VIDEO: Wood: a Material for the Future?
Wood: a Material for the Future?
Michael Green Architects / Image provided by MGA
It seems industrial actors swear solely by concrete or the latest composite materials. Yet a billion years ago, nature invented a revolutionary material with striking properties: wood. It can not only be used to construct buildings, but also high-precision mechanical parts or new generation polymers. But to do so, one must get past a few preconceived notions.
Grapevines are not the only thing growing in Bordeaux, there are now also buildings made of wood. In January the capital of the Aquitaine region launched the construction of France's first building made entirely of wood: a series of offices 50 meters high, whose structure, shell and interior fittings will be made using local tree species, primarily spruce and Maritime pine. And that is just the beginning, for with the appearance of new construction technology and the use of solid wooden panels or CLT,1 architects claim they can build towers up to a few dozen stories tall.
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