Framework · 1:05:24
// THE QUOTE
“what we learned at a six story wood frame building is that by the time you get the structural systems working”
— Tom Emodi, FRAIC, LEED AP · TEAL Architects+Planners
Hard-won technical lesson: there's a four-to-five-story barrier where wood framing gets so heavy at the base you might as well build in another material here in Nova Scotia.
Full episode at 1:05:24Going Fully Virtual in Architecture: How TEAL Architects Shut Their Studio, Saved Tens of Thousands, and Built a Better Team | Tom Emodi ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Wood construction past four storeys requires so much structural framing at the lower floors that conventional light-frame wood becomes uneconomical in the current Nova Scotia market.
“the bottom two stories have so much wood in them in order to support the other stories that you might as well be building in another material”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Mass Timber Barriers and Wrap-Up
1:05:00
Clips like this, every two weeks.
SOURCE: 1:05:24 of Going Fully Virtual in Architecture: How TEAL Architects Shut Their Studio, Saved Tens of Thousands, and Built a Better Team | Tom Emodi