Think of substituting the concrete jungles in our cities to urban and
eco-friendly forests of wooden skyscrapers. Changing from cement and steel to timber is the main mission and vision for a number of enviromentally-minded architects who are planning high-rise buildings across the globe.
Timber has been used for centuries ago, but was stopped being explored with the advent of steel and concrete; now we're looking at a whole new system using mass timber products. One of the few cultures that still use timber in constructing shelter is the Japanese, with their elegance, class and sophistication.
The change came when we start thinking about climate change. Steel and concrete are wonderful materials to use, but they are not enviromentally friendly. Cutting down trees in order to create buildings is a cintradiction towards eco-friendly, but if the process is sourced from sustainably managed forests (e.g. those in
Europe and
North America) it can be more enviromentally sensitive.
- Nine-storey high-rise
- Comprising of private units
- Provides twenty-nine apartments
- Assembled with a cross-laminated timber panel
- Up to 13m in length
This building is the first in the world of this length to not only be constructed on load-bearing walls and floors, but also stair and lift cores entirely from timber.
I agree Mpho timber was great back then, but I feel we should just move with the times. Steel and concrete is popular nowadays buddy.
ReplyDeleteI beg to differ as steel and concrete produces carbon fibre which results in CO2 gases in return contribute to global warming.Timber has a lot of properties that can prevent dangerous situations from occouring then its counter parts (steel and conrete)...@MokD21
ReplyDeleteTimber is still beautiful it brings part of nature(trees) to life and it is fresh. THINK RECYCLING,we are living in times where we need to consider recycling.
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