Can Future Cities be Timber Cities" Google?s Sidewalk Labs Asks the Experts
Steel and concrete facades have dominated contemporary cityscapes for generations, but as pressures from climate change pose new challenges for design and construction industries, some firms are turning to mass timber as the construction material of the future. But could it be used for structures as complex as skyscrapers"Â
Courtesy of MGA. ImageMGA reenvisioned the Empire State Building in mass timber construction
Steel and concrete facades have dominated contemporary cityscapes for generations, but as pressures from climate change pose new challenges for design and construction industries, some firms are turning to mass timber as the construction material of the future. But could it be used for structures as complex as skyscrapers"Â
Courtesy of MGA. ImageMGA's proposal for a mass timber building in Newark
In Sidewalk Labs' inaugural City of the Future biweekly podcast, which focuses on new ideas and innovations poised to transform city life, hosts Eric Jaffe and Vanessa Quirk investigate the potential of?and pushback against?an emerging mass timber industry.At the turn of the century in the United States, when cities were booming and new construction changed city skylines daily, wood was a common building material. As fires plagued early cities, however, a shift towards steel and concrete as more trusted construction materials?both mass energy consumers and non-renewable resources?became commonplace. Michael Green, one of the wo...
Courtesy of MGA. ImageMGA reenvisioned the Empire State Building in mass timber construction
Steel and concrete facades have dominated contemporary cityscapes for generations, but as pressures from climate change pose new challenges for design and construction industries, some firms are turning to mass timber as the construction material of the future. But could it be used for structures as complex as skyscrapers"Â
Courtesy of MGA. ImageMGA's proposal for a mass timber building in Newark
In Sidewalk Labs' inaugural City of the Future biweekly podcast, which focuses on new ideas and innovations poised to transform city life, hosts Eric Jaffe and Vanessa Quirk investigate the potential of?and pushback against?an emerging mass timber industry.At the turn of the century in the United States, when cities were booming and new construction changed city skylines daily, wood was a common building material. As fires plagued early cities, however, a shift towards steel and concrete as more trusted construction materials?both mass energy consumers and non-renewable resources?became commonplace. Michael Green, one of the wo...
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