timber frame connection with structural timber in-fill panel
TIMBER CITY | WOOD TOWERS mid-rise and high-rise construction in wood
EMERGING PROFESSIONALS TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP | JOE MAYO 2 OPPOSITE PAGE: “On the Spring Boards and in the Undercut. Washington bolt cutter and daughters, 1905.” by Darrius Kinsey
INTRODUCTION
In 1905 a small shop in the St. Laminated Timber and Brettstapel A/E firms in Europe have overcome John’s district of Portland, Oregon construction have been used to the structural and life-safety issues prepared for the World’s Fair in exploit the full potential of wood that limit height and areas of wood honor of the 100th anniversary as a construction material. buildings. Codes are being re- of Lewis and Clark’s expedition. written and new products are being Gustav Carlson, the shop’s owner, The United States, however, developed. I believe now is the decided to laminate Northwest has lagged behind as Europe time to learn from the experience of softwoods into a panel, which continues to innovate and push these firms and become innovators he called “3-ply veneer work.” the potential of wood construction ourselves. Researching modern The product, a precursor of our in larger buildings. mid-rise and high-rise wood modern plywood panel, sparked buildings and their technologies is a considerable interest at the fair, In the Northwest wood is our natural choice for Seattle, and this is and soon after an industry was vernacular. Wood is an extension what I propose to do. born 1. of our forests and our forests are an extension of us. Wood is the Just as plywood revolutionized natural choice for Seattle and I wood construction in the believe that it will be the material twentieth century, new of the twenty-first century. It is innovations in wood stand to unmatched in its environmental reshape our assumptions of this benefits, its availability, its ease material in the twenty-first. In of use and its beauty. It is time Europe thirty-story wood buildings to learn from European examples are planned, and many mid-rise of mid-rise and high-rise wood wood buildings have already been buildings. constructed within dense urban fabric. Technologies like Cross
WOOD TOWERS | EMERGING PROFESSIONALS TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP | JOE MAYO 3 INNOVATION
Across Europe innovative new The Barents Secretariat building, Murray Grove, a nine storey wood buildings are challenging a seventeen-storey wooden residential building in Hoxton, conventional regulations and cultural center in Kirkenes, London designed by Waugh hold potential to define what Norway, designed by Oslo-based Thistleton Architects has already true sustainable design and Reiulf Ramstad Architects, is also been completed out of Cross construction will look like in the planned as a pilot project for Laminated Timber (CLT) 4. Because future. innovative wood construction 3. of the panel’s off-site fabrication The building will house the and ease of use, the construction The tallest wood building Barents Secretariat as well as a time was compressed from 66 currently planned is a thirty- library, a theater and space for weeks for a concrete building to floor tower of hybrid wood and artists, researchers and students. 49 weeks. Not only this, but all the concrete construction, the CREE Not only will the building units were purchased after one (Creative Renewable Energy and be a symbol for sustainable hour and fifteen minutes of being Efficiency) in Dornbirn, Austria2 . construction, it will also act as a on sale 4. Waugh Thistleton’s The project is designed to meet “center for cooperation” between web site claims that there is 100 passive house standards, be Russians, Finns, Swedes, Saamis percent satisfaction among the carbon-neutral and energy and Norwegians 3. tenants. positive (photovoltaic facade). This building is marketed as a Wood knits a common thread prototype that can be exported to between the cultures. locations around the world. ABOVE LEFT: The CREE’s timber frame and timber concrete floor system2
ABOVE: Sequential diagrams of the CREE’s modular construction 2
4 In addition to these projects, The advantages of using a natural, several six and seven-story timber local, carbon-reducing material ABOVE LEFT: The 17-story buildings, many in rich urban are abundant. Beyond the unique timber Barents Secretariat 3 settings such as Berlin and Zurich, sensual appeal of wood, these building have been completed. buildings require fewer trades, ABOVE CENTER: The 9-story reduce construction time, overall Murray Grove, London 4 Feilden Clegg Bradley Studio’s costs, and have the potential to be Woodland Trust Headquarters truly carbon-neutral if not carbon- ABOVE: The 7-story in Grantham, UK uses wood negative. Esmarchstrasse 3, inserted in a completely new way by into the dense urban fabric of Berlin suspending precast concrete In the midst of cascading elements from a CLT roof environmental crisis, now is structure. The two materials work the time to re-examine wood in unison as a single structural construction as a sustainable element. The intermitent concrete material that, as proved by many panels provide thermal mass to European examples, can be used regulate the building’s internal safely in high-rise and mid-rise temperature, while the CLT urban applications, such as Seattle. structure provides cost efficiency, meets environmental goals and is a beautiful finish material.
WOOD TOWERS | EMERGING PROFESSIONALS TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP | JOE MAYO 5 THE LOCAL GREEN
The Great Northwest is an The Wood Materials & Engineering Wood is an emotive material. It environment rich in forests and Laboratory at Washington State roots us in place and soothes us. timber. Our forested natural University in Pullman is an It has, as Matteo Thun describes, a resources are indeed what most example of the deep connection “high-touch rather than high-tech people imagine when speaking of between material and place. As quality.” 7 the region. one of the premiere laboratories for wood construction, the However, wood is not only The use of timber as a means of lab researches new ways of sensually appealing, but also construction goes back to the building with wood, as well a material with enormous native inhabitants of what is as testing performance and environmental benefits. In a now Seattle, the Duwamish, who design methodologies. Through total life cycle assessment of CO2 used timber and cedar planks innovation, wood can remain production, wood outperforms to construct longhouses in their a vital part of our region’s long other common construction villages 5. These seminal buildings history and tradition. materials. See Chart 1 and were a true expression of the Chart 2 for a comparison of CO2 Northwest and stood in harmony emmissions for wood as compared with the environment. Later, with other building materials. lumber created the first boom in Seattle and Henry Yesler, with his steam-powered saw mill, became the city’s first millionaire5 . ABOVE: Reconstruction of Chinook-style cedar plankhouse at the Ridgefield The history and mythology of National Wildlife Refuge 6 timber and mighty trees runs deep here, and keeping this connection ABOVE LEFT: Washington’s strong is part of Seattle’s identity. forests from Yellow Aster Butte
6 Chart 1 8: CO2 Emissions of steel and concrete compared to wood, from CORRIM (Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials)
Chart 2 9: CO2 Emissions of common building materials 5
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Chart 3: Various carbon sequestration potentials for Northwest Douglas Fir harvests 11
INDUSTRY
To achieve carbon neutrality, Wood comes from our forests The Northwest has a history of wood can play a big role for which sequester carbon and wood as a means of construction, several reasons. First, forests help regulate the earth’s natural a work force skilled in its use, grow from light, soil, air and systems. It has been shown that a and an entire timber industry water, making the use of lumber pound of wood will sequester 1.47 that benefits from its use and one of the simplest solutions pounds of carbon and replace it innovation. The Canadian Wood for construction material. No with 1.07 pounds of oxygen 10. Council notes: environmentally devastating Moreover, when wood is mining or extraction processes converted to lumber products, it The potential for Cross Laminated are used with lumber, and with retains much of its carbon content Timber systems to compete with the continued growth of the rather than releasing it into the concrete and steel construction Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) atmosphere 12. Finally, at the in North America is significant, most notably in mid-rise multi- and sustainable forestry, the end of its life cycle, wood can be family and specific non-residential harvesting of timber is continuing returned to the earth as soil for low-rise construction projects to become more environmentally new life or consumed as biomass in the short-term and mid-rise benign. for heating and energy. non-residential construction in the medium-term. This is due to The use of wood has a many economic and building regenerative effect on the performance factors but also the environment and is a true cradle- increasing focus on environmental to-cradle material. In the face of sustainability and related objectives deteriorating ecosystems, species of reducing the carbon footprint of buildings. Leading edge architects collapse and global warming, and engineers are already wood’s use in more building types interested in utilizing CLT and it is must be further explored. important to find ways to maintain this enthusiasm and grow the momentum 13.
8 An established and plentiful Seattle already has a tradition in There is a cost savings and labor building material, timber has great hybrid wood and concrete mid- savings inherent with wood potential in larger building types. rise construction, but the city construction. These savings can Architect Hermann Kaufman, the can go further. With the code be multiplied with the possibility winner of the 2010 Spirit of Nature allowing a maximum of five floors of larger buildings, while Wood Architecture Award, explains of wood construction over two benefiting the environment and floors of concrete, it is clear the creating jobs and new industry at Germany, Austria and Switzerland city recognizes the importance the same time. Considering new have all passed new regulations or of wood construction as a viable imperatives like Cascadia’s Living are currently reviewing new laws, so urban approach. However, what if Building Challenge and Seattle’s that wood engineering is no longer at we could build up to seven stories goal of being the first carbon- a disadvantage, while guaranteeing with no concrete plinth? What neutral city, it is a natural step to clients a high level of safety. Furthermore, modern methods of fire if we could safely build wood research new developments in engineering allow for building even buildings taller than seven stories? wood construction and implement large complexes - such as residential, What materials, technologies the best of these advances. This is office or commercial buildings - and testing would be required what my travel scholarship work exclusively of wood 14. to acheive this? These are the will address in detail. type of questions that drive my research.
ABOVE: Cross Laminated Timber during construction
WOOD TOWERS | EMERGING PROFESSIONALS TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP | JOE MAYO 9 628 City of Wood? – Modern Multi-Storey Housing in Timber 2010 ¥ 6 ∂
Lighthouse housing project, Berlin Esmarchstrasse 3, Berlin Cultural studios in Liesing, Vienna Mohr + Winterer, Berlin Kaden Klingbeil, Berlin Johannes Kaufmann, Dornbirn
10 cooperative dwellings with communal spaces Ground floor: office 7 ground floor galleries No basement Upper floors: 6 owner-occupied flats 16 upper floor studios 7 storeys with floors in reinforced concrete Ground floor in reinforced concrete + six floors in Maisonettes accessible via central corridor Roof as solid timber slab laminated timber skeleton-frame construction Skeleton-frame construction with laminated timbers Facade: timber frame construction Services shafts in reinforced concrete Base slab in concrete + 4 floors in timber Controlled ventilation with patent system External concrete staircase set off Lift shaft and staircase in reinforced concrete via windows from main volume Stairs in maisonettes in timber
1 353 mm floor construction: 1 373 mm floor construction: 1 354 mm floor construction: 10 mm parquet 18 mm parquet 10 mm parquet; 60 mm screed 63 mm screed with underfloor heating 45 mm element-and-sand screed polythene sheeting 33 – 30 mm impact-sound insulation 30 mm polystyrene sheeting bearing heating 30 mm impact-sound insulation 250 mm reinforced concrete floor slab 20 mm impact-sound insulation 130 mm loose chippings; foil layer 2 435 mm external wall construction timber + concrete composite slab 3.20 ≈ 6.50 m: 134 mm laminated cross-boarded timber floor (U = 0.126 W/m2K): 100 mm reinforced concrete + 200/240 mm laminated timber downstand beams 10 mm cement and lime rendering 160 mm timber stacked plank element or 400/100 mm upstand beams adhesive fixed 120 mm compound thermal-insulation system 320/360 mm laminated timber beams 2 360 mm external wall (U = 0.16 W/m2K): 20 mm wood-fibre sheeting 2 316,5 mm external wall construction 24 mm softwood 3-ply laminated sheeting 200 mm wood-fibre thermal insulation between (U = 193 W/m2K): (24 mm HP laminate to loggias + balconies) 80/200 mm wood framing 8 mm mineral rendering 36 mm ventilated cavity vapour-retarding layer + air seal 100 mm rock-wool strips wall element: windproof paper 12 mm plywood 12.5 mm gypsum fibreboard 15 mm gypsum fibreboard 60 mm loam sheet thermal insulation 160 mm solid timber as infill between 180 mm mineral wool insulation between 10 mm loam plaster 320/360 mm laminated timber posts and beams 180 mm wood framing 2≈ 18 mm gypsum fibreboard vapour-retarding layer 15 mm oriented-strand board 60 mm insulation 15 mm gysum plasterboard fire-resistant sheeting
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RESEARCH TOPIC
The proposed topic of research is 1. Code Analysis the use of wood construction in This will entail meeting with mid-rise and high-rise buildings. • Understand local and select architects, engineers and local This research will focus on the international codes relating city code experts in foreign cities following areas: to wood construction and fire to understand: and life safety. a. The fire and life safety ºº Assess current Seattle challenges of mid-rise/high- code regulations regarding rise timber buildings maximum heights and areas for multistory b. Technology and residential, office and construction challenges of academic buildings of wood mid-rise/high-rise timber construction. This will entail buildings a detailed analysis of the current Seattle code and c. How these challenges meeting with Seattle code were met (i.e., variances, experts. new code amendments, testing of materials fire ºº Assess codes for performance, etc.), and international cities (see lessons learned itinerary) that have completed or are currently planning prototypical multi- story, all-timber buildings that, while failing to meet the Seattle code, have been successfully implemented in their city or region. 10 ∂ 2010 ¥ 6 Technology 629
“Limnologen” in Växjö, Sweden Urban housing, Murray Grove, London Badenerstrasse 380, Zurich Arkitektbolaget, Ola Malm, Växjö Waugh Thistleton Architects, London pool architects, Zurich
4 blocks each with 134 dwellings 29 dwellings: 54 dwellings, 2 1/2 – 5 1/2 rooms; partly maisonettes Two access cores; 2 and 3 dwellings per floor 19 owner-occupied + 10 local-authority 6 linked volumes above ground floor food market Ground floor: reinforced concrete with pile 3 and 4 dwellings per floor (2 dwellings per floor); 2 basement garage levels and foundations + 7 floors in timber Dimensions: 17 ≈ 17 m ground floor in reinforced concrete; 6 floors in timber Facades: rendering or storey-height laminated Ground floor in reinforced concrete; 8 floors in timber Reinforced concrete lift shafts and stairs as: timber panels Lift shaft in laminated timber elements from 1st floor earthquake bracing 2 lift shafts in timber. Sprinkler plant in soffits Stairs in steel; landings in laminated timber Controlled ventilation/individual elements in facade
1 521 mm floor construction: 1 379 mm floor construction: 1 400 mm floor construction: 10 mm floor finish 14 mm parquet 15 mm parquet 70 mm screed with underfloor heating underfloor heating cut into load-bearing floor 55 mm screed with underfloor heating polythene sheeting element 2.40 m wide, consisting of polythene sheeting 30 mm thermal + impact-sound insulation 70 mm laminated cross-boarded wood reinforced 25 mm impact-sound insulation 240 mm hollow element: with 45/220 mm glued beams 146 mm industrial-quality 40 mm three-ply laminated sheeting 170 mm rock wool; services installed at works laminated wood cross-boarded elements 160 mm wood ribs with 50 mm chippings sound-insulating element 1.20 m wide: 6.50 m span 40 mm three-ply laminated sheeting 45/220 mm timber framing with 75 mm services space 27 mm soffit with spring clips 70 mm rock wool and sprinkler 50 mm sound insulation fire protection: 18 mm gypsum fibreboard 28/70 mm battens 12.5 mm gypsum plasterboard 5 mm white plaster 2≈ 13 mm gypsum plasterboard 2 289 mm external wall construction 2 500 mm external wall (U = 0.14 W/m2K): 2 390 mm external wall (U = 0.16 W/m2K): (U = 0.20 W/m2K): 70 mm glass-fibre concrete elements 25 mm laminated timber panels 5 mm coloured fibre-cement or 30 mm ventilation cavity 28/70 mm battens wood/cement/recycled slabs (plinth) 160 mm rock-wool thermal insulation moisture-diffusing windproof paper 50 mm ventilated cavity windproof paper; 100/200 mm softwood bearers 195 mm mineral wool insulation 70 mm thermal insulation 80 mm insulation 85 mm laminated wood element 128 mm laminated wood 30 mm bearing structure; felt layer 45 mm mineral wool cross-boarded elements 2≈ 12.5 mm gypsum fibreboard 12.5 mm gypsum plasterboard 2≈ 18 mm gypsum fibreboard 5 mm white plaster with glass-fibre paper
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ABOVE: Timber construction details for various European mid-rise projects 7
2. Construction 3. Catalogue of Details ºº This catalogue, available to Technologies the public, will be a resource • Develop a set of typical details/ to encourage the city to • Explore different wood approaches for mid-rise/ expand the current code, construction types/hybrid high-rise wood construction and provide the knowledge construction types for mid- that addresses fire safety and for architects and contractors rise/high-rise timber buildings. constructability. to use innovative wood technologies to create more ºº This will be accomplished ºº These approaches will be sustainable buildings. through site visits of framed by research and completed/planned projects, comparison of codes and meeting with architects construction technology (see and other members of the items 1 and 2) building profession and visiting innovative timber ºº The catalogue will show a manufacturing companies variety of timber precedents and research organizations as well as highlight (see itinerary). opportunities for Seattle.
ºº This catalogue will be available as a pamphlet, web site and gallery show at the AIA Seattle office. Innovative timber materials/samples will also be showcased at the gallery.
WOOD TOWERS | EMERGING PROFESSIONALS TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP | JOE MAYO 11 PROPOSED ITINERARY
1. Seatle to Pullman, WA • Wood Materials & Engineering Laboratory, WSU ▫▫ Contact: Mike Wolcott, Distinguished Professor, Wood Materials and Engineering *
Airfare: ~$150
1. Seattle to London
• Waugh Thistleton Architects (designers of Murray Grove) • Techniker Structural Engineers (engineers of Murray Grove) ▫▫ Contact: Matthew Wells, Techniker *
• Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (architects of The Woodland Trust Headquarters) ▫▫ Contact: Matt Vaudin, FCBStudios *
Airfare: ~$1,000 Hostel: ~$40/night for 4 nights Food: ~$50/day for 4 days
2. London to Oslo • RRA-Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter (designers of Barents Secretariat building) ▫▫ Contact: Atle Leira, RRA *
Airfare: ~$250 Hostel: ~$40/night for 2 nights Food: ~$50/day for 4 days 12 ABOVE: Forested land in the Northern Hemisphere 14
3. Oslo to Berlin
• Arup, Berlin (engineers of the CREE) ▫▫ Contact: Jan Wurm and Tim Göckel, Timber Competence Team* • Kaden Klingbeil Architects (designer of Esmarchstrasse 3 and others) ▫▫ Contact: Jan Wurm’s friend at Kaden Klingbeil *
Airfare: ~$300 Hostel: ~$40/night for 3 nights Food: ~$50/day for 4 days
4. Berlin to Austria
• The CREE GmbH in Bregenz • Hermann Kaufmann ZT GmbH in Schwarzach (designer of Cultural studios and others) • KLH, Cross Laminated Timber and Timber products Manufacturer in Murau
Transportation: ~$60 per day for 4 days Accommodations: ~$100/night for 3 nights Food: ~$50/day for 4 days
Print 20 copies of Catalogue of Details: ~$500 Materials for gallery show: ~$200 Estimated total cost: ~$4,000
* See Appendix for e-mail correspondence
WOOD TOWERS | EMERGING PROFESSIONALS TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP | JOE MAYO 13 SOURCES
1. http://www.apawood.org/level_b.cfm?content=srv_med_new_bkgd_plycen
1. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/worlds_tallest.php
2. http://inhabitat.com/worlds-tallest-wooden-building-planned-for-norway/
3. Architectural Record, “Testing Timber’s Limits,” April 2010, pgs 96, 98.
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duwamish_(tribe)
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinook_people
6. Detail Magazine. Volume 6, 2010. “Wood in Architecture” pg. 554, 628-9
7. http://www.utextension.utk.edu/publications/wfiles/W234.pdf
8. http://qualitybuilt.co.uk/
9. http://www.structuremag.org/article.aspx?articleID=946
10. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/08/timber-houses-lead-double_life-as-carbon-sinks.php
11. http://evergreenmagazine.com/web/Carbon_Sequestration_Strategies_in_the_Forest_Sector.html
12. http://www.cwc.ca/NR/rdonlyres/061FE042-FC95-4631-B906-27965F2F2E20/0/ CrossLaminatedTimberReportSpreads.pdf
13. http://www.hermann-kaufmann.at/en/3.php?kid=15&oid=&gid=Monographie&det=1
14. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/07/nasa-creates-worlds-first-global-forest-map-using-lasers.php
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University of Washington Student Housing Phase I, Mahlum Above are urban planning diagrams and building renderings. I worked on all phases of this project and spent a great deal of time exploring building massing, materiality, facade composition, interior planning and interior details.
• The four buildings of the project are five stories of wood construction over two stories of concrete, otherwise known as “The Seattle Special.” There is a strong presence of this building type in Seattle. What might the future hold for innovations with this building type?
16 WOOD TOWERS | EMERGING PROFESSIONALS TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP | JOE MAYO 17 FACulTy ReSeARCh
Three Art Professors Win OAC Fellowships Six artists with UO ties receive Oregon Arts Commission“a highly Artist personal Fellowships and private reality viewer interrupts the image, momen- with a reality that is more objective, hether using multi-media, tarily flashing the barren landscape of public and shared.” The OAC Fellow- jewelry, sculpture or a col- a clear-cut in place of the old growth ship will support the creation, shipping W lage of techniques, art pro- forest. Ives explains, “creating interac- and installation of Wojick’s new body of fessors Colin Ives, Amanda Wojick tive media work allows me to express work that will be installed in May at the and Anya Kivarkis embed social and the sense of responsibility that I feel for Elizabeth Leach Gallery in Portland. theoretical concerns in captivating the natural environment. Incorporating Visiting Assistant Professor Anya forms. The Oregon Arts Commission the response of an individual viewer, in Kivarkis crafts jewelry whose beauty Fellowship aids the development of turn, connects that person intimately almost belies its critique of material cul- artistic ideas, supporting Ives, Kivarkis, to these same cultural, technological, ture. Her work explores the relationship and Wojick as they continue to create and ecological concerns.” The grant between excess, luxury, and absence. visually and intellectually arresting panel was impressed by Ives’s ability Some of her brooches, for example, are art. Dave Tinman Edgar ‘89 and Paula to create a sensory experience beyond sensuously ornamented, yet tempered, Rebsom (M.F.A. ’06), alumni of UO, and the machine. Ives’s work engages the and visually obstructed by austere pla- Wendy Huhn, adjunct instructor, also viewer to confront their relationship nar forms, denying visual access to the Achievements Issue School of Architecture and Alliedreceived Arts fellowships from the Oregon with nature in an increasingly mediated most ornamental parts. She explains OFFICE OF EXTERNAL RELATIONSArts AND Commission. COMMUNICATIONS Each artist receives environment. Nonprofit that her work “seeks to subvert how 5204 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5204 Associate Professor Amanda WojickOrganization jewelry operates as a signifier of access Vol. X, No. 1 $3,000 to complete work in progress, 07 awards + U.S. Postage works with mixed media and sculpture honor roll embark on new work, or undertake PAID recognition scholarship Address Service Requested research or travel. Eugene OR report Permit No. 63
Architecture GTF Charlie Willner explains structural forces acting on timber framing to students. Above: Front and back of Kivarkis’ untitled Above: Wojick’s “Wildwood” (2007), 22 x 30 brooch (2007). ART BULLETIN • FALL 2007 inches. Bandaids, ink and wood on paper. Above: Ives’s “Swimmer” (2003). A kinetic to luxury, as excessive embellishment ARCHITECTURE video sculpture in which the projection of a ART HISTORY swimmer swims across the floor, up a wall, to create surreal topographical environ- has historically signaled wealth and ARTS AND ADMINISTRATION across the ceiling, then back down in an ments. “I locate my creative practice civility.” Through her work Kivarkis HISTORIC PRESERVATION endless loop. INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE at the intersections of abstract sculp- connects the disparate worlds of jewel- LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Colin Ives, assistant professor, uses ture and drawing, the hand and the ry and social commentary. She goes on PLANNING, PUBLIC POLICY AND MANAGEMENTdigital projection installations to cre- machine, and material and consumer to say, “the work examines vision, and The University of Oregon is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution committedate anto cultural environment of moving image culture,” says Wojick of her work. For manipulates how we are directed to see diversity and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. This publication will be made available in accessible formats upon request. and sound. His recent work explores the past several years Wojick has trav- luxury goods in contemporary visual overlapping concerns of art, technol- eled back and forth between Oregon culture.” Kivarkis’ art often begins with The Clearing, a recent ogy and ecology. and New York, resulting in what she an exploration of historical Baroque digital installation, projects progressive calls “a kind of suspended condition.” jewelry design and Victorian photogra- SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE slicesAND of oldALLIED growth forest ARTS slowly mov- Such traveling feeds creative ideas phy. The Art Commission commented Product Design Major Launches Fall 2008ing around the gallery walls, creating a and through art Wojick reconciles her that Kivarkis’ work was “seductive… “If we can get the U of O cranked up we can out-design360 Barcelona.” degree panorama Tim Boyle, of a naturalColumbia forest contrasting sense of place. The frictions [and] unlike anything else.” Sportswear Co.’s chief executive, offered this bold challenge alongclearing. with a $1.5 The million projector gift to is not hidden, inherent in this type of lifestyle are ap- Of the 113 applicants only 13 fel- help start Oregon’s first product design degree major (The butOregonian, an important Sept. 20, visual 2007). component of parent in her work. Shifting landscapes lowships were awarded based on the Set to begin Fall 2008, the School of Architecture and Alliedthe Arts piece, will reminding offer both a the four- viewer of both reminiscent of rocky cliffs, caves, and artist’s quality of work, record of profes- year bachelor’s degree and a fifth-year bachelor of fine artsthe degree cultural in product and mechanicaldesign. The construc- deserts are dotted by ladders, fissures, sional activity, achievement, and future program is a partnership between the school’s art departmenttion and ofdepartment nature and of architecour own responsi- and rubble. Within these topographies promise. 3 ture, through its interior architecture program. Interdisciplinarybility in nature, for the the natural program environment. A one can sense Wojick weaving together will combine courses and studios in the humanities, cultural anthropology,sensor on the business, projector art, detects Recent when Gifts: a A&AA has recently received and architecture, as well as specific coursework in product design. - several major gifts. Garth Brandaw awarded “For several years the design industry in Oregon has grown and become really strong,” the school $133,000 for the Brandaw Family says Kate Wagle, head of UO’s art department and co-director of the new program along Fellowship Endowment. A $100,000 gift was BULLETIN with Alison Snyder, director, interior architecture. Oregon’s pool of creative design firms, given by Larry Bruton for the Larry and Jan SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND ALLIED ARTS • FALL 2007 such as Columbia Sportswear, ZIBA Design, Nike, Sandstrom Design, and Intel, is a re ice Bruton Endowment. The Cameron- Baird source the new program will draw from. These companies will offer internships, collabo Foundation has contributed $50,000 for ar ration and participation in joint projects. chitecture student scholarships. GBD Archi - - The Eugene-based four-year, pre-professional bachelor’s degree in material and product tects provided $25,000 for the GBD Graduate - studies will ground students in use, invention, and production of goods, while also engag - Research Fellowship. Aaron Lafky donated ing the history and practice of interior architecture, design and visual arts disciplines. A $25,000 for the Lafky Family Scholarship En fifth year of study will be offered in Portland and will provide internship opportunities dowment. Don Peting gave $25,000 for the - that connect students with leading design firms. Twenty-five freshman and transfer- Betty stu Peting Travel Fund. Slim Sommerville dents are expected to be enrolled the first year in Eugene with an eventual enrollment goal also presented $25,000 for the Sommerille of 100 or more, and an additional twenty fifth-year students in Portland. Visiting Professionals Program. $15,000 was Sohrab Vossoughi, president and founder of ZIBA Design acknowledgesALUMNI that “design FOCUS has - gifted to the school from Rick Rehfeldt for the become one of the only competitive tools for companies that compete in the global business F. F. Farm Scholarship Endowment. An anon
School of Architecture and Allied Arts OFFICE OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS 5204 environment,” and the new product design major at UO “will fill a long neglected need for ymous gift of $32,000 was given for a Faculty - Address Service Requested
fresh, local talent.” Alumni WinExcellence inCompetition Interior Architecture Award. University of Oregon, Eugene OR For more information see http://pd.uoregon.edu Response to environmentFor more information and place on the school’scaptures develop Hong Kong judges ment program please contact Joseph Hunter: -
(541) 346-3697 or [email protected]. Vol. XXVI no.1 XXVI Vol. 08 SPRING Art Professors Receive OAC Award 3 Competition rendering illustrating ground level of “Amphibian Carpet” and mesh structure. Student Group designBridge 6 How can a world-class city redefine a waterfront to embrace both citizens and visitors? That was the challenge posed by Hong Kong’s Central Waterfront Design Competition. Three 97403-5204 Honoring Tinker Hatfield 7 graduates of University of Oregon’s School of Architecture & Allied Arts, living and work- ing in the United States, Hong Kong, and China, answered the call with an entry that was awarded the jury’s top prize in November. Oregon graduates Lewis Chui, Bart Chuia graduate and Selah from Au, University along with of Californiapartner Hins Berkeley, Cheung, were selected from among 82 submissions to the competition, sponsored by Designing Hong Kong, a non-profit civic organization. After an initial design charrette, the four group members interacted online from their home bases when they weren’t able to travel. “We discussed and criticized each other’s production through e-mail, phone, and most importantly, through file transfer protocol, since architectural ideas can hardly be Lewis Chui, Bart Chui and Selah Au explained without visual representation,” said Au. (middle three starting from right) accept “We tossed about ten schemes before coming up with prize for winning Hong Kong’s Central the one we submitted.” Waterfront Design Competition. “Amphibian Carpet,” the team’s entry, weaves together urban infrastructure with native vegetation. The entry statement defines the concept as a “permeable coastal urban and wetland development, which smoothly integrates aquatic habitat with infrastructure and buildings.” Resembling an undulating web or canopy, the green “carpet” winds its way around pedestrians from existing footbridges on the upper level until submerged in the waters of Victoria Harbour. The undulation creates a natural transition and allows connection to the city at multiple levels. The team was especially aware of how nature and the man- made merge, and how indoor spaces blend into landscape. Their time at the University of Oregon helped facilitate that spectrum. “The multi-disciplinary faculty helped widen our perspectives and think beyond architecture,” said Au. The jury favored innovation alongside feasibility and prac- ticality. It remarked that the “Amphibian Carpet” comprised
The University of Oregon is an equal-opportunity, affirmative- action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. This publication will be “a strong environmental concept directed toward a sustainable Competition model show- made available in accessible formats upon request. development and open space solution in relation to the city and ing waterfront design. the harbour.” Designing Hong Kong intends the competition entries to influ- ence the ongoing studies of the central waterfront by The Central Reclamation Urban Design Study, undertaken by the Planning Department of the Hong Kong government. “We foresee a lot of resistance and compromises between ideology and practicality,” said Au, “and there is no guarantee that our proposal will ever be incorporated into the coming government pro- posal. But no matter what, the competition has already raised a lot of public attention towards planning and cityscape in Hong Kong, and we hope that the discussion will go on.” Following the competition, Selah Au (M.Arch.’06) returned to Hong Kong and is working for Index Architecture. Bart Chui (M.Arch.’06) remains with Daly Genik Architects in Los An-
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Editor for the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon I have a love of all things graphic, and especially love the opportunity to combine images with words. I think this is extremely powerful. This position taught me about organizing space on the page, balancing words, images and content. 18 Sketchbook, Europe 2006 There is no better way to learn to see than to sketch what is around us. These sketches are from Scandanavia and the Netherlands.
WOOD TOWERS | EMERGING PROFESSIONALS TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP | JOE MAYO 19 Welded steel table with birch/beech top, 2009
Above: Concept sketches and rendering for table currently under construction, red oak, 2010
Metal and Woodworking, Pratt and Wood Construction Center In my free time I’ve been experimenting with materials and how to work with them with my hands. Although still a beginner, there is a sense of calm and peace when I’m in the shop. Very different than sitting in front of a computer. Hopefully these pieces are just a modest beginning to a real understanding of craft.
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Daylight Research, University of Oregon’s Baker Lighting Lab This research looked at how to shade large portions of glass on the south and east facades of a studio project. Daylighting tests used 1/4” physical model placed inside Baker Lighting Lab’s artificial sky. The artificial sky mimics the sky under overcast conditions. Light sensors are placed inside the model at various points to obtain daylight factors for points within the room. The amount of daylight is then plotted sectionally across the room.
WOOD TOWERS | EMERGING PROFESSIONALS TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP | JOE MAYO 21 14th st.
mixed-use building
3rd ave. community green space
culinary middle school
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Level 2 Level 3 Level 7 Terminal Studio, Howard Davis, University of Oregon This project, mixed
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the public is invited to participate in the first five levels of the building. The central portion of the building contains common community work spaces and are flanked by live/work apartments. The concept is to stimulate interaction between the inhabitants of the building and those who work there. A true mixed-use building.
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