2021 Virtual Wood Design Seminar

Cost: $29.50

Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Time: 12:00pm – 3:30pm

This event will take you on an exciting journey to discover what’s possible with structural mass timber in design and building. Three distinguished designers will present three remarkable projects, each unprecedented and unique. Challenge your design sense and advance your wood proficiency and knowledge as you learn about these ingenious projects: a complex hybrid structure utilizing logs, steel, light wood‐frame and dowel laminated timber walls; the world’s tallest timber vertical extension using cross‐laminated timber; and a 300‐foot‐long span timber gridshell using doubly‐curved glulam. Be among the first to learn from these extraordinary new structures ‐ a showcase of advanced architectural and structural wood design!

12:00 pm – 12:10 pm: Welcoming Remarks

12:10 pm – 1:10 pm: Tsawwassen First Nation Youth Centre: Mass Timber and Poles Recall Coast Salish History – Presenter: Dr. Nancy Mackin – Mackin Tanaka Architecture, Vancouver

1:15 pm – 2:15 pm: The World’s Tallest Mass Timber Vertical Extension – Presenter: Nathan Benbow – VISTEK, Melbourne, Australia

2:20 pm – 3:20 pm: Taiyuan Domes Botanical Garden: Three Impressive Timber Gridshell Dome Structures in China ‐ Presenter: Lucas Epp – StructureCraft, Vancouver

3:20 pm – 3:30 pm: Closing Remarks

Source: https://wood-works.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AGENDA-and-Speaker-Bios-and-Presentations-2021-Wood-Design-Seminar-Copy.pdf