Catalogo Treku magazine

T RE K U M A G A Z IN E H ow A l d a b a l d e t re k u b e c a me T re k u 12 13 How Aldabaldetreku became Treku What was born as a modest carpentry workshop has turned into a company which crafts contemporary furniture with skill and detail which are very nearly artisan. When dawn breaks in Zarautz, the rays of the sun take a fewmore minutes more to fall on the Olaa neighbourhood. The light uses this time to break through the hills among which this entirely rural spot is nestled, just two kilometers from one of the Basque Country’s best-known beaches. Olaa bears no resemblance to touristy Zarautz. It is covered in green pastures still grazed by livestock and is scantly inhabited by a dozen evenly-scattered homesteads, the characteristic Basque farm. A small freshwater stream called Olaa, the very same that gives the place its name, forms its backbone as it crosses the neighbourhood, allowing the road to run by its side. This is home toMuebles Treku’s factory, a building which awakens at the same time each day when an operator turns on the furnace, feeding it with discarded wood from furniture construction, and starts up all the machinery. An hour later, when the rest of the workers arrive, the production cycle is already warmed up and ready to go so they can get started on their work. Xabier and Gorka Aldabaldetreku, grandchildren of the founder of Muebles Treku and current directors. >