Projects

A Pile of CLT

Image of a tower made out of CLT

by Edgar Rodriguez (March II ’20)

Building upon the research developed for a suburban house, this project further deploys the interlocking wall system and the piling strategy now in the scale of an urban mid-rise building. The pile accepts chance and implies indeterminacy since replacing any unit would result in another configuration. This approach aims for the disengagement with preconceived form and advocates for a unique expression of tall buildings.

The concept of Fuzzy Modularity™ describes the systematic arrangement of standardized CLT panels throughout the design that generates a complex yet simple structure.

Diagram of a house and a tower made out of pile of CLT
Image of a CLT tower
Section of the tower with exposed mechanical and electrical systems
A video of the tower plans of the tower
Render of a part of the tower
Render of the tower plaza, showing how the building is touching the ground
Interior render with exposed CLT panels
Render of the tower in the city

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