Advancing the Architecture of Mass Timber
Presented at Vancouver Regional Session 2020 - From the Smart Project to the Smart City: Integration and Collaboration Across Policies, Processes and Technologies on February 4-5, 2020
Presented by
— Yehia Madkour, Director of Innovation, Senior Associate, Perkins and Will
— Derek Newby, Associate Principal, Perkins and Will
Summary
In face of climate change, building with wood is the architecture and construction industries' chance to challenge norms and drive the world's aspirations towards zero carbon emissions. This presentation will demonstrate the potentials of advanced wood design and construction at scales from x-small to x-large. We will present two Vancouver projects designed by Perkins and Will with world class innovation in-mind, and with aspirations to be a catalyst for change and connection with the city: The red Pavilion at Emily Carr University, and the Canada Earth Tower. The Pavilion is both a landmark sculpture and a small coffee house building that anchors the regeneration of the False Creek Flats area. The structure takes inspiration from flowers - and is a layered composition of mass timber shell petals, digitally manufactured and assembled on site. The design process of the pavilion connects the dots between design, technological innovation, and hands-on physical construction. Canada Earth Tower on the other hand, will become the world's tallest hybrid wood tower once approved in Vancouver. At 40 stories, the building will illustrate the advancements in tall wood engineering and construction. Beyond timber, the project will be a zero emissions development that will take energy standards to an unprecedented level with rigorous high passive house standards and dramatic reduction of the project's greenhouse gas emissions through carbon sequestration. Learning Objectives: Architecture design opportunities and building tall with mass timber in face of climate changes. Benefits of building with wood as carbon sink, engineering challenges and opportunities as scales. Direct Design to Manufacturing processes, collaboration techniques, CAD to CAM and BIM workflows enabled by advanced design and fabrication techniques. Building double curvature with wood, the use of technology in design process to develop a curved Nail Laminated Timber (NLT) prototype, challenges and optimization. The process of using VR and gaming engines in the design process to evaluate design ideas, and the associated technology platforms.
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