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Stories in the development of tall timber

UBC BROCK COMMONS 18 STORY, CONCEPTUAL MASSING

15/10/2014

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The University of British Columbia's proposed 18 story, 53m student residence is set to be the tallest heavy timber or heavy timber hybrid building in the world. The building plot has a large rectilinear shape necessitating an adapted design portfolio to meet the building's program with roughly 400 residences.  Conceptual massing was undertaken with rough room sizings to analyze some of the possible form outcomes of such a project. 

V1 - Tilted Monolith          (13 stories)
V2 - Stepped Program     (18 stories)
V3 - Conjoined Towers    (18 stories)

A project of this nature represents unique building challenges for the stiffness of an irregularly shaped structure, as well as coordinating appropriate access and distribution of utilities. A number of timber construction design systems can be used to address these problems, each with their own unique set of benefits and drawbacks. The question is what construction solutions will come out in the winning bid?

A Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) option is easy to implement and fast to construct.
A glulam post and beam system has much better material utilization rates and provides open floor layouts.
A Timber Concrete Composite (TCC) system produces a strong centre of stiffness and robust fire resistance.
A timber outrigger system can provide dramatic architecture and adaptable internal design conditions.

What paths will this project take towards final form? We hope to continue developing ideas on these and similar structures. 

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2 Comments
Paul
15/10/2014 01:54:06 pm

Are there more form this structure can take on? How do the different wood systems fit into such a structure?

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Nicholas
16/10/2014 09:20:52 am

There are many more forms and masses this structure could take on. These are some basic conceptual massings of the outlines the structure could take. The previous UBC Brock Commons blog post shows the site.

I hope to elaborate on some of the modern wood construction systems and how they can be put to use in such a building in later postings.

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