Prototype mass timber gingerbread house

Friday 22 Nov 2024

 
A research team in Oregon has unveiled a mass timber prototype home that seeks to showcase a sustainable, energy-efficient alternative to traditional home construction. Designed by the TallWood Design Institute, a collaboration between the University of Oregon and Oregon State University, the 760-square-foot project was unveiled at an open house event on November 7th.

The home, built from locally sourced mass plywood panels produced by Freres Engineered Wood, aims to address key issues such as affordable housing shortages, wildfire resilience, and economic sustainability. Unlike conventional timber construction, the home is constructed of mass plywood panels shaped to fit together like pieces of a gingerbread house, the team says.

Through the project, the team imagines a future where a home could arrive in a flatpack similar to an IKEA bookshelf, with a crew and small crane assembling the pieces in a more efficient manner than traditional construction.

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Source: Archinect News
Image credit: University of Oregon


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