Timber Tectonics in the Digital Age
An Oregon State University and University of Oregon Collaboration
The project is inspired by Frei Otto's institute for lightweight structures in the 1970s. The structure is a public piece of art, a lightweight timber canopy meant for various purposes like meeting space, community gathering, recitals, open-air theatre/ performance area and is located in Hageby Sweden, and completed in 2019 and officially opened in September... Continue Reading →
Amanda Stanton M.S. Terminal Project: Reusing Mass Timber: An Investigation of the Opportunities and Challenges The exploration of the end-of-life of mass timber materials has little information. As mass timber buildings become increasingly constructed and used, the question of what will happen to the products at the end-of-life of the building comes into question. Currently,... Continue Reading →
This project is funded through a Wood Innovation Grant and proposes retrofitting existing multi-family housing buildings with a new envelope system that can be applied directly over the existing facade. Within the west coast lies the Cascadia subduction zone which has a return period of 400-600 years. We are due for a catastrophic earthquake at... Continue Reading →
Carbon Sequestration is an important aspect of bio-based materials in the scope of climate change mitigation. The carbon that is stored in wood, aka biogenic carbon, is often excluded from traditional LCA calculations under the carbon neutrality assumption which presumes that emissions lost from the harvest and use of trees will eventually be re-sequestered into... Continue Reading →
Ashley Miller graduate presentation In the United States, most trees destined to be cut into lumber are grown in managed forests either owned by the lumber company or leased from the government. After the trees have reached an appropriate size, they are cut down and transported to a lumber mill where they are cut into... Continue Reading →
The following images used in this post can be located on: http://mg-architecture.ca/work/ "There is no chance that modern science is going to catch up with the qualities of photosynthesis and therefore any materials that's ultimately grown by the sun is the most technologically advanced materials we can use so let's figure out how to use it... Continue Reading →
Samuel Beckett Civic Campus Dublin Ireland The public library reading room overlooks a public park in Dublin, which is depicted above. Wood is utilized primarily as an ornament for the building seen in parts of the facade and partitions. There are many reasons wood is underutilized for frames. One reason is due to building codes that do not allow for... Continue Reading →
There is something wonderful about the irony that more members can often lend themselves to a structure's light and delicate feel. Big, beefy structural beams and columns convey a sense of strength and groundedness, but many, many thin members linked together carry just as much power while still appearing to seem rather light. I was inspired by... Continue Reading →
VoiceThread allows multiple users to speak or write about an image. Diigo is a social bookmarking tool for saving and sharing favorite weblinks. Its Outliners can be used as a Wiki for group brainstorming and writing, and it facilitates sharing Webpage markup and sharing. Zotero is a reference manager that makes instant bibliographies with a research markup and... Continue Reading →
Timber Tectonics in the Digital Age 