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Engineer-Build SCC e eae ce) CUE Ps) ELL Sco 1a ee ans Cent: Hixon Properties | Design Architect: Lake Fto | Architect of Record: BOKA Powell | General Contractor: Byrne Construction | Cee rete a ee an eee ee ete eee tor Ow rue Cover Clayton Community Centre 26 Arts and culture and recreational programming lead the way in a new rec center DEPARTMENTS Against the Grain 6 Restoration of New Brunswick’s covered bridges Wood Chips 8 Projects to watch and more industry news Wood Ware 46 Classic wooden toboggans ‘Above and on the cover: Clayton Community Cone, Surey, BC HoT, doubeapace Features PASSIVE HOUSE Subaru Dealership 16 Steering a new direction into an environmentally friendly showroom and garage 1 Lonsdale 20 A revitalized Vancouver neighborhood gets a revitalized commercial building Catalyst 11 Washington State’ first CLY office building also provides an eco-friendly footprint Roger Bacon Bridge 30 Why timber underpins the design and integrity of this Nova Scotian bridge Riptide House 33 "Passive House-ish” in Dartmouth with a nod to design TrcunicaL Sorutions Movin’ On Up 36 ‘Mass timber use is increasing in the low-rise building market Hayward Field: A Case Study 41 ‘The University of Oregon's historic stadium {is reimagined with its heritage in mind Taking an Active Approach to a “Passive” Issue Passive House design has is roots in residential builds, According to Statist, backin August 2016, there were 210 single-family detached homes and 50 single-family attached homes in North ‘America designated as Passive. Sixyears on, this design concept continues to bean option for many eco-conscious Canadians looking to build their dream homes. Riptide House (p. 33) is a good example ofthis trend. Although it is ot a certified Passive House, the house has many of the same qualities and has been termed “Passive House ish” by the architect Passive design today is not limited to residential applications. It has grown to encompass other areas such as high-rise, multi-use, commercial, and institutional. Regardless of the type of building, Passive structures aim to be energy efficient, comfortable, and ecological ~ all atthe same time. In this issue, we feature afew non-residential projects to showease just how versatile Passive House is. A community center in the Clayton Heights neighborhood of Surrey. BC, (p. 26) provides residents with arts and culture programming, a gym, and a library; @ revitalized commercial building, 1 Lonsdale (p. 20), breathes life into an equally revitalized neighborhood in North Vancouver: and, in Red Deer, AB, the Scott Subaru Dealership (p. 16) achieved Passive House certification and overcame the challenges of incorporating a showroom and garage. Passive House design is multifaceted and multifunctional. Architects and engineers in Canada and around the world have repeatedly demonstrated their interest and ability to produce world-class eco-conscious designs. With environmental issues at the forefront of national and international concerns, it really is time to fully embrace Passive design. ®& Qadie Wa Brooke Smith Editor ‘nd Dag & ain agin tej sb your pet cmt and pie pai ‘week cont pies! wks a ier ther ow cee gests Ibeamproingour mga lene your tennis to weer cr, inspiration BOARD WHERE IN THE WORLD? SKELLEFTEA, SWEDEN ‘More than 700 km north of Stockholm lies the City of Skelete, the southern enty into Swedish Lapland With along traction of timber bulding, Skelefes nas had rch to celebrate fn the world (of wood recently. Is latest venture into mass timbers the ‘Sara Cultural Cente, which was completed in October 2021 by ‘White arsteter. The cultural ‘center houses the Vasterbotten Regional Theatre, Museum ‘Anna Nordander,Skellttea Art Gallery, the new City Library, ‘and The Wood Hote. ‘The 20-story hotel, standing 75 etal fs constructed of prefabricated modules of CLT, ‘Hacked between two elevator ores made entirely of CLT. “The center has a timber frame with Columns and beams of glam and cores and shear walls of CLT. Trusses ‘above the rand fyers are composed of a gulam-and-steelhybria PHOTO: Ake Exon Lindman The timber used was sourced locally from regional sustainable forests and processed at a Sawmill about 550 km from the st Justa 20-minute ‘ve trom the city center is Sheleiea Aiport, which also claims a inass timber Structure. 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Pbleston Ma met 4050877 Ebro rented p rina Against the GRAIN Got You Covered Images of covered bridges are found on jigsaw puzzles and postcards, and the structures themselves conjure up romantic ‘encounters and provide great backdrops for wedding photos. “Most of our covered bridges in Canada are over 100 years old,” says Dr. Dan Tingley, senior engineer at Wood Research and Development, “They were covered, simply, to protect the old Howe trusses,” he says, "by keeping the moisture off the joints and preserving the wood. Moisture means decay, and decay means timber bridge degradation, especially around the joints and connections.” Canada is home to 131 of these wooden gems, with 58 found in New Brunswick alone, according to Tourism New Brunswick. “The oldest covered bridge in this province is the Nelson Hollow Covered Bridge. According to Ray Boucher, president of the Covered Bridges Conservation Association of New Brunswick, it was ‘originally builtin 1870 but then replaced or renovated in 1899 and reopened the following year. “The bridge was restored in 1977 due to theefforts of the Doaktown Historical Society I's no longer in service, but i still open to pedestrians, ATVs, and snowmobiles” Built of wooden beam and plank in the Howe truss design, the bridge measures 80 ft 6 in. “It’s one of only two covered bridges in New Brunswick with a hip (cottage) roof,” Boucher says. A more recent restoration has been Milkish Inlet No, 1 Covered, Bridge in Bayswater, NB. It was built in 1920, but under Tingley’s direction the bridge underwent a major retrofit and restoration {in 2021. I's two-span, single-lane timber covered bridge; each span is 108 ft. long. “The timber originally put in the bridge was 180 years old,” Tingley notes. “We extended its life. We increased its capacity from 5 tons to 30 tons and extended those 180-year- ‘old timbers another 100 years.” Next on the restoration lineup isthe Vaughan Creek Covered ige in St. Martins. It willbe a two-lane highway bridge with regular 62.5-ton capacity. I's currently under construction and Scheduled for completion this summer. St 1. Nelson Hotlow Cored Bdge Proto: Ray Boucher 2. Mi Int No.1 Covered Bridge 3. Mich rit No.1 Covered idee (eanetrction 6 woop pesiGs & auitmive - wintex 2021-22 From rendering to reality. When execution matters Innovative glulam and timber solutions Contact us to discuss your project “A FROS eRWwO OD (888) 898-1385 | sales@fwtimber.com www.fraserwoodindustries.com extending the reach of natural timbers WOODCH|?S. PROJECTS TO WATCH CANADA > Saanich, BC hema heads up the design of the Fire Station #2 Redevelopment. The structure will usea steel and timber post-and:-beam system supporting CLT floors, a CLT roof suspended from glulam beams, and a mass timber shear wall. The new two-story, 2,190-sq.m structure will replace the current one-story, 353-sq.m building. Completion is scheduled for 2023. > Castlegar, BC PHOTO: Cnatesy of Cover Artec Calabrave Ie “The Castlegar & District Chamber of Commerce $5-million, multi-use, Passive House-certified building is scheduled to break ground this summer. Cover Architectural Collaborative Inc. heads up the project, which will house the Chamber of Commerce, Economic Development, Destination Castlegar, the West Kootenay Gateway Visitor Centre, and a satellite branch of Community Futures. It will also include co-working spaces, a large collective space for community events and gatherings, tech-charging stations, a boardroom, and meeting. and office spaces for rent. > Vancouver, BC ‘The First National Health Authority's Metro Vancouver Office will be constructed primarily in mass timber. This six-story facility, located on the Tsleil-Waututh Nation Land in North Vancouver, will pay homage to the Coast Salish people by evoking the plank house tradition. It will be built of glulam beams and CLT floor and roof panels. Although the building is mainly an office, it will also include social spaces for meetings, gatherings, cultural activities, education, and demonstrations. Completion is scheduled for 2023. > Kelowna, BC Faction Architecture Inc. will design ‘The Exchange, a four- story mixed-use industrial/etail/rfice building in Kelowna's downtown, The project will feature NLT construction for the floor and roof panels supported by a glulam or PSI. post-and- beam substructure. The project will meet Step Three of the BC Energy Step Code, the highest level attainable for this type of building in the region. Completion is scheduled for winter 2023, > Banff, AB Drilling to excavate and construct bridge pilings for the Nancy Pauw Bridge has begun. The $5.5-million bridge will span the river without touching the water. With up t0 8,000 crossings a day expected on foot, bicycle, and skateboard, the new bridge will provide a faster route for ‘commuters. It aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and traffic congestion, as well as provide a lookout point for visitors. The official opening of the bridge is expected to ‘occur this fall > Saskatoon, SK PHOTO: Cautesy of Farmine echietre Saskatoon has a new central library in the works. The design concept is by Formline Architecture, Chevalier Morales, and! Architecture 49. The 136,000-sqf. project ~ which pulls inspiration from First Nations and Métis, architecture - will be located in downtown Saskatoon. The exterior ofthe building references the traditional Plains First Nations tipi, made up of flat modular insulated metal panels, creating a curved appearance. ‘The interior mass timber structure references the Métis’ log cabin, supported bya secondary wood and steel structure, with exposed ‘wood columns and wood ceilings. The library is scheduled to open in 2026. > Hamilton, ON ‘The Bay Cannon Affordable Housing building is currently in the design phase by Kearns Mancini Architects Inc. The 55-unit, 53,000-sq.ft., mid-rise affordable housing building will feature a combination of ‘one- and three-bedroom units with amenity space on the ‘ground floor and a large exterior amenity outdoor garden, space. he building is designed to meet Passive House standards: a high-performance airtight envelope, triple ‘glazed windows, and zero thermal WwoonDch|?s > Guelph, ON The Guelph Public Library Board of Directors has approved the schematic design for the new central library ‘designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects. The new library will provide collections, archives, and community amenities. The 85,000-sq.ft. three-story building includes 160 below-grade parking spots. Construction is expected to start in late 2023. > Clarington, ON In 2019, Ontario Power Generation announced its plan to establish a new corporate headquarters in the Municipality ‘of Clarington, east of Toronto; the hydro company will move all its non-station-based positions in Toronto and in Niagara and Durham regions to this new facility. Lett Architects Inc. will provide design services and perform the compliance design package with CIMA+. The three-story, net zero, 200,000-sq.ft. campus is being designed as a low-slung mass timber structure with Bird Construction, It’s scheduled for completion in 2024, > Peterborough, ON Lett Architects Inc: heads up the design forthe new Canadian Canoe Museum. The two-story, 65,000-s9.f facility will bea space for the museum's collection and. activities. There will be a 17,000-sq.. exhibition hall for new exhibits. Itis scheduled for completion in 2023 UNITED STATES > Delafield, WI Ground has been broken in Delafield for its first mass timber building, The Grain. The $25-million development ‘was designed by Johnson Design Inc. The two-building project includes 60,000 sq.ft. of office space, 18,000 sq. ‘of retail space, and 125 parking spaces. The site was formerly occupied by a gas station. Tenants are expected to move in by summer 2023, woop Desiox a aviLoING - wintER 20zt-22 9 WOODCH|?S. > Milwaukee, WI ‘A mass timber riverfront Milwaukee apartment tower project, ‘The Edison, has received further city approval. The 15-story building will have 194 units and will include an indoor parking structure, a second-floor outdoor patio deck, and 15,600 sq.ft of commercial space on two levels. Construction is scheduled to start by the end ofthis year. > Bardstown, KY PHOTO: Cuteny of Shiga Ban Acitcts ‘Cedar Creek Quarry is a 420-acre piece of land in Bardstown. After pandemic- and leadership-related delays, it will soon become home to the Kentucky Owl Park, which will feature a new distillery rickhouses, and a number of visitor amenities. The amenities ~ including a visitor center, a bar and restaurant, a hotel, and a train station to transport visitors to the area's various distilleries ~ are stil being configured. Groundbreaking is scheduled for this spring, INTERNATIONAL > Awaji, Hyogo, Japan Shigeru Ban Architects! mass timber retreat, called Zenbo Seinei, is nearing completion. Located on Awaji Island, the structure measures 90 m in length and 72 ‘min width. It Features a 100 m-long wooden deck, designed as an open-air platform for zazen (seated meditation), Zenbo Seine also contains accommodations and a restaurant. Itis set to open in the spring. 10 woop pesiGs « avitmine - wintes 2021-22, , Australia PHOTO: Coutesy of SN ‘The Sydney Fish Market, located in Blackwattle Bay in Pyrmont - about 2 km west of Sydney's business district —is the third largest fish market in the world. The 65,000-sq.m renovation project was commissioned from Danish design firm 3XN, working with local firms BVN, GXN Innovation, and Aspect Studios. It will take about 1,600 m’ of spruce slulam and over 150 tons of stel to manufacture the large roof that floats above the market. Itis scheduled for completion this year. > Tarpeena, South Australia Ground has been broken at Timberlink’s NeXTimber ‘manufacturing facility at Tarpeena. Once completed, the $63-million project will occupy 15,000 sq.m. ‘This will be Australia’s first combined CLT and GLT ‘manufacturing plant. Many more Projects to Watch can be found in the Wood Design & Building eNewsletter. FEATURE. Catalyst for Change Eastern Washington University (EWC) is located in Cheney, WA, just 16 mi from Spokane. It was founded in 1882 by a $10,000 grant from Benjamin Pierce Cheney and originally named the Benjamin P. Cheney Academy to honor its founder, Throughout the decades, the institution has undergone several name the name used today by the State Legislature. aU i “The newest building on the EWU campus is designed by Michael Green Architecture (MGA). The connects to the University District by way of the Gateway Bridge, a pedestrian bridge that brings together the two main areas of the university. ‘The MGA team envisioned a mass timber building that ‘would exceed the performance of a comparable concrete and. steel building and showcase the aesthetic, energy performance, and environmental benefits of CLT. That vision became a reality in 2020 when Catalyst was completed. It is the first -e building in the state to be constructed from CLT. The 165,000-sq.ft, five-story structure uses over 4,000 m° of wood in the form of CLT and glulam products. EWU is the main tenant of the building, which is now home to many of its academic programs, including business administration, computer engineering, design, electrical engineering, and marketing. In the near future, Catalyst will, also house private industry tenants, This will allow EWU students and faculty to work alongside industry leaders and. experts who will provide practical and multidisciplinary learning opportunities. Some of the new industry occupants begin moving in this July, including the Spokane office of McKinstry, who were the m consulting engineers for Catalyst. Catalyst also has an eco-friendly carbon footprint. The CLT panels were sourced fromlocal workingforestsand manufactured ata CLT factory 15 mi. from the site. According to the Canadian Wood Council’s online carbon calculator, the wood volume in the Catalyst building stores 3,718 metric tons of CO, and, by using wood instead of more carbon-intensive construction materials, the building avoided emitting an additional 1,437 metric tons of CO>. Removing that amount of carbon from the atmosphere is roughly equivalent to taking 1,100 vehicles off the road for a year. Material use inthe building was also optimized. For example, the window cutouts that were created when the envelope panels were manufactured were used as exit stair treads, and Alaskan yellow cedar benches were created from salvaged dead wood. ‘The building is powered by a solar photovoltaic array and a shared energy eco-district. These systems allow Catalyst to be independent from Spokane’s power gri this helps prevent power outages, The building's heating and cooling system is Separate from ventilation, which improves efficiency. Catalyst’ air sealing excocds Passive Howse International US standards and the envelope consultant, RDH Building Science, Said it was the tightest building they have ever tested Catalyst is currently targeting ILFIs Zero Carbon and Zero Energy certifications. 8 MGA | Mit Vancoure, BC Seat, Wh KPFF Consulting Engineers Katerra PHOTOGRAPHY Benjamin Benschneider Bane, Wh MM woop pesiGs « avitmine ~ wintex 2021-22, => | I il | lt GN {i eh Witxwitep at Subaru The steadily increasing numbers of electric cars and amount of eco-friendly transportation on the road is not new. What is new and exciting are car dealerships housed in eco-friendly facilities. ‘The 14,070-sq.ft. Scott Subaru Dealership in Red Deer, AB, is one of those facilities. In fact, when it was completed in 2019, it was the first certified Passive House dealership in the world, ‘Typically, a client like the Scott family would build a dealership like this out of steel, concrete, and other non- combustible materials, says Lukas Armstrong, architect and principal at Cover Architectural Collaborative Inc “We convinced them early on that this building really VE HOUSE could be wood-based,” he says.“Part of sustainability i to reduce the carbon footprint of the construction, and that includes the carbon footprint of the materials. “From a wood perspective, what was interesting was theuse of engineered products for both the stud wall and the forces that span the roof system,” says Armstrong. “We worked with a number of manufactured wood products, including LVL studs and really deep trusses.” ‘The 20-ft. ceilings, which would typically be constructed, with steel, posed a challenge. “We worked with engineers, and everybody pushed the boundaries to get this done out ‘of wood. That’s why we ended up with 20-ft-long LVLsin stud wall array and then 4-ft-deep wood trusses. ‘We couldn't have done the project the way we did, though, without the wood industry producing the technical materials it has,” says Armstrong, “It was a bit of a challenge for the structural engineer,” he adds, “but we reduced the carbon footprint of the building substantial. “The biggest challenge was the spaceitselfit’s both showroom, and a repair garage. ‘The showroom was the simpler of the two to desi large its use is similar to other occupancies. he garage was a different story. Vehicles are entering and leaving, and running, and the exhaust has to go outside,” he says “All of the HVAC systems had to be very specifically designed, Each car had its own dedicated exhaust system so we wouldn't be exhausting more air than was specifically needed for that car. In addition, wastewater heat recovery was implemented because the repair garage uses hot water to wash down ccarsas they come in, particularly in the winter and the spring, he added, .” says Armstrong, “because, even though it was 18 woop pesics « avitine - wixres 2021 ‘Understanding the heat balance was also key. “You're bring- ing in cars that are 40 below in some occasions or you're bringing in cars that are hot. You've got the heat loss from the building and all the heat loss from the air exchange There was quite a lot of complexity in dealing with that garage and the way that energy flowed through the building” For Armstrong, Passive House “really isthe way construction needs to be headed in the face of the climate challenges wwe have “As the industry matures, as more products become available in the Canadian market, and with the expertise in the building community continuing to grow, we'll see the price coming down drastically for the production of these energy-efficient buildings,” he says. Armstrongadds that he’s grateful to the Scott family. “They took the risk ~ especially within the context of Alberta ~ to builda building like this in an oil-focused economy, to decide that they see it as valuable to their brand identity and to the suecess of the business.” IVE HOUS! ARCHITECT Cover Architectural Cllaborative Inc. STRUCTURAL ENGINEER LOG Engineering Inc. fea Dor AB Black Creek Developments Inc. Syn ake A Cover Architectural Callaborative In. PASSIVE HOUSE, Rezoning and Redeveloping 1 Lonsdale for the Future Joel Kranc At the corner of Lonsdale Avenue and. Carrie Cates Court in North Vancouver lies one of the country’s first Passive House commercial buildings, but 1 Lonsdale Avenue didn’t start that way. The property has been in the same family for three generations and, until recently, housed an Italian restaurant in a relatively derelict part of town near the waterfront. Since 2009, when the city government began a revitalization plan for the area, residents have seen the neighborhood change dramatically. With the creation of a master bike plan in 2012, the construction of new condo towers, and the completion of the Polygon photographic art gallery in 2017, the Babalos family decided to rezone and redevelop the property to reflect newer sensibilities and aesthetics, to fit the times. “When we realized there was an ‘opportunity to redevelop, we had an idea that we could develop this in a different inabetter way.” said Krystie Babalos, part owner of the project. “We started doing our due diligence...visting other Passive House buildingsacross the Lower Mainland, in Whistler, and in Pemberton, We started building our team, and the crux ofthis development process has been our team.” ‘Once assembled, the team needed to create something that not only paid hhomage to the past, but also paved the way to the future, “The client wanted to do something aggressive from an energy point of view and had done their research on Passive House, and we had done a Passive House factory in Pemberton in 2016,” says John Hemsworth, the architect on the project. Hemsworth adds that cone of the first challenges was being cognizant of the energy performance while at the same time using wood ‘materials that are familiar to traditional Vancouver construction, Architecturally, Hemsworth also notes the desire to push the envelope of design and create more natural light by exposing the glulam connections and beams through the windows to “mess withthe pattern” again, with the nod to energy performance. In fact, 1 Lonsdale Avenue was built using a glulam post-and-beam system with 5-ply CLT roof, floor, and shear wall panels, all manufactured in British Columbia, 20° woop pesiow @ auitoine ~ wiwreR 2021-22 Fabrication of the materials and assembly lasted from April 2020 to May 2021 (although assembly of the prefab finished building took only 10 days). Hemsworth’s involvement with the project started about six years before, Why the delay? ‘The previous restaurant owner is still slated to put a newrestaurantinthegroundiloorofthe new building. That portion has not yet been completed because the challenge is how to put a restaurant in a small footprint and get it to Passive House standards; this will require energy modeling and other approaches to make it work. Those standards mean the building will use up to 90% less energy than a conventional one, Mass timber helped the design team meet the stringent criteria while addressing the unique challenges of the tight space. ‘Other challenges that contributed to the delay included city administrative processes and the pandemic. Because there is little space and other buildings are very close to | Lonsdale, all of the CLT panels were fabricated to exact specifications, which helped reduce gaps and improve airtightness. “In order to ‘meet Passive House standards, you need really high level of air sealing, and you also need to insulate it,” says Hemsworth, CLT shear wall panels were pre-insulated a Sa an Aa Aa dn a na a aa Bringing a legacy of high performance to mass timber. PASSIVE HOUSE, to Passive House standards, then lowered by crane to overcome the constraints of the tight lot. “We got the full Passive House envelope, plus the full lack of air Teakage, and maintained the fire rating between the buildings. If youre going to build a high-performance building, it’s not just the energy it uses, it's the materials and embodied energy that go into it. Masstimber is better than using steel and concrete.” Because the building is located in British Columbia, which has a wood-first initiative, Hemsworth says his general approach to. construction is “Why not wood?” He adds that mass timber is simply a better and more efficient material, and allows for sustainability and carbon sequestration, assuming the wood is harvested properly. Also, the province is in a high seismic zone and may be prone to tremors or ‘earthquakes. Wood fares better in those instances than concrete because of its reduced weight. Lighter buildings also mean smaller foundations, which mean less material cost, and embodied energy. Challenges remain, of course. Supplies have been disrupted due to the popularity (of products such as glulam., Also, glulam has to be purchased early and money has tobe put up front. Thisisnot the case with steel. This, Hemsworth notes, may offer procurement challenges going forward. Nevertheless, the die for this construction model was east along time ago. “BC has been constructing buildings ‘out of wood since people got here,” says Hemsworth. “Were just usingtechnologies to recapture those lessons.” ARCHITECT Hemsworth Architecture anon, BC STRUCTURAL ENGINEER EQUILIBRIUM Consulting In. a KATERPA compary, Vancouver, BC Nalkoon Contracting Lta Noth vancower, BC Ema Peter (fnalKK Law (construction) 24 wooo pesiow @ avitoiNe Joel Kranc isan experienced and award-winning et, wit, and communications professional. 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