Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
As a result of developing industrialized processes in construction, the technologies and development of mass timber building products are quickly evolving. In considering a building composed of mass timber, there are several design considerations for Architects that are critical in successfully delivering a project on time and on budget.
In this presentation, we will discuss considerations for optimizing design, including the benefits of an integrated design process. Secondly, we will review the various products and systems available, including enhanced coordination and early trade integration benefits. Lastly, we will review lifecycle analysis, including carbon cycle and embodied energy opportunities.
Learning Objectives
1) Learn about the industrialized process in mass timber construction and the early design considerations for optimizing design.
2) Key technical considerations, including various structural systems in application, fire protection strategies, acoustics and moisture consideration.
3) Examine Building Information Modeling and the Design for Manufacturing and Assembly processes to determine its impact on design.
4) Carbon Life Cycle Analysis: Learn about the various tools available including the considerations.
Speaker(s)
Veronica Madonna, OAA, FRAIC, M.Arch., B.E.D.S., B.Arch.Sc.
Veronica Madonna is an award-winning Canadian Architect with over 17 years of experience working with leading architectural firms. She is licensed with the Ontario Association of Architects and is a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Both a practitioner and educator, Veronica is an Assistant Professor at the RAIC Centre for Architecture at Athabasca University and the founder of her practice, Studio Veronica Madonna Architect.
Before establishing her firm, Veronica was a Principal with Moriyama & Teshima Architects, where she displayed unparalleled leadership on innovative, sustainable post-secondary design. Her portfolio includes 'The Arbour' George Brown College Tall Wood Building and Honey Bee Research Centre for the Ontario Agricultural College at the University of Guelph, both mass timber and highly sustainable projects that received international recognition.
As an educator, researcher and practitioner, Veronica's focus in architecture includes sustainable design strategies, advancements in mass timber construction, and equity in practice and education. She has lectured for the Canadian Green Building Council and is a member of the OAA Sustainable Built Environment Committee, and is actively involved in the architectural community.
Steven Street
Steven is a Technical & Business Development Consultant specializing in light frame and mass timber technologies. Steven explored his passion for good design, being around the best in engineering, architecture, and fabrication. Steven spent the last 20 years helping domestic markets develop new opportunities, change, and acceptance for wood structural systems. Having spent over 12 years working with the Canadian Wood Council’s Wood-Works initiative, Steven’s work provides a solid base of knowledge for design, off-site panelization and factory prefabrication.
In his current role, Steven works with project delivery teams, designers and owners, to better understand the possibilities available for prefabricated mass timber systems and delivery models. This approach harnesses the importance of value engineering and constructability with communication strategies. Steven’s passion is the rapidly emerging industrialization of wood construction utilizing the factory-built environment. We are in an age of great change and have the chance of participating in historical shifts to how we build. Climatic events, changing building codes, lack of quality affordable housing, and the changing cityscape are disrupting the business-as-usual approach. Steven is active on RESCON’s technical council, and also regularly presents at Colleges and Universities.
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Licensed OAA Members: $39 + HST
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