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Tropical Renewable Architecture Design Lab
National University of Singapore
The SkyTimber™: Tropical Renewable Architecture Design Lab is a focal point of advanced designs and interdisciplinary research, thought leadership and education on tropical renewable architecture in the Southeast Asian region and the tropics worldwide. It brings together interdisciplinary groups of architects, researchers, industry partners, regulatory bodies to develop capability to design and build tropical renewable architecture in academic, professional, built environmental sectors - envisioning the symbiosis between sustainable forestry and built environment in the tropics.
INNOVATIVE DESIGN-RESEARCH
Tropical renewable architecture, namely tropical mass engineered timber (MET) to sink carbon in solid building forms, requires interdisciplinary design and research indispensably. We deliver unique yet functional sustainable architectural aesthetics for human-comfort and sustainable built environment, which is enabled by extensive research across forestry, manufacturing, architectonics, building physics to champion high humidity, weathering and termite attacks in the tropics.
The Tropical Renewable Architecture Design Lab explores unique yet functional sustainable architecture by championing various challenges on tropical renewable architecture, especially in high-density urbanism, aiming to synthesize living comfort, passive microclimate strategy, carbon sink in building forms and symbiosis between greenery and habitation.
Due to year-round sunlight, some plantation species in the tropics may grow a few times faster than those in temperate climate, which may eventually have relatively weak mechanical properties on their own, which most of the current use is limited to furniture, plywood, pulps and chips. However, those fast-growing plantation timber may become suitable for construction use if developed into tropical MET, which may enable massive buildings as effective carbon sink for long-term: a true game changer in the global warming era.
EVENTS
Fri, 20 Octhttps://cde.nus.edu.sg/arch/news_and_eve20 Oct 2023, 9:00 am SGT – 21 Oct 2023, 6:00 pm SGThttps://cde.nus.edu.sg/arch/news_and_eve, LT421, SDE3, 4 Architecture Drive, Department of Architecture, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117566, Singapore20 Oct 2023, 9:00 am SGT – 21 Oct 2023, 6:00 pm SGThttps://cde.nus.edu.sg/arch/news_and_eve, LT421, SDE3, 4 Architecture Drive, Department of Architecture, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117566, SingaporeTwo days will be dedicated to mass timber construction for both aspiring professionals and experts. For more information, please visit at https://cde.nus.edu.sg/arch/news_and_events/events_ay2324_rothoschool_skytimber_201023/
May 2022NUS Central Library, SingaporeMay 2022NUS Central Library, Singapore, 12 Kent Ridge Cres, Singapore 119275
Thu, 21 MarL4 Barrel Room21 Mar 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm SGTL4 Barrel Room, 4 Architecture Dr, School Of Design And Environment, Singapore 11756621 Mar 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm SGTL4 Barrel Room, 4 Architecture Dr, School Of Design And Environment, Singapore 117566Planning for a High-rise MET school in Singapore TAN CHOON HWEE Lead Manager (New Campus) Infrastructure & Facility Services Division Design and Global Solutions Ministry of Education
23rd Nov. 2022Singapore23rd Nov. 2022Singapore, 4 Architecture Dr, School of Design and Environment, Singapore 117566
Jul. 2024 -SingaporeJul. 2024 -Singapore, Singapore 117566
5th Oct. 2022Singapore5th Oct. 2022Singapore, 200 Braddell Rd, Singapore 579700
13th Jan. 2022Singapore13th Jan. 2022Singapore, 31 Sungei Kadut Street 4, S)729055 Tat Hin Timber Pte Ltd, Singapore 729055
7th Feb 2020Singapore7th Feb 2020Singapore, 91 Nanyang Ave, Singapore 639956
Thu, 16 MarSingapore16 Mar 2023, 3:00 pmSingapore, 1 Gul Street 5, Singapore 629215
Thu, 09 MarL5 Forum, SDE409 Mar 2023, 9:00 am – 10:00 amL5 Forum, SDE4, Singapore 117356, 8 Architecture Dr, Singapore09 Mar 2023, 9:00 am – 10:00 amL5 Forum, SDE4, Singapore 117356, 8 Architecture Dr, SingaporeRegeneration case studies in concrete and timber and MET references Ryusuke Kojio, Architect, M. Eng. General Manager, Design and Global Solutions TAKENAKA CORPORATION Asia Region, International Department
Wed, 24 MarNUS Central Library24 Mar 2021, 6:00 pmNUS Central Library, 12 Kent Ridge Cres, Singapore 119275
Tue, 23 JulSuntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition23 Jul 2019, 9:00 amSuntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition, 1 Raffles Blvd, Singapore 039593
Fri, 02 NovSingapore02 Nov 2018, 6:00 pmSingapore, 4 Architecture Dr, School of Design and Enviroment, Singapore 117566
Thu, 01 NovSingapore01 Nov 2018, 6:00 pmSingapore, 4 Architecture Dr, School of Design and Enviroment, Singapore 11756601 Nov 2018, 6:00 pmSingapore, 4 Architecture Dr, School of Design and Enviroment, Singapore 117566Challenges and Opportunities in Timber Construction: Understanding its Structural Potential Christophe Sigrist Ph.D., Professor for Timber Engineering and Steel Construction, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland.
Thu, 06 SeptSingapore06 Sept 2018, 6:00 pmSingapore, 4 Architecture Dr, School of Design and Enviroment, Singapore 117566
Tue, 04 SeptSingapore04 Sept 2018, 6:00 pmSingapore, 4 Architecture Dr, School of Design and Enviroment, Singapore 117566
Mon, 27 AugSingapore27 Aug 2018, 2:00 pmSingapore, 4 Architecture Dr, School of Design and Enviroment, Singapore 11756627 Aug 2018, 2:00 pmSingapore, 4 Architecture Dr, School of Design and Enviroment, Singapore 117566Sky Timber: Mass Timber Architecture in Tropical High-density Urbanism Shinya Okuda Registered Architect (JP, EU) Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment, National University of SingaporeAt COP21 in 2015 in Paris, Singapore commits to reduce carbon e
Mon, 20 MaySingapore20 May 2019, 6:00 pmSingapore, 4 Architecture Dr, School of Design and Enviroment, Singapore 117566