is there no longer room for innovation or experimentation in US architecture?
are our construction costs too high?
are our building codes too restrictive?
are our procurement processes to narrow?
is our construction industry incapable of rapid chage?
are our construction costs too high?
are our building codes too restrictive?
are our procurement processes to narrow?
is our construction industry incapable of rapid chage?
the most minimal, high performance sliding doors aren't made in the US, they're Swiss
sky-frame.com/en/sky-frame-w…
sky-frame.com/en/sky-frame-w…
the highest performing windows in the world?
they're not made in the US. they're manufactured in places notorious for conservative industries, but that are adopting stringent energy codes - like germany, austria.
passivhausfenster.com/privatkunden/p…
they're not made in the US. they're manufactured in places notorious for conservative industries, but that are adopting stringent energy codes - like germany, austria.
passivhausfenster.com/privatkunden/p…
and even places that aren't so conservative - chine is eating our lunch on high performance windows...
database.passivehouse.com/en/components/…
database.passivehouse.com/en/components/…
there's virtually no jurisdiction in the US where you could get away with a 7 story building served by a single stair. 8-10 possible in parts of germany, austria...
kaden + lager's skaio in manneim? mass timber hybrid, 10 floors. archdaily.com/949490/skaio-w…
kaden + lager's skaio in manneim? mass timber hybrid, 10 floors. archdaily.com/949490/skaio-w…
the 85m/280 ft tall mjostarnet in norway is the tallest purely mass timber building in the world.
the new US mass timber codes will only allow 85 feet before some level of encapsulation
archdaily.com/934374/mjostar…
the new US mass timber codes will only allow 85 feet before some level of encapsulation
archdaily.com/934374/mjostar…
cree by rhomberg's LCT one 8-floor prefab mass timber demonstration project is nearly a decade old.
also a single stair exit.
also a single stair exit.
mass timber in the EU is over 20 years old. guess where all the CLT fabrication systems are made?
i'll give you a hint. it's not the US...
hundegger - innovationen fuer den Holzbau
hundegger.com/en_us/company
i'll give you a hint. it's not the US...
hundegger - innovationen fuer den Holzbau
hundegger.com/en_us/company
dense, architect-led, family friendly, community-oriented, low energy social housing?
virtually non-existent in the US.
you'll find it in vienna...
vimeo.com/191659582
virtually non-existent in the US.
you'll find it in vienna...
vimeo.com/191659582
the IBA in stuttgart is ongoing and being utilized to re-orient the region as a productive, compact, sustainable, and livable...
where is our building exhibition?
iba27.de/en/home/
where is our building exhibition?
iba27.de/en/home/
daemmbeton - insulating concrete?
another product that was effectively invented here, but perfected to an art in germany and switzerland...
dbz.de/artikel/dbz_De…
another product that was effectively invented here, but perfected to an art in germany and switzerland...
dbz.de/artikel/dbz_De…
where in the US can an architect develop a 6-story urban building using prefabricated, standard concrete components?
zoning, financing options that allow this?
concrete plant that mfr's them?
archdaily.com/928487/wohnreg…
zoning, financing options that allow this?
concrete plant that mfr's them?
archdaily.com/928487/wohnreg…
US manufacturers of thermally broken components?
again, germany's been the industry leader on a lot of this
builder, engineer didn't glaze over when i mentioned we'd need it on school i was working on in bayern
schoeck.com/en/isokorb
again, germany's been the industry leader on a lot of this
builder, engineer didn't glaze over when i mentioned we'd need it on school i was working on in bayern
schoeck.com/en/isokorb
innovation on energetic retrofits? where is our energiesprong?
where are the banks working to make this financially feasible?
vimeo.com/298156304
where are the banks working to make this financially feasible?
vimeo.com/298156304
prefabricated, robotically-tamped rammed earth walls?
yeah, that's possible. austria, not austin.
can even add insulation
yeah, that's possible. austria, not austin.
can even add insulation
the insulation that they use? it's schaumglas (foam glass)
you can even use it under your concrete slabs as insulation, in lieu of petrol-based foams.
schaumglasgranulat. it's gorgeous, and it's not manufactured in the US. you can import it tho.
you can even use it under your concrete slabs as insulation, in lieu of petrol-based foams.
schaumglasgranulat. it's gorgeous, and it's not manufactured in the US. you can import it tho.
these are things that i've been harping on for over a decade now.
my hair is gray.
we still only have one certified multifamily passivhaus building in seattle.
there aren't yet any multifamily mass timber buildings, or mass timber towers in seattle.
my hair is gray.
we still only have one certified multifamily passivhaus building in seattle.
there aren't yet any multifamily mass timber buildings, or mass timber towers in seattle.
incredibly, we can't even build duplexes in most of the city!
there's not a single pedestrian zone here. this is also true for most of the US - not even just pedestrian zones, but pedestrianized streets.
there's not a single pedestrian zone here. this is also true for most of the US - not even just pedestrian zones, but pedestrianized streets.
and don't get me going on ecodistricts.
i talked with a friend today who's been trying to work on them directly and indirectly for years. not much hope for anything in the near future.
there's just no leadership on this
i talked with a friend today who's been trying to work on them directly and indirectly for years. not much hope for anything in the near future.
there's just no leadership on this
https://twitter.com/holz_bau/status/1360112142381248514?s=20
definitely believe industry-connected entity - instead of government - writing building and energy codes is deeply problematic and a large part of why our strongest energy codes are still a decade behind the EU and its nearly Zero Energy Bldgs req't
ec.europa.eu/energy/content…
ec.europa.eu/energy/content…
i don't know the solution to this, but hoping for:
developers to build sustainable buildings
architects to design sustainable buildings
banks to finance sustainable, affordable buildings
isn't going to cut it. it hasn't in the EU.
developers to build sustainable buildings
architects to design sustainable buildings
banks to finance sustainable, affordable buildings
isn't going to cut it. it hasn't in the EU.
germany's KfW bank (a state-owned development bank - hey, speaking of - shouldn't the US have some of these???) has funded a large number of energetic retrofits - as well as new buildings
kfw.de/KfW-Group/News…
kfw.de/KfW-Group/News…
15 minute cities, circularity, ultra-low energy buildings, rapid uptake and improvements in the mass timber/value added timber industry will all become much more prominent w/ the european green deal - which includes large support for industrial change
ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/…
ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/…
there is so little movement on these issues in the US, it is unreal.
since coming back from living & working in germany, that disparity has only grown.
i have so much angst around this & our systemic inability to do anything about it, except for tiny little things here or there
since coming back from living & working in germany, that disparity has only grown.
i have so much angst around this & our systemic inability to do anything about it, except for tiny little things here or there
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