{"id":36367,"date":"2017-11-13T14:06:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T14:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=36367"},"modified":"2017-11-13T14:06:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T14:06:51","slug":"hardwood-clt-at-the-forefront-in-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/hardwood-clt-at-the-forefront-in-indiana\/36367\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardwood CLT at the forefront in Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Design firm IKD has unveiled the first hardwood CLT (cross-laminated timber) structure in the United States at the 2017 Exhibit Columbus exhibition<\/h2>\n<p>The Conversation Plinth, which has won the Miller Prize, transforms the cityscape, and is situated in the main plaza of Columbus, Indiana for the duration of the exhibition until the end of November.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/exhibitcolumbus.org\/exhibition\/miller-prize-installations\">Miller Prize <\/a>competition honours J. Irwin Miller and Xenia S. Miller, two patrons of architecture, art and design by continuing their desire to enhance the community of Columbus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exhibitcolumbus.org\/exhibition\/conversation-plinth\">Conversation Plinth<\/a> aims to celebrate the community of Columbus while also paying homage to past revolutionaries of design. The structure takes inspiration from the conversation pit in the living room of the Miller House, as well as the plinths that raise the iconic surrounding landmarks such as Cleo Rogers Memorial Library, Eliel Saarinen\u2019s First Christian Church and the Large Arch designed by Henry Moore. The installation encircles the Moore statue with large timber disks rising upwards, encouraging viewers to change their perspective on the city. Illuminated at night, Conversation Plinth transforms the plaza in which it sits, reflecting the innovative nature of the historic city, offering a place for the community to come together to converse and to consider the design heritage of Columbus.<\/p>\n<p>Although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/unlocking-the-full-potential-of-offsite-timber-construction\/35401\">softwood CLT<\/a> is already in commercial use in the US, hardwood CLT is not. IKD was awarded a 2017<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.fed.us\/science-technology\/energy-forest-products\/wood-innovations-grants\"> Wood Innovation grant<\/a> by the United States Forest Service. The grant was given to develop the material innovation for both the installation and for product certification with the aim of mass production. Led by Yugon Kim and Tomomi Itakura, IKD developed a hardwood CLT made from a mix species, low value grade three common American hardwoods for use in the project.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36369 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hardwood-CLT-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Hardwood CLT\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hardwood-CLT-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hardwood-CLT-2-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hardwood-CLT-2-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hardwood-CLT-2-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hardwood-CLT-2-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hardwood-CLT-2-696x523.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hardwood-CLT-2-559x420.jpg 559w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Hardwood-CLT-2.jpg 855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Hardwood CLT offers numerous benefits over softwood, including superior mechanical properties, material volume savings, increased resistance to fire and higher quality appearance in visible settings as The Smile for London Design Festival 2016 demonstrated. This collaboration between Alison Brooks Architects, ARUP and the American Hardwood Export Council was the first structure ever built with industrial sized panels of hardwood CLT and is one year later still receiving awards for its innovation.<\/p>\n<p>The Conversation Plinth is also able to demonstrate the abilities of hardwood CLT, with the potential to act as a catalyst for a new timber industry. The project proves that the parts of logs harvested from Indiana\u2019s forests, currently being used to produce low value wood products, can be put to better use with Hardwood CLT. The installation shows that by upcycling low-value hardwood sawn logs, such as grade 3 common oak, maple and ash, a high value hardwood CLT can be made and subsequently used in commercial projects.<\/p>\n<p>The inspiring project ultimately seeks to revolutionise the timber industry by demonstrating the viability, value and benefits of hardwood CLT for Indiana and the Midwest. IKD hope that their project will work as a catalyst to initiate effects such as expanding and diversifying hardwood lumber markets, creating higher forest land value, increasing job growth in rural forestry and manufacturing and improving forest management practices to reduces wildfires and encourage biodiversity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Design firm IKD has unveiled the first hardwood CLT (cross-laminated timber) structure in the United States at the 2017 Exhibit Columbus exhibition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[702,594,676],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-36367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-architecture","8":"tag-building-design","9":"tag-construction"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hardwood CLT at the forefront in Indiana | Planning, Building &amp; 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