Mass Timber Market Updates - Sep 2024 - Week Thirtynine

Get ready to explore the forefront of mass timber architecture with the Mass Timber Construction Podcast. Ever wondered how high wooden skyscrapers can soar? Discover the visionary plans by Michael Green Architects for the world’s tallest mass timber skyscraper at the Marcus Performing Arts Center in Milwaukee. This episode also takes you to the innovative Myarchy School in Hong Kong, where students are pushing the boundaries of wooden design in the Wood Tectonic competition, crafting tomorrow's skylines today with digital tools. Plus, the Pavilion Jardins office building in France offers a stunning example of gridded timber framing that integrates seamlessly with the natural environment.

Venture with us to Singapore's Science Park, a beacon of sustainable innovation where advanced technology meets eco-friendly design. Celebrate a construction milestone with us at the University of Arkansas' Anthony Timberlands Center, the latest achievement in U.S. mass timber construction. Join Paul Kramer as he guides you through these groundbreaking projects, each redefining what’s possible in sustainable architecture. Whether you’re an architecture aficionado or simply curious about the future of construction, this episode promises insights that will leave you inspired.

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Ladies and gentlemen, we are live. This is the moment you all have been waiting for. It's time for the global sensation, the one, the only, the undisputed heavyweight podcast in the world the Mass Timber Construction Podcast. And now here's Paul Kramer, your host. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, wherever you are in the world today. Welcome to the Mass Timber Construction Podcast. My name's Paul Kramer, your host. Welcome to another weekly episode. Do not forget to hit subscribe so you never miss an episode.

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Every week, we bring you the updates from around the world in Mass Timber Construction Land. Don't forget the International Mass Timber Conference in Portland, oregon, in March in 2025. Get your tickets now, book your flights now and get your hotel accommodation booked now, because it's selling out quickly. Let's have a look at what's making news around the world this week in mass timber construction land and Michael Green Architects has unveiled the City of Milwaukee's Marcus Performing Arts Center redevelopment plans for the building, which is expected to be the world's tallest mass timber skyscraper in the world. We have featured this particular building on the podcast, but what you don't know is more about the development that has been produced, with 80% of the pre-release just after three months of the groundbreaking in May 2024 being sold. You can check out more on our Mass Timber Construction Journal LinkedIn feed.

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And they say that the education of our children is our greatest asset for the development of a different future. And the myarchy school launches a product called wood tectonic and it is a competition for children designing high timber buildings or structures. The hong kongbased school Myarchy School has launched the course and a competition aimed at teaching children and young people about wooden architecture using digital design tools 3D printing and offers teaching about the fundamentals of architectural design for kids between sort of 6 and 17. There are some impressive pieces that you can go and have a look at that are on our linkedin feed. Head across there and see what our kids are coming up with for in the future. And french architectural studio tillier de pont has designed an office building that is using mass timber and gridded timber framing, amazing glulam beams with windows that look out into the woodland space in the tree canopy. The 3,000 square metre building, named Pavilion Jardins, was designed to replace a cluster of nine prefabricated buildings that previously housed the teams for this particular tenant of the park and its venues, but had fallen into a state of disrepair. Impressive images Check it out on our LinkedIn feed.

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And to Singapore Now. And Singapore Science Park new work live play hub, comprising of three properties and five state-of-the-art buildings, is integrating advanced technology and sustainable practice, making it location for collaboration and innovation to thrive. Csa Group was looking for a place to house its laboratory and it searched Seven Science Park Drive as being one of three properties in Singapore to have this amazing new hub. The hub launched in 2023 and it is set to add 180,600 square meters of commercial research recreational space to the park square meters of commercial research recreational space to the park. It opened in February 2024. It's a 15-story building comprising nine floors purpose-built offices and six housing residential and science park facilities. Csa's standard development and product testing certification organization chose 7 Science Park Drive as the workplace of choice and office spaces. You can find more details on our LinkedIn feed.

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And to the US now. And the topping out ceremony has been held for the Anthony Timberlands Center Project, an applied research facility based on the University of Arkansas grounds. The Anthony Timberland Center for Design and Materials Innovation marked a milestone in construction at the topping out ceremony, with more than 120 people gathering at the site for the future center to celebrate its construction in the traditional way, but the project is a mass timber constructed building, so this is a first for them. The Anthony Timberland Center is part of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, the state's only school of architecture and design, directly supporting university land grant missions and also facilitating new hub for the Fay Jones School ongoing design build graduate program. This is a collaborative effort with partners and the state forest industries and outreach programs that will actually support and address critical issues, including housing inequality in the state.

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And to finish off, this particular week we do talk about big structures and small ones. This is the smallest one I have seen. It is a mass timber constructed sauna in finland which has a pebble shaped sauna that's delicately balanced atop a small rocky formation, and the structure was designed by the helsinki based design and architecture studio satama. So that's it, folks. That's all we've got time for this week in Mass Timber Construction Land. I hope that you have an amazing week ahead.

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Thank you for tuning in again. We look forward to bringing you more from the world of mass timber next week. Tune in, don't forget to hit subscribe. Please support our partners, the International Mass Timber Conference and get your tickets to Portland, oregon in March next year and we look forward to catching up with you soon. Also, do not forget that we have our latest issues on the Mass Timber Construction Journal Research Journal publication available at masstimberconstructionjournalcom. Masstimberconstructionjournalcom including some amazing papers on biophilic treatments using timber, specifically exposed or expressed timber. So check those out and we look forward to catching up with you. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, wherever you are in the world. Today, this is Paul Kramer signing off on the MassTibby Construction Podcast. Thank you,