Timber Tower – Tallest Timber Residential Building In The World - Yanko Design

January 31, 2022 Post a Comment

Waugh Thistleton has submitted an entirely timber tower for planning in Hackney, London. To be constructed entirely in timber, the nine-storey loftier-rise is fix to be the tallest timber residential building in the world. Comprising both private and affordable housing, the scheme volition incorporate of twenty-nine apartments each with their own balustrade.The tower has been deputed by house builder Telford Homes and is scheduled to start on site in the autumn.

The edifice has been designed using a cantankerous-laminated timber panel system. The arrangement has been pioneered by manufacturers KLH of Austria and is akin to jumbo plywood, arriving on site in panels up to 9m in length. This will be the first building in the earth of this elevation to construct non only load-begetting walls and flooring slabs but also stair and elevator cores entirely from timber.

Each of the panels is prefabricated including cutouts for windows and doors. As the panels go far on site they are immediately craned into position, dramatically reducing the fourth dimension on site. The unabridged 9-story structure will be up and built inside 9 weeks.

Timber absorbs carbon throughout its natural life and continues to shop that carbon when cut. The cloth of the Murray Grove tower will shop over 181 tonnes of carbon. Additionally, by not using a reinforced concrete frame, a farther 125 tonnes of carbon are saved from entering the atmosphere. This is equivalent to 21 years of carbon emissions from a building of this size.

The concept for the façade is inspired by the work of artist Gerhard Richter. Recording the irresolute light and shadows formed on the vacant site past surrounding buildings and trees, the pattern was captured through a sun-path animation. The resulting image was pixellated and blurred, then picked up and wrapped effectually the building.

The exterior cladding forming this pixilated image is made upwardly of over 5,000 private panels across the building in three shades: white, grayness and blackness. The 1200×150mm panels are manufactured past Eternit and made up of 70% waste timber.

Each of the twenty-nine apartments will have their own internal balcony and with the deep-set windows these will announced equally the 'missing pieces' on the façade; an additional punctuated rhythm over the abstruse image of the façade.

Architect: Waugh Thistleton [ Via: Dezeen ]