Sky Timber: Mass Timber Architecture in the Tropics International Workshop 2019

Sky Timber: Mass Timber Architecture in the Tropics International Workshop 2019

The NUS-BFH International Workshop will address issues/challenges on the Mass

Timber Architecture in the Tropics as well as on-going advanced development in Europe.

As the nature of contemporary architectural practice, especially in the area of Mass

Timber Architecture, it will be highly multidisciplinary discourse from regulatory, forestry,

manufacturing, architecture, engineering, building physics and building systems point of

views. Key learning objective is to understand challenges and possibilities of Mass Timber

Architecture in the Tropics through multidisciplinary discourse between architecture and

engineering primarily, which will be supported by key industry players, such as architects,

structural engineers, manufacturers and contractors. The workshop participants will have

opportunities to design and fabricate one of the first tropical Mass Engineered Timber

(MET) architectural prototypes from fast-growing tropical plantation timber, understanding

key design and technical considerations for MET architecture, such as mechanical, thermal,

acoustics, aesthetic requirements.