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WoodSolutions™
Who we are
• Inspiration (case studies)
• Information (design guides)
• Training (CPD)
Resourced by Forest & Wood
Products Australia.
We provide:
WORLD’S MOST VISITED
TIMBERSTRUCTURES
WEBSITE
Brock Commons (CAN)Architects: Acton OstryHeight: 18 Storeys
The state-of-the-art: 18 storeysReduced infrastructures, great speed
10 WEEKS,CREW OF 9,WITHOUT
SCAFFOLDS.
Interesting approach for an 80-storey:Timber Diagrids.
The River Beech Tower proposal in Chicago, a collaboration between Perkins+Will, Thornton Tomasetti and the University of Cambridge
The NCC changes
New Timber Construction Provisions
Mid-rise
In 3 major building Classes
Apartments (Class 2) Hotels (Class 3) Office Buildings (Class 5)
Social Housing
Italy
Architect: Rossi Prodi
Wood Innovation Design Centre
British Columbia
Architect: Michael Green
DtS Solutions
• automatic sprinkler systems
• fire-protected timber
• non-combustible insulation
• cavity barriers (if applicable)
Performance Solutions (Alternative Solutions)
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Different options can be combined.
Structural Types
Lightweight Frames
Heavy Timber Post
& Beam
Post-Tensioned
Frames
Massive Panel Walls
Massive Panel Floors
General Frames
Massive Wood
Systems
Modular Systems
Portal Frames
Cross Laminated Timber
Shear-failure of a CLT
diaphragm along the joint.
DESIGNED ALSO FOR
ROBUSTNESS AND WIND
GUSTS
THE CODE WAS CHANGED
AFTER THIS APPROVAL
Robustness checks
Lower impacts on local neighbourhoods
Real-scale R&Don timber construction systems
NODAMAGE DESIGN,
CONNECTORS MAY BE ADDED
FULLY PREDICTABLE
FIRE BEHAVIOUR
Design for DurabilityGreat knowledge in Australia
TERMITES
CORROSION
OF FASTENERS
DECAY
(ABOVE GROUND)
WELL
KNOWN
APPROACH AND
DETAILS
Efficient connectionsReduced OH&S issues
A SINGLECONNECTORFOR LIFTINGAND FIXING
Post tensioningoptimised timber+steel performances
Structural analysis softwareModelling tools are based on test results
Health & WellbeingScientific evidence of timber advantages
Typically from anti-microbial effect, lower blood pressure and heart rate,as demonstrated by clinical research:• children taught in timber buildings
have less stress and concentrate better (Austria)
• timber-built retirement villages promote tranquillity (UK, Finland)
• benefits in timber-based neurological clinics (Japan)
• health care facilities (Slovenia).
Challenging designs
Solid timber
Top left and right: interlocking grids (J. Natterer)
Bottom: same (Legnopiu’)
Glued Laminated Timber
Left: Nine Bridges Country Club, Korea. Double bends.
Right: Tamedia offices, Switzerland. No metal connectors.
Architect: Shigeru Ban
Glued Laminated Timber
Top right: single bend grid.
Top left: tapered large sections.
Low left: site-bent gridshell
Cross Laminated Timber
Left: Zoo roof, curved panels.
Right: Chapel, folded structure
Laminated Veneer Lumber
Left: box beams (Parasol, Sevilla)
Right: toroid, twisted beams (Waitomo Caves)
Citius, Altius, Fortius ?Do it with timber.
HOW ?
HOW WILL YOU USE TIMBER STRUCTURES FOR YOUR NEXT PROJECT ?
WE’RE GLAD TO HELP.woodsolutions.com.au
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