Roald Gundersen, founding partner and CEO of Whole Trees Architecture and Construction near La Crosse. He received his Bachelor of Architecture and a BS in Environmental Design from the University of Minnesota, (1984). His work as a project architect on the Biosphere 2 in Arizona focused his architecture on integrated living systems. On returning to his native Wisconsin, Roald created a place-based architecture from abundant, local and low energy materials, building cold climate greenhouses, homes and small commercial spaces. He has pioneered the use of whole trees in residential, institutional and commercial construction projects, inspired by the 140 acres of forests he stewards near La Crosse, WI. For the past 16 years, Roald Gundersen has been empirically testing the feasibility of using whole tree technology to construct beautiful, strong, economical and extremely green buildings from forest thinnings. Learn more about Roald and whole tree construction at www.wholetrees.com.

Roald Gundersen teaches:

• Passive Solar Greenhouse Design
• Whole Tree Architecture and Construction
• Sustainable Forest Management With an Eye for Whole Tree Construction