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Welcome to the Mass Timber Construction Podcast . My name is Paul Kramer , your host . Welcome to another weekly episode . Thank you for tuning in each week . Thank you for subscribing . Don't forget to get along to the International Mass mass timber conference .
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In mass timber construction , land and sustainability led design approach helped architectus deliver a multi-award winning mass timber building for Barker College Maths Hub and , talking to architecturaldesigncomau , architecturaldesigncomau , sam Morris said that the Maths Lab not only won the prestigious Australian Institute of Architects New South Wales Milo Dunphy Award for Sustainable
Architecture , but also the Editor's Choice Award for 2024 for the Sustainability Awards , where architectus was a broad-reaching approach to sustainable design and this was acknowledged by the judges .
If you'd like to go and read more about that , you can jump on our LinkedIn feed or go to architectureanddesigncomau and have a look at the story located on there featuring Sam Morris . Congratulations , architectus . And to Connecticut now . And supporting wellness with biophilic design .
There is a structure composed of CLT designed well for the RecWell facility , which draws upon principles of biophilia , including natural elements of wood paneling , local stone and interior green walls .
A key consideration when realizing the university's goal for connecting building occupants to the surrounding Connecticut landscape was the expansive windows that helped deliver views of the outdoors , including Sleepin' Giant State Park , one of Connecticut's most loved state parks and one of the four .
Fitness studio features a fully retractable wall leading to an outdoor deck in an indoor outdoor workout area . The photos are impressive for this building . The exposed mass timber is impressive , the combination of glass and the very large apertures for the windows . It's an impressive site . Head to our our LinkedIn feed and you can have a look .
And architecture giant studio Gensler has unveiled its design for an undulating stadium outside Cairo , which will be the first home for the Al-Ahly Football Club .
Gensler collaborated with engineering firm Bureau Happold for the football team's invest to build a 42,000 seat stadium which will feature a curved asymmetric facade and sunken football pitch designed as a landmark , built around the club's city master plan .
This will be the first home of the stadium's egypt's top tier club to host for large-scale events throughout the year .
Located near the sinks , the Sphinx International Airport , between Cairo and Alexandra , gensler designed the stadium's pitch to be submerged into the ground to comply with height restrictions due to the flight paths and , according to the studio , the sunken pitch will benefit from passive cooling from the surrounding earth .
This is an impressive project and one of three major mass timber glue laminated timber structures that's popping up in design realms around the world . Go and have a look at it on our LinkedIn feed or head to Gensler's page and have a look there .
And Rubner Engineering reports that the last two months of construction of the three-story building at the University of Newcastle's Central Coast New South Wales campus has progressed rapidly . As the first multi-story timber building in Gosford delivered by Rubner Engineering along with the local partners , it is a benchmark for sustainability in education spaces .
You can go and have a look at this impressive glulam structure with CLT floor system . You guessed it .
You can head to our LinkedIn feed and the roof structure for the multiplex built fish market has now been completed , with 407 multifunctional cassettes were assembled at glebe island before being barged to the project to secure the 200 meter glulam roof structure for the fish markets .
This is an impressive installation with a huge effort from all teams from all over the world , including nine months of putting this roof structure together , with a massive thank you from Multiplex to all the subcontractors , the consultants and all the suppliers as a pivotal moment .
If you want to go and see the completed structure , you can head to our LinkedIn feed or you could head to Multiplex's page and have a look there . So that's it , folks . That's all we've got time for this week in Mass Timber Construction Land . I hope that you're keeping well . Do make sure that you subscribe , like , share , comment and listen to the podcast .
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This is paul kramer signing off on the mass Timber Construction Podcast . Thank you .