DOM NA START Foundation
Better homes begin with good knowledge.
DOM NA START, fundacja is a Polish non-profit foundation registered in the National Court Register (KRS) under number 0001161825, with its registered office in Gdańsk, Poland. We work to advance ecological, energy-efficient and passive timber construction, combining scientific knowledge, design and construction practice, and open educational resources.
Our mission
The Foundation exists to make responsible timber construction the normal choice in Poland — by making reliable, independent knowledge freely available to the people who design, build, commission and study buildings.
Timber can be a durable, renewable and efficiently used building material. Using it responsibly, however, requires knowledge of raw-material quality, building physics, design requirements and the realities of construction. That knowledge is scattered, often commercial, and rarely written for the person who actually has to make the decision. We collect it, verify it and publish it openly — with no registration and no paywall.
We focus on timber-frame construction, material quality, building physics and modular prefabrication. Alongside educational work we run applied research, and we describe our working methodology publicly so that our conclusions can be checked.
The Foundation is apolitical and not affiliated with any religious denomination. It pursues its objectives in accordance with Polish law, the Act on Foundations of 6 April 1984 and its own Statute. All income is applied to its statutory activity.
Areas of activity
Energy-efficient construction
Solutions for homes with low energy demand.
Passive houses
Building physics, comfort of use and quality of execution.
Timber structures
Timber-frame construction, wood quality and durability of solutions.
Prefabrication
Modular design and fabrication processes.
Free technical articles
Detailed, referenced write-ups on wall assembly layers and moisture management, strength grading of structural timber, prefabrication of wall panels, and building airtightness with the Blower Door test. No registration, no login.
Published in Polish.
TIMBER-OPT
A research project on how language models combined with parametric models, expert knowledge and deterministic calculation can support the design of prefabricated timber wall panels — improving material efficiency and reducing waste and carbon footprint while meeting structural, thermal, moisture and buildability requirements.
Published in Polish.
Registration data
The Foundation is entered in the Register of Associations and Foundations of the Polish National Court Register (Krajowy Rejestr Sądowy, KRS), maintained by the Ministry of Justice. Every item below can be verified free of charge and without registration in that register.
Domain ownership statement
Domain ownership statement. The domain domnastart.org is owned by and is the sole official domain of DOM NA START, fundacja (the “DOM NA START” Foundation), a non-profit foundation registered in the Polish National Court Register (KRS) under number 0001161825, tax identification number (NIP) 9571186155, statistical number (REGON) 541233981, with its registered office at ul. Zofii Nałkowskiej 8B/6, 80-286 Gdańsk, Poland. The foundation is represented by Łukasz Mikucki, President of the Board. The website at www.domnastart.org is the foundation’s official website, and all @domnastart.org e-mail addresses are the foundation’s official contact addresses. The registration can be verified free of charge and without registration in the official register maintained by the Polish Ministry of Justice at wyszukiwarka-krs.ms.gov.pl (KRS number 0001161825).
Documents and public verification
- The Foundation’s record in the KRS search engine — direct link to the entity’s full details in the Court Registers Portal.
- KRS search engine — select the register of associations and foundations and enter KRS number 0001161825.
- Extract via the Ministry of Justice API — a permanent address returning the full extract as JSON, no login required.
Institutions, partners and donors may request additional documents — including confirmation of registration data and documents required for organisation verification. Please write to kontakt@domnastart.org.
Contact the Foundation
We welcome contact from individuals, organisations and experts interested in education, research and the development of responsible timber construction. We correspond in Polish and English.
ul. Zofii Nałkowskiej 8B/6
80-286 Gdańsk
Poland