cultural environment and integrate within a firm and a team where English is the main technical communication language, but workers converse mainly in Kannada and Tamil language.
She or he might keenly observe / pick up local craft skills and contribute similarly by showing the team the Swiss skills of contemporary wood working and help us to understand how we can better integrate new mechanical/ digital means of production within our socio-economic framework. At our workshop we run a canteen and have built, and carpenters live in our own staff quarters.
Mentor for Internship program
Georg Leuzinger, Achitect ETH/SIA, 40 years of professional experience in Switzerland and India, founder / proprietor of ‘timber structures’ e-mail: gk.leuz@gmail.com
Suitable for Zimmerman / Schreiner / Charpentier students.
Required Skills
Working skills with hand tools and power tools, Maintenance and operation of basic wood working machines, establishing and working with technical drawings