Wood Innovation Grant - Civic Assembly Buildings
Location:
N/A
Type:
Civic / Assembly buildings
Status:
Concept
Press:
USDA / USFS Wood Innovation Grant:
“The All-Wood Building”, 2022-2024
Univ. of Oregon School of Architecture & Environment,
“The All-Wood Studio” Fall 2022
N/A
Type:
Civic / Assembly buildings
Status:
Concept
Press:
USDA / USFS Wood Innovation Grant:
“The All-Wood Building”, 2022-2024
Univ. of Oregon School of Architecture & Environment,
“The All-Wood Studio” Fall 2022
Following the completion of their mixed-use mass timber headquarters,
the Mississippi Workshop, Waechter Architecture began a two-year process
of documentation, post-occupancy
analysis, and investigation of new applications for “All-Wood”
buildings. This work was funded in part through a USDA / US Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant.
Each protoype pairs a constructive technique (e.g. platform framing, cores and cantilevers, clear span and external buttress) with a corresponding program, mechanical system, and approach to the building envelope. What they share is a a passion for material and compositional clarity, and the desire to embody the unique sensory and experiential properties of mass timber construction.
analysis, and investigation of new applications for “All-Wood”
buildings. This work was funded in part through a USDA / US Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant.
Each protoype pairs a constructive technique (e.g. platform framing, cores and cantilevers, clear span and external buttress) with a corresponding program, mechanical system, and approach to the building envelope. What they share is a a passion for material and compositional clarity, and the desire to embody the unique sensory and experiential properties of mass timber construction.
