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Cosmic ADU is a “self-powered home” that uses no fossil fuels
US startup Cosmic has created a solar-powered accessory dwelling unit that is built using a special construction process and generates far more electricity than it needs.
Based in San Francisco, Cosmic was founded by Sasha Jokic, an entrepreneur, inventor and trained architect who has worked in the design and construction field for over 14 years. Previous ventures include Formdwell, a startup company that is creating new construction tools powered by intelligent robots.
For his latest project, Jokic and his team at Cosmic have developed an efficient construction system and an all-electric, zero-emissions home that is meant to be "a new, bold step in solving the housing and climate crisis".
"We've developed a unique, self-powered home platform that enables us to build carbon-neutral, healthy and incredibly efficient homes at high speed and lower cost," the company said.
Cosmic Studio was designed to use no fossil fuels
The Cosmic buildings diverge from the norm in a few ways. According to the company, they are constructed using a streamlined process that is faster, more economical and less wasteful than typical methods.
Moreover, the buildings are designed to generate their own power while using minimal energy and no fossil fuels. Plus, they can generate extra power that is stored and redistributed.
Cosmic created accessory dwelling units in a variety of sizes
The team has completed its first model unit, an ADU called Cosmic Studio, which has one level and totals 350 square feet (33 square metres). The compact dwelling holds a bathroom and an open area for sleeping, living, dining and cooking.
While this initial unit was conceived as housing, the company emphasized that the buildings could be used for other functions, such as playrooms and offices. The need for flexible buildings has become amplified due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"The ‘American Dream' 2.0 is a home where we live, sleep, work, school and play – a flexible space that keeps us and the planet healthy," the company said.
The building can be used as a residential space or office
Cosmic creates its units via a "hybrid prefab approach", with parts of the building made in a factory and other components built on-site.
The frame, or chassis, is a modular system made of standardized components.
The modules come in different sizes – ranging from 18 to 45 square feet (1.7 to 4.1 square metres) – and modules are combined to form buildings of varying scales. Fourteen standard modules were used to create the chassis for the Cosmic Studio unit.
Fourteen standard modules were used to create the chassis for the Cosmic Studio unit
"The chassis is both exceptionally strong for greater structural performance and highly adaptable to accommodate a wide range of home layouts," said Jokic.
The chassis is made of metal and wood. The joists, joints and decking are fabricated using thin sheet metal and tubes, while other structural elements are made of sustainably sourced wood. The roof is standing-seam metal.
The module's components are built in a factory, put into flat-pack containers and then transported to the site via a flatbed truck. A module's maximum weight is 600 pounds (272 kilograms), making it relatively easy to offload and assemble with a small telehandler. No cranes are required.
The home is made with sustainably sourced woods
"Unlike other prefab ADUs companies that deliver pre-assembled big and bulky modules, making them expensive and difficult to ship, Cosmic is transporting chassis modules as a flat-pack on a small-size flatbed," said Jokic.
Also delivered to the site are roof underlayment, facade and interior walls, and doors and triple-glazed windows that are manually attached using Cosmic's "click-in joinery system". These elements are built on-site.
Some aspects of the dwelling are created in a factory while others are assembled on site
"We drive significant cost and performance improvements on the chassis, leaving less expensive and simpler components, such as walls and finishings, to be done by professional builders on site, in the relatively cost-effective way they already do," the team said.
The home sits atop a proprietary foundation that consists of underground anchors, above-ground legs and self-levelling joints. Screw threads or concrete footing can be used for the underground portion, depending on the soil type.
Wall panels are made of cross-laminated timber and different types of plywood, while flooring is made of engineered hardwood. Cladding options include stained cedar – in black, grey or natural – or composite panels in a copper hue.
Different options for the cladding can be selected
Units with kitchens are fitted with quartz countertops and premium cabinetry. Bathrooms have tiled shower walls and high-end fixtures. Other features include high-efficiency LEDs, a smart thermostat and an accompanying app to monitor electricity usage.
The home is designed to minimize energy consumption through features such as continuous insulation and air-tight windows and doors.
While designed to tie into public water and sewage systems, the Cosmic ADU is able to generate all of its own electricity.
The units come with pre-assembled systems for mechanical, engineering and plumbing, which includes a sizable battery pack for lithium-ion and thermal energy storage.
The unit is delivered on a flatbad and constructed on site
The units are also equipped with a rooftop solar array that can generate from seven to 20,000 kWh per year in the California region – much more than the ADU is expected to need.
The team envisions the extra energy being stored and then distributed to the main home on the ADU's property, or to an electric vehicle.
"The ADU is able to generate and store both electricity and thermal energy when it's most efficient and cheapest, and then distribute it into the household when it's needed," said Jokic.
Owners can purchase the solar array and battery pack or borrow them from Cosmic. In the latter scenario, Cosmic owns the excess energy generated by the ADU.
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Cosmic is presently housed at the Autodesk Technology Center in San Francisco, where it will produce the chassis modules for its first batch of homes. It also works with local material suppliers and manufacturers.
It currently takes four to six months to build and deliver a Cosmic ADU. The company is not releasing pricing at this time.
Cosmic's ultimate aim is to transform the building industry.
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"Our homes are changing," the company said. "Climate warming and the global pandemic have reshaped our living environment, and we are not going back."
Other revolutionary building ideas include customized backyard dwellings by the design-build firm Cover that are created using computer algorithms, and "nomadic" hotel units by the startup Moliviing that are prefabricated and intended to be moved around.
The photography is byMilos Martinovic. Renderings are by Edit.
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Precht creates four cartoonish treehouses for Austrian restaurant
Shingles and large round windows animate the four Bert treehouses that architecture studio Precht has crafted from bent cross-laminated timber in Austrian woodland.
The four cartoonish structures, which each have a unique form, serve as accommodation for guests and staff at the Steirereck am Pogusch restaurant in the rural village of Pogusch.
Precht has create a series of CLT treehouses in Austria. Photo is by Tom Klocker
They are the first four iterations of Bert, a modular treehouse conceptualised by Precht with tiny-homes startup BaumBau in 2019 with the intention of designing a building with a minimal footprint.
Each structure is assembled from prefabricated components that were made from cross-laminated timber (CLT) in a factory offsite before being combined in situ.
They contain accommodation for guests and staff at the Steirereck am Pogusch restaurant
Precht's co-founder, Chris Precht, recently presented the project as part of our Architecture Project Talk series in partnership with the Forest Stewardship Council.
During the event, the architect explained that Bert evolved out of an ambition to create a structure with a minimal environmental impact, but with otherworldly forms that look as though they belong in a fairytale.
They feature modular tube-like structures
"We looked at this project through the naive eyes of children, and asked ourselves, what would the building look like if it would be designed by this unfiltered imagination of a kid?" he explained.
"So building that almost comes out from a fairy tale," he continued. "But on the other hand, it also resulted in very serious questions, so how does a building that stands on a very minimal and small footprint look and work?"
The structures sit on small concrete footings
Hidden in woodland at the restaurant, each treehouse is positioned on a circular concrete base with the tube-shaped modular elements stacked above them.
These modular elements contain kitchens, living spaces, bedrooms and bathrooms and are made from bent CLT, cut using a CNC machine. They were quickly built on-site over a few days.
The big windows and balconies are intended to evoke cartoon eyes
"The first Bert took around seven days and the last Bert took around one day," Precht said.
"So, there was also a lot of learning by doing and experimenting in what is the fastest way actually to build Bert."
Precht hopes the treehouses look as though they belong in a fairytale. Photo is by Tom Klocker
The modular components that make up each treehouse derive a catalogue of possible elements and configurations for Bert that Precht and BaumBau developed in 2019.
These give rise to curved forms, engineered to balance on their small footings while withstanding strong winds. Precht explained that this closely resembles "a tree in the forest", suiting their woodland setting.
Shingles cover the exteriors
The four treehouses are unified by their large windows and wooden shingle-clad exteriors that are designed to weather and change colour over time.
Large round windows and balconies are intended to resemble the eyes of cartoon characters, such as those in Sesame Street or the little yellow Minions from the animated film series Despicable Me.
The interior fit-outs are also modular to align with the curved structures
Inside, the Bert treehouses are designed to feel dark and cosy, with the structural wood left visible.
"For the interior spaces, we wanted to keep it a bit darker, to have a contrast with the wood building that surrounds the interior," Precht explained.
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All the interior furnishings, which are also modular, are adapted to the roundness of the structures. These are teamed with black textiles and illuminated indirect lighting that appears as though it is seeping through cracks in the building.
Precht added that beyond its "naive and childish intentions", the project is also hoped to highlight the importance of interacting with nature to its occupants.
Dark furnishes feature throughout
"Most people, especially in the future, will spend their entire lives in cities," Precht said.
"But if you going to a forest or to a mountain, you're surrounded by millions of years of evolution and I think as a person that changes your perspective. Suddenly, you are not the centre of the universe anymore, but just a very small part of, of a much larger story," Precht concluded.
The CLT structure is exposed inside
Precht is the co-founder of Austria-based studio Precht, which he founded with his wife Fei Precht. The studio also recently designed The Farmhouse, a housing concept that combines residences with vertical farms.
Elsewhere, Peter Pichler Architecture has designed a proposal for treehouses in a forest in the Dolomites of northern Italy featuring sharply pointed roofs and blackened wood cladding.
The video is by Imanuel Thalhammer and the photography is byChristian Flatscher unless stated.
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Johan Sundberg Arkitektur designs timber barn on a historic Swedish farm
Swedish practice Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has designed a timber barn on a historic farm in Skåne, southern Sweden, that was created to be used as anything from storage and workshop space to a games room.
Commissioned by a regular client and friend of the Lund-based practice, the new barn replaces a 1950s tractor shed and workshop surrounded by orchards and forests on the rural site, the estate of a 300-year-old farmhouse.
Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has designed a barn on a Swedish farm
The simple structure was designed as a "house in a box" out of cross-laminated timber (CLT) that could be brought on to site and constructed by the client, who also casted the barn's concrete plinth, which supports concrete columns at each corner.
"Sitting among the fruit trees, the building evokes many images," said Johan Sundberg Arkitektur.
It is built from cross-laminated timber (CLT) and concrete
"The roof slope mimics the nearby hills, the detailing has the precision of Japanese minimalist houses. In contrast, the concrete corners quote Swiss barns," it continued.
The walls of the barn are formed of angled wooden planks positioned in between the concrete columns, with gaps between each plank allowing light and air through.
The roof is designed with a "razor-thin edge"
As well as creating an interior condition that changes depending on the temperature and weather, these gaps create strips of sunlight inside the barn during the day and illuminate its exterior from within at night.
"The facade is structured like the scales of an animal, to protect the indoors from rain and wind," said the practice.
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"The atmosphere – light, temperature, the smell of wood – changes with the weather," it continued.
Large sliding doors on the barn's western side and a smaller door on its southern side sit in deep timber frames and provide access into the space for both people and vehicles.
It is used as a flexible space
A gently sloping sedum roof with a skylight covers the barn, helping the structure blend in with the surrounding hills from a distance to minimise its impact on the landscape.
"A roof with a razor thin-edge, but with a meadow – typical for the region – becomes just another hill when seen from above," said the practice.
Angled wooden planks allow light to filter in and out
Inside, the barn's base and corner columns enable the space to be completely free of supports or dividers, with the concrete of the raised plinth left exposed to create the floor finish.
Other recent projects by Johan Sundberg Arkitektur include a villa in Ljungskogen with multiple terraces for following the sun throughout the day, and a house built using dark bricks arranged around a courtyard and swimming pool.
The photography is byMarkus Linderoth Photography.
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Kirkland Fraser Moor tops chalk-walled house with CLT arch
UK studio Kirkland Fraser Moor has created a contemporary house named Ashraya in Hertfordshire, England, which is topped by a cross-laminated timber arch.
Built near the village of Aldbury, the home is set within the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. With a grass-topped, arched roof it was designed to be both contemporary and integrated into the landscape.
Ashraya stands next to a historic house and walled garden
"The primary concept was driven by a desire to integrate building and landscape seamlessly in order to ensure that the new dwelling 'emerges' from the land and context," said David Kirkland, co-founder of Kirkland Fraser Moor.
"The site is extremely visually sensitive and open countryside views are highly protected within the Chiltern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty," he told Dezeen.
The house sits under a CLT arch
The distinctive two-storey house is positioned next to a historic walled garden and house that, along with the client's desire for large amounts of light, informed the home's design.
Set within a flint-walled, circular space, the dwelling is sunk into the ground and topped with an arch made from cross-laminated timber that is lower than the neighbouring wall.
It is sunken into the ground
"The building itself is a very simple rectangular form but set within a curved courtyard landscape to provide, together with the arched roof, an organic natural flowing form," explained Kirkland.
"The flint walls of the courtyard are designed to extend the existing flint walls that are of historic interest," he continued.
"The capping stone to these walls curve around the landscape and up and over the roof in a three-dimensional calligraphy aesthetic reminiscent of great land art and the powerful landforms of prehistory."
The kitchen and dining room looks out onto the courtyard
Under the cross-laminated timber (CLT) arch, the majority of the home's rooms are placed on the ground floor.
A large kitchen and dining room is divided from a living room by the home's stairs, with two bedrooms accessed from this space.
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The principal bedroom and fourth bedroom, along with an office, are located on the mezzanine floor above.
A basement level contains a snooker room, playroom, den and art studio.
Internal walls were built from chalk blocks
To reduce the carbon footprint of the house, Kirkland Fraser Moor used natural materials for much of the home's structure and internal walls.
While the basement and mezzanine are made from precast concrete, the roof is constructed from CLT and the majority of the internal walls are built from chalk blocks.
The main bedroom suite is on the first floor
"The roof is constructed from cross-laminated timber to reduce the embodied carbon footprint and to create a warm contrast to the concrete," explained Kirkland.
"Much of what looks like concrete is in fact internal partition walls constructed from raw chalk block and clay plaster polished to resemble stone," he continued.
"These walls together with the concrete provide high levels of thermal mass which greatly contribute to comfort levels throughout all seasons."
The distinctive house was built under the Paragraph 80 planning regulation
After initial issues, the rural home was given planning permission under a part of UK planning laws known as Paragraph 80, which allows for houses of "exceptional quality" to be built in countryside locations.
"Paragraph 80 provides a small doorway into developing these types of projects but the process can be highly risky and potentially very contentious as the measure is very subjective," added Kirkland.
"The project was very well supported by the local community who helped overturn the initial planning rejections."
Another house completed under this regulation, which was formally called Paragraph 79, is a rural Passivhaus in Devon hidden behind a linear red-brick wall. In Kent, architect Charles Holland has also designed a house approved under the regulation.
The photography is byEdmund Sumner.
Project credits:
Architect: Kirkland Fraser Moor Architects
Project manager: Trunk Low Energy Building
Contractor: Husker
Structural engineer: Structure Workshop
Landscape architect: Bowles and Wyre
Building services & Passivhaus consultant: Green Gauge Building Energy + Aura Low-Carbon energy systems: Aura
Electrical engineer: Aura
Civil engineer: Genever & Partners
Building Inspectors: Wilkinson
Ecology: MKEcology
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Powerhouse Company creates serene mass-timber lecture hall for Tilburg University
Dutch studio Powerhouse Company has created the Netherlands' first mass-timber university building — a square lecture hall that references modernist and monastic architecture.
The three-storey Tilburg University Lecture Hall, located in Tilburg in southern Holland, has a footprint of just 33 by 33 metres.
The square-shaped building was designed with a circular and sustainable approach and constructed using demountable and recyclable building components.
Powerhouse Company looked to the campus's surrounding modernist buildings for inspiration for the design – in particular its first structure, Jos Bedaux' 1962 Cobbenhagen building, a limestone building with an inner courtyard that was informed by medieval monastic gardens.
Powerhouse Company designed the Tilburg University Lecture Hall to reference the surrounding modernist buildings
The architects created a formal link to these buildings through the lecture hall's limestone facade and rhythmic window placement, while endeavouring to create a calm atmosphere and connection to nature in the interior.
Powerhouse Company described it as a building that "appears as though it has always been there".
"The lecture hall is a timeless and sustainable addition to the campus architecture of Tilburg University," said Powerhouse Company partner architect Stefan Prins. "It breathes the atmosphere of the library and the monastery."
The main lecture hall was designed to be lofty and sculptural
The Tilburg University Lecture Hall has a hybrid structure made largely of cross-laminated timber (CLT), with a concrete core and steel trusses.
The building's 4.6 kilometres of timber beams and three metres of steel trusses were assembled using a dry construction method in order to be demountable for future use. Similarly, the limestone facade panels have been hung, rather than glued, so they can be recycled.
Inside, there are a mix of 14 lecture rooms, study areas and a foyer. The spaces range from a main hall described as "lofty" and "sculptural" to cosy window nooks and solemn work benches dotted with cruciform reading lamps.
Curved details are meant to bring an ambiance of warmth and comfort
The largest lecture hall was a particular focus of attention for the architects, who created wooden rib floors spanning nine metres to give the room the desired acoustic performance and avoid high beams.
This room also features curved finishes and fixtures, and a glass facade giving views onto the forest.
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"Our details look simple and self-evident, but pioneering the technical junctions in collaboration with different disciplines was a challenge," said Powerhouse Company BIM Engineer Romano van den Dool.
"This untrodden road was inspiring and taught us a lot."
Throughout the 5,000-square-metre space, wooden furniture forms an intrinsic part of the design and an extension of the timber structure.
The building's simple wooden furniture is intrinsic to the design
The architects wanted the natural palette and clean lines to create an ambiance of serenity and calm, while using varied window placements to frame a range of views of the outside world.
These include glimpses of the sky, a single tree and views of people walking to campus.
From the outside, the building has four different facades, each with different detailing and window spacing, and each responding to the different features on that side of the campus.
The building houses a mixture of lecture halls, study areas and quiet nooks
One side faces forest, one side parkland, another accommodation, and the last looks onto the main route to the nearby train station.
The building is energy-neutral, with its flat rooftop providing ample room for solar panels. Powerhouse Company used parametric design to optimise the photovoltaic array, which provides enough energy to surpass the building's needs.
Other design features reduce the building's energy consumption, such as cooling with outside air and an aquifer system that uses heat stored in the summer to warm the building during the winter.
The placement of the windows varies throughout the building
"Together with our client, we upped our ambition during the design process, resulting in a carbon-neutral, completely circular, and BREEAM Outstanding design," said Powerhouse Company associate architect Janneke van der Velden.
Powerhouse Company is a Rotterdam-based practice founded in 2005. Its recent projects have included a building in China topped with a circular walking trail and a carbon-neutral and "climate-resilient" floating office on the Maas River in Rotterdam.
The photography is by Frans Parthesius.
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Bennetts Associates creates cross-laminated timber sports hall in King's Cross
UK studio Bennetts Associates has used cross-laminated timber and glulam to create the lightweight King's Cross Sports Hall, which is currently being used as the Construction Skills Centre.
Set alongside Coffey Architects' 22 Handyside Street office block, to the north of King's Cross station in London, the sports centre was built three metres above a railway tunnel.
The King's Cross Sports Hall was built above three train lines
Named the King's Cross Sports Hall, the building's main space is a double-height hall that can be used as four badminton courts, a basketball court, a volleyball court or a five-a-side football pitch.
Initially, however, this space forms part of the King's Cross Construction Skills Centre, which will use the building to provide construction training and apprenticeships while its permanent home is built in nearby Euston.
A gym and fitness suite, which are open to the public, are located on the upper floor.
It was built from glue-laminated timber and cross-laminated timber
Due to the location above three Thameslink railway tunnels, the building needed to be lightweight.
Bennetts Associates therefore designed the structure from glue-laminated timber columns and cross-laminated timber panels. To allow the building to be dismantled at the end of its life, un-boltable connections were used to assemble the structure.
The main sports hall is currently being used by the Construction Skills Centre
"We designed the building to be a community facility that is welcoming, as well as being flexible, sustainable and lightweight," said Bennetts Associates director Julian Lipscombe.
"The building floats on the Victorian rail tunnels serving King's Cross so it had to be as lightweight as possible," he told Dezeen. "CLT and glulam were the best solutions for this, as well as being very low carbon and allowing longer spans."
There is a gym and fitness suite on the upper floor
The sports centre's overall form, including the sawtooth profile of its roof, was derived from the underground constraints and the choice of material.
"CLT and glulam offer a simplicity of construction technique that we embraced," said Lipscombe.
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"The sawtooth mono pitches of the roof are a direct reflection of the long span beams in the sports hall that sit on cross walls spreading the load evenly onto the tunnels below," he continued.
"The engineering solution had to be incredibly lean and very finely balanced."
The building is located near King's Cross station
The building is clad in zinc as a nod to the industrial buildings that previously occupied the site.
"The roof form is not only an expression of the structural logic but also a contextual response to the Victorian railway sheds that used to occupy the site, with their intense rhythm of repeated elements," added Lipscombe.
"The dark zinc cladding allows a relatively small building to hold its own against larger neighbouring buildings."
It stands next to Coffey Architects' 22 Handyside Street office
Built as part of the redevelopment of the King's Cross, the sports hall stands next to the Coffey Architects office block that in turn sits beside the pink R7 building designed by Morris + Company. Fumihiko Maki's Aga Khan Centre completes the row of buildings.
The photography is byHufton + Crow.
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CO Adaptive Architecture converts Gowanus foundry into flexible theatre spaces
Brooklyn studio CO Adaptive Architecture has renovated an industrial building in the New York borough's Gowanus neighbourhood to create bright and spacious theatre rehearsal spaces.
The overhauled building is home to The Mercury Store, an organisation dedicated to the performing arts. "The Mercury Store offers residencies, studio and co-working space, community and funding," according to the organisation's website.
The Mercury Store is located in Brooklyn
Originally built as a metal foundry in 1902, the 12,700-square-foot (1,180-square-metre) structure had been partitioned several times over the years, creating cramped rooms with little natural light.
The first decision that CO Adaptive Architecture made was to open the interiors to form an expansive, top-lit space.
Sunlight penetrates through existing skylights and windows
"Across the interior, previously subdivided spaces were opened up and existing windows, skylights, and clerestories were replaced or restored, permitting sunlight to penetrate all corners of the large square footprint," said CO Adaptive Architecture.
In addition to removing excess walls from the interiors, the architects also cut out the floor in half of the building, creating a tall, lofty space for rehearsals. This expansive room can be subdivided with full-height, folding doors that tuck away when not in use.
CO Adaptive Architecture added full-height sliding doors to the space
Visitors enter the building from a side alley, into a lobby where stepped, auditorium-style seating offers glimpses of the rehearsal space in the building's cellar from the entrance.
On the ground floor, there are additional, smaller rehearsal spaces available, as well as administrative offices.
Original brick walls were left in the renovated design
CO Adaptive Architecture housed the new program elements in smaller volumes built from cross-laminated timber (CLT), a type of composite wood made up of smaller pieces glued into wall panels, beams, or columns.
"This is the first project in New York City to use mass timber to transform an adaptive-reuse building, and we hope it will lead by example; using mass timber to reduce our embodied carbon and reinvigorate our aging building stock," said CO Adaptive Architecture principal Ruth Mandl.
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The insertions into the building contrast the historic shell, which the architects sought to preserve and highlight as much as possible.
Throughout the space, the building's original brick walls and heavy timber trusses were left unfinished.
A sign for Mercury Store can be seen from the street
As part of the conversion, CO Adaptive Architecture needed to re-insulate the building, which they did from the outside.
"Insulating the building from the exterior allowed us to expose the existing materials' warmth, texture, and history of use," said Mandl.
An aluminium facade was chosen to honour the building's industrial location
"We even left intact the construction spray paint annotations on the exposed brick walls," the architect added.
A new facade of aluminium panels wraps the building, honouring the industrial surroundings of the neighbourhood.
The new facade of aluminium panels wraps the building
CO Adaptive Architecture is led by Mandl and Bobby Johnston, and is also located in the Gowanus neighbourhood – an area that has recently undergone intense redevelopment, as part of a scheme to re-zone the land for uses other than industrial facilities.
Last year, New York City updated its building codes to allow for mass-timber buildings of up to six storeys. Projects that use CLT elsewhere include a tower in Sweden that the architects claim is "carbon-negative" and a new entrance pavilion for Cambridge College designed by London-based architect Allison Brooks.
The photography is byNaho Kubota.
Project credits:
MEPS engineers: ABS Engineering
Structural engineers: ADOF Structural Engineers
Acoustic designers: Charcoal Blue
Lighting consultant: SDA Lighting
General contractor: Yorke Construction
Signage and wayfinding consultants: TwoTwelve
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Massive timber panels form public art installation by CLB Architects
US firm CLB Architects has completed a public art project for the town of Jackson, Wyoming, that is intended to be "a gathering place that also functions as a sculptural art installation".
Town Enclosure was commissioned by Jackson Hole Public Art and supported by a variety of local business and private patrons.
The installation shown in its original location in Jackson, Wyoming
Although it was initially put up in Jackson, a popular skiing destination in the USA's Teton Mountain range, it has now been relocated to Bozeman, Montana.
The installation is formed by 22 cross-laminated timber panels arranged in a circle.
Town Enclosure has now relocated to Bozeman, Montana
This type of engineered wood is created by glueing and compressing smaller pieces of wood to form much larger panels. This allows them to be very large, while still being relatively thin.
Each of the panels is 13.3 feet (four metres) tall, and their widths vary between 7 and 12 feet (two and three metres). All of the panels are oriented in the same direction, so that the structure is asymmetrical, and looks different when viewed from many angles.
Cross-laminated timber panels form a circle
"Spaces between the panels invite exploration," said CLB Architects, which has offices both in Bozeman and Jackson.
"From a distance, the composition acknowledges its mountainous setting, engages passersby, and serves as a sympathetic counterpoint to its natural setting," they added. "True engagement happens as one moves around and within it."
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The space created at the centre of the 52-foot-wide (16-metre) circle is intended for a variety of public uses. "Town Enclosure becomes a place for community engagement and a venue for artistic expression: a place for performance and exhibition, and an armature for creative discovery," said the architects.
"The design is flexible, always open to the public and capable of being used in a variety of ways — both formal and spontaneous — to foster artistic experiences en plein air."
The panels are stained black on one side, while the natural wood finish is left on the other, so the structure looks different from the inside.
The panels are stained black on one side
CLB Architects has completed a range of residential commissions in the US mountain states. Much of the studio's work is influenced by historic agricultural buildings such as barns and stables.
These projects include a house made up of several different structures to resemble a "village", and a home wrapped in black steel panels that is intended to weather and rust over time.
The photography is by Matthew Millman, Krafty Photos, Tuck Fauntleroy and Cody Brown.
Project credits:
CLB Architects team: Eric Logan, Forrest Britton, Sam Ankeny
Landscape: MountainScapes
Structural engineer: KL&A
Builder: Premier Powder Coating, Two Oceans Builders
Facilitated by: Jackson Hole Public Art
Painting: KWC, Inc.
Other supporters: Anvil Hotel, Center for the Arts Creative in Residence Program, Center of Wonder, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, Dembergh Construction, Western Trust, Altamira Gallery, MountainSpaces, Nelson Engineering
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Register for our Architecture Project Talk about Bert by Precht
Precht's tree-trunk-shaped modular house Bert is the focus of Dezeen's next Architecture Project Talk, presented in partnership with the Forest Stewardship Council. Register now to watch the webinar at 1:00pm London time on Tuesday 2 December.
During the webinar architect Chris Precht, who founded Austria-based practice Precht with his wife Fei Precht, will present his modular house, four of which have recently been completed at the Steirereck restaurant in Vienna.
Bert is a concept for a modular tree-shaped house by Austrian studio Precht
The online talk is the second of a series of two Dezeen is hosting in partnership with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), where architects speak about their projects built using FSC-certified wood. The webinars will count towards continuing professional development (CPD) points for UK architects.
Precht developed Bert in collaboration with Austrian tiny home startup BaumBau, with the intention of creating a building with a minimal footprint. Dezeen revealed early renders in 2019, showing a tree-like cylindrical structure with wooden shingles and large circular windows.
Chris Precht will give the talk
The first iterations of Bert were recently built on the grounds of Steirereck, a restaurant in Vienna that has been named as one of the world's best. There, the structures will be used as accommodation for both restaurant staff and guests.
The buildings sit on circular bases, with tube-shaped modular cells containing kitchens, living space, bedrooms and bathrooms that can be stacked over and around it like the limbs of a tree branching out from the trunk.
Bert's constituent parts are cut from bent cross-laminated timber using a CNC machine and are prefabricated in a factory before being delivered to the site. The buildings are clad in wooden shingles that will weather and change colour over time.
During the talk, Precht will discuss playfulness in architecture and how this attitude can be retained when building at scale, as well as the practical challenges of building a modular cylindrical structure using prefabricated wooden elements.
Architecture Project Talk: Bert will take place at 1:00pm London time on Thursday 2 December 2021.
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FSC certification verifies that the wood used in a project has been sourced sustainably. The organisation currently manages over 225 million hectares of certified forests.
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Tetris and Sangberg design senior housing around a covered communal courtyard
A grid of thin cross-laminated timber columns frames communal spaces at the centre of this co-living project for senior citizens in Slagelse, Denmark, a collaboration between Danish developer Tetris and Copenhagen architecture practice Sangberg.
Ibihaven, which has been shortlisted in the housing project category of Dezeen Awards 2021, is the first project in a new concept called Agorahaverne, or Agora Gardens, creating sustainable co-housing for seniors with a focus on shared communal space.
Ibihaven is a co-living facility for senior citizens and was designed by Tetris and Sangberg
Referencing a Greek agora or town square, the blocks containing Ibihaven's 76 apartments are arranged around a covered courtyard containing workshop, exercise, library and lounge spaces in-between a series of small gardens.
The design's community-building aspects have been supported by research carried out in collaboration with Copenhagen University and anthropology consulting firm Maple.
The building was constructed using cross-laminated timber
"The atrium garden is a covered 'urban space' which draws nature all the way into the buildings and allows for spontaneous and disorganised meetings between residents and guests," explained Sangberg Architects.
"Research shows an increase in quality of life among residents in community living, and Agorahaverne aims to achieve the same through community events, interests, exercise and good neighbourliness," added developer Tetris.
The design of the building references a Greek agora or town square
A zig-zagging roof of corrugated polycarbonate covers the central space, which is overlooked by the patios of the apartments on the ground floor and the first-floor decks of those above.
Access to the apartments is via this central courtyard rather than the perimeter of the building, ensuring that is becomes an active area where residents easily encounter one another.
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"It is all on the residents' own terms, and they can partake in activities as much as they see fit," explained the developer. "There is room for everyone in Agorahaverne, and all common rooms are wheelchair accessible."
The apartments, made from prefabricated CLT modules, range from 55 square metres for single occupancy and 77 square metres for couples, each with their own bathroom and kitchen.
All are oriented to be dual aspect, allowing views both into the communal central space and to the outside, with terraces and balconies at either end.
The development contains over 70 apartments for senior citizens
To the west, a small block contains guest rooms and a communal area with a shared kitchen available to all residents, complemented by a kitchen garden in the covered courtyard.
The exterior of the blocks is clad in charred timber planks, contrasted by a pale timber lining on the deep reveals that create covered patio spaces for residents on the ground floor and balconies above.
A zig-zagging roof was constructed using polycarbonate panels
Many architects and developers are reassessing the provision for retirement and elderly living, with other recent projects including a block of retirement homes in Hampstead, London by Morris + Company for developer Pegasus Life.
Other projects nominated in the housing project category of Dezeen Awards 2021 include Lina Ghotmeh's Stone Garden apartment block in Beirut and Jackson Clements Burrows mass-timber student accommodation in Melbourne.
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Ten homes with exposed cross-laminated timber interiors
For our latest lookbook, we've collected 10 interior projects that feature exposed cross-laminated timber, from a 1980s housing block in Germany to a cosy Finnish cabin.
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is a type of mass-timber, engineered wood that can be used as structural building materials. It is often used in architecture and normally made from larch, spruce or pine.
In interiors, the material, which is sometimes known as super plywood, lends rooms a light, modern feel and can create a luxurious effect even for projects with a tight budget.
CLT is often used for interiors in Scandinavian projects but can be found in buildings all over the world.
This is the latest roundup in our Dezeen Lookbooks series that provides visual inspiration for designers and design enthusiasts. Previous lookbooks include cosy cabin bedrooms, Shaker-style interiors and rooms that look as if they are part of a Wes Anderson film.
Rye Apartments, UK, by Tikari Works
London studio Tikari Works used CLT for the structure of the four-storey Rye Apartments block in south London.
The material was left exposed across the majority of the apartments' gabled walls and ceilings and combined with spruce wood kitchen cabinetry, storage units and shelving. The timber finishes were complimented by terrazzo-style flooring with amber and cream-coloured flecks.
Find out more about Rye Appartments ›
R11 loft extension, Germany, by Pool Leber Architekten
Pool Leber Architekten added a two-storey CLT extension to a 1980s housing block in Munich to create a series of loft spaces.
The structural timber is visible on the walls, ceilings and floors. It is paired with sculptural storage cabinets that double as window seating.
Find out more about Pool Leber Architekten ›
Kynttilä, Finland, by Ortraum Architects
The gabled form of this 15-square-metre cabin on Lake Saimaa in Finland encloses a bedroom and a small kitchen.
Structural CLT, which forms the floor walls and angled roof, is visible throughout the cabin.
Find out more about Kynttilä ›
Barretts Grove, UK, Amin Taha Architects
Set between a pair of detached brick buildings in Stoke Newington, this six-storey CLT block contains six apartments. Inside the building, the CLT panels were left exposed and varnished.
"The ability of the CLT to serve as structure and finish removed the need for plaster-boarded walls, suspended ceilings, cornices, skirtings, tiling and paint; reducing by 15 per cent the embodied carbon of the building, its construction cost and time on site," explained the architecture studio.
Find out more about Barretts Grove ›
Villa Korup, Denmark, by Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter
Designed by Jan Henrik Jansen Arkitekter, in collaboration with Marshall Blecher and Einrum Arkitekter, this home on the Danish island of Fyn has a CLT stucture made from Baltic fir.
The panels were exposed throughout the interiors, where they were treated with soap and lye to lighten and protect the timber.
Find out more about Villa Korup ›
This CLT extension was added to a traditional Catalan house in the city of Reus. Catalan architecture office Aixopluc used lightweight materials for the building, which was prepared off-site and erected in just two weeks.
The thermal mass of the exposed cross-laminated timber interiors helps to ensure a comfortable internal temperature when the afternoon sun hits the building.
12, Finland, by Ortraum Architects
This asymmetric studio called 12 was built to provide the owners of a house in Helsinki with space to compose music and make ceramics.
Ortraum Architects exposed the CLT structure throughout the internal spaces, which was pared with a simple concrete floor on the lower level and chunky furniture made from CLT.
Eton Accessory Building, Canada, Motiv Architects
Motiv Architects chose CLT for a garage designed to house a restored vintage Mustang and serve as a workshop for the owners' industrial bag and belt fabrication company.
The design was "born out of a strong desire to work with cross-laminated timber – to better understand its properties as well as the efficiencies of its assembly on a project of a very small scale," Motiv Architects said.
Find out more about Eton Accessory Building ›
Artist Bothy, Scotland, by Bobby Niven and Iain MacLeod
Designed to be transported on the back of a lorry so it can be taken to remote locations, this small artist's studio was designed by Bobby Niven and architect Iain MacLeod.
Its gabled cross-laminated timber structure is exposed throughout the interior where a CLT mezzanine floor has also been inserted.
Find out more about Artist Bothy ›
IJburg Townhouse the Netherlands, by MAATworks
This Amsterdam townhouse designed by architecture studio MAATworks is arranged around an angular staircase made from cross-laminated pine.
Responding to the client's desire to reference wooden Scandinavian homes, the wall and ceilings of the home are also made from exposed pine wood.
Find out more about IJburg Townhouse ›
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The Dezeen guide to mass timber in architecture
Thinking of using engineered timber in your project? Our latest Dezeen guide includes the most regularly used types of mass timber including CLT, glulam and dowel-laminated timber.
Mass timber is the name given to the various different types of engineered wood that can be used as structural building materials.
Developed for commercial use in Europe in the late 1980s, the materials are rapidly growing in popularity as an alternative to carbon-intensive concrete and steel that, unlike regular timber, can be used to construct tall buildings.
Mass timber can also allow quicker, cleaner assembly on site as well as being lighter than traditional construction materials.
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Mass timber products are composed of layers of wood joined together to form strong panels or beams. The materials are usually made in factories and engineered to precise specifications.
Timber is a renewable material capable of sequestering large amounts of CO2, as the carbon that trees remove from the atmosphere throughout their life is stored in the wood.
As a result, the material is increasingly being used to lower the embodied carbon footprint of buildings, so long as the timber is harvested sustainably. This involves replacing cut timber with new trees, which need to be left growing long enough to replace the lost biomass.
Read on to learn about the different types of mass timber:
Glued laminated timber (glulam)
Usually referred to as glulam, glued laminated timber is a type of mass timber that is often used for structural members.
It is constructed from layers of timber that are all orientated in the same direction. This means that large structural members can be made from smaller pieces of timber.
The structural members can be made in straight lengths for beams and columns or in curved pieces that can be used to form arched structures. Glulam is usually made from fir, larch, oak or spruce.
London studio used Maccreanor Lavington created a diamond-shaped glued laminated timber structure for the roof of the dining hall at the Ibstock Place School in Roehampton (pictured above).
See projects featuring glulam ›
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is the best-known and most commonly used type of mass timber.
Often called super plywood, the material is a panel made by gluing layers of wood at right angles to each other. This gives it a similar appearance to plywood, but with much thicker layers, or laminations.
Due to the arrangement of the layers, the structural CLT panels have structural rigidity in two directions. The panels, which are cut to size before being assembled on-site, can be used to create structural walls as well as floors in multiple-storey buildings.
CLT is usually made from larch, spruce or pine.
Numerous CLT buildings have been built around the world with Waugh Thistleton Architects' nine-storey Murray Grove tower, completed in 2008, an early example of a timber high-rise. The studio's Dalston Lane project, completed in 2017, is one of the world's largest CLT projects.
Recently White Arkitekter used the material to create a "carbon negative" skyscraper and cultural centre in Sweden (pictured).
See projects featuring cross-laminated timber ›
Dowel-laminated timber (DLT)
Dowel-laminated timber, also known as DowelLam or DLT, is a type of mass timber made entirely from wood. DLT panels are constructed from layers of softwood that are connected by friction-fit hardwood dowels.
The panels are used in a similar way to CLT and are often used to construct floors and roof decks. Proponents of DLT claim it is faster and cheaper to produce than CLT as there is no need for gluing.
Neumann Monson Architects' 111 East Grand (pictured) was the first multi-story office building in North America to use DLT panels, which were combined with glulam columns.
Nailed-laminated timber (NLT)
Nailed-laminated timber (NLT), which is also called nail-lam, is manufactured from planks of timber that are placed on their side and nailed or screwed to each other to form panels.
These panels can be constructed from standard-sized and largely available planks of wood without the need for a dedicated manufacturing facility.
The material can be used for constructing floors and walls. Michael Green Architecture combined nailed-laminated timber with CLT and glulam to build a seven-storey tower in Minneapolis that, at the time of completion in 2016, was the largest mass-timber building in the USA.
Laminated veneer lumber (LVL)
Laminated veneer lumber (LVL) is a type of mass timber made from thin layers, or veneers, of timber.
The veneers, which are created by thinly slicing timber under heat and pressure, are all oriented in the same direction in a similar manner to glulam. This means the material is often used to make beams and columns, much like glulam.
British furniture brand Vitsœ used LVL to create its headquarters and production facility in the English town of Royal Leamington Spa (pictured). The company claimed the facility was the first in the UK to feature a framework made from LVL.
Parallel-strand lumber (PSL)
As its name suggests parallel-strand lumber (PSL) is a type of mass timber made from parallel strands of wood connected with glue.
The long thin strands of timber are glued under high pressure to create a high-strength material that is usually used for long-span beams or columns that need to carry large weight. Timber used to create PSL includes fir, pine and western hemlock.
Gray Organschi Architecture and Yale's Center for Ecosystems in Architecture used PSL to create a UN-backed, off-grid tiny home. The structure has parallel-strand lumber posts, laminated veneer lumber beams and cross-laminated timber walls.
This is the latest in our series of Dezeen guides. Previously we have created guides toplastic, stone, carbon and timber.
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