Regenerative High-Rise: Modular Timber Tower Design Can Be Adapted for Any City
Not so long ago, it was exceptionally rare to see timber buildings more than six stories tall. But new engineered wood technologies like cross-laminated timber (CLT), glued laminated wood (gluluam), and laminated veneer lumber (LVL) have revolutionized wooden architecture, making it possible to build timber high-rises that are just as strong as conventional buildings made from steel and concrete. Architecture and engineering firms Haptic and Ramboll now expand on these capabilities with a wooden high-rise that’s also modular for maximum flexibility and longevity.
If you see high-rise timber projects like this as giant tinder boxes waiting to ignite, you might be interested to learn that recent research shows materials like glulam, CLT, and LVL are surprisingly resilient in a fire. The charring of wood creates an insulating layer that protects the inner part of the timber, leaving cross-sections of undamaged wood capable of carrying heavy loads after the fire is out. Steel, on the other hand, melts at high temperatures, and concrete collapses without its reinforcement. Produced with extreme precision, engineered wood components are also easy to assemble, and they come from a renewable source.The post Regenerative High-Rise: Modular Timber Tower Design Can Be Adapted for Any City first appeared on Dornob.
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