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Good morning , good afternoon or good evening , wherever you are in the world today , welcome to the Mass Timber Construction Podcast . My name is Paul Kramer , your host .
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In mass timber construction land , there's some news out this week from intelligent city , which consider themselves to be a new generation in industrialized construction and advanced manufacturing , and it's marching towards a carbon-neutral future .
According to the spokesperson , they've commenced manufacturing of certified building systems compliant with high-rise mass timber building codes using AI through data integration , software automation and advanced robotics . If you'd like to see what Intelligent City are doing , you can check out our mass timber construction journal linkedin feed .
Head to the article and you'll be able to see more about this amazing adventure that intelligence city is on . And it's all about the olympics . With only a few months to go and the timber aquatic center in paris is ready for the 2024 olympics .
The construction of the new Aquatic Centre , designed by Venhoven CS and Ateliers 234 , featuring an undulating timber appearance , has reached completion and awaits its debut at the Paris Olympics . The Aquatic Centre is one of the only permanent buildings constructed for major sport events , which begins on the 26th of July .
The Aquatic Centre is a world-winning multifunctional design that aims to create a memorable experience for games and leave a lasting legacy for the neighbourhood and beyond to promote healthy lifestyle beyond the games . The building will be open and transparent , offering for a range of indoor and outdoor sports .
Through the Aquatic Centre , people can come together and enjoy the leisure activities and also bridge themselves between different cultures and districts . The facility is surrounding public spaces and utilised to create a community atmosphere . If you'd like to see some images of the finished Aquatic Centre , please head to our LinkedIn feed . And to Portland now .
An eight-storey 72,000 square foot mass timber apartment building in Portland topped out this winter and will soon be available for 100 affordable units .
We have spoken about this particular project before glulam beams , column CLT floor plates and steel frame brace system , and utilizes a five inch ply CLT floor plate , which is two hour fire rated and the height of steel ceramic braced frames for the lateral system .
The building's exposed mass timber design will allow residents and those passing by to see the beauty of the mass timber inside and outside . The structure uses hydronic floor heating and reduces energy costs for tenants . If you'd like to have a look at the images , please head to our social media feed . And why ? How's ?
The company has partnered with faye jones school of architecture and design at the ? U of a for a new research fellows program that supports the development of innovative wood products and sustainable-based construction . The newly formed Research Fellows Program includes two simultaneous applied research and design units at the ? U of A .
One is focused on prototyping in 3D printed wood composite house and the other on engineering mass timber to support three common housing typologies important for rural communities . The two-year program expands on the previously established partnership between Weyerhaeuser and Fay Jones School and will run through 2025 .
It directly supports Weyerhaeuser's three by 30 sustainability ambitions , and work advancing in the future for everyone has been to quality , affordability and sustainability in homes for all .
We've reported the winsome stockholm project extensively previously , but we've now got new images of the spherical space with the giant clt dome and the extension to the national swedish museum of technology in stockholm .
So if you want to have a look at the 1,325 square meter building and its spacious space dome theater , a cafe and a bar acting as a freeform building with its specific material properties , you can either head to Sweden and head to Stockholm specifically , or you can head to our Mass Timber Construction Journal LinkedIn feed . And that's it , folks .
That's all we've got time for this week in Mass Timber Construction land . I hope that you have had an amazing week . We look forward to bringing you more news from around the world next week as it comes into our desktops , and we look forward to catching up with you then .
Good morning , good afternoon or good evening , wherever you are in the world today , and don't forget to hit subscribe . I'm Paul Kramer signing off on the mass timber construction podcast . Thank you , bye .