The installation, a collaboration between Waugh Thistleton Architects<\/a>, the American Hardwood Export Council<\/a> and Arup<\/a>, is designed to demonstrate how modular construction<\/a> using cross-laminated tulipwood timber is a viable solution to the housing crisis.<\/p>\n The structure is made of 17 modules of American tulipwood CLT manufactured offsite with digitally fabricated joints \u2013 the first UK-manufactured cross-laminated timber panels. The pavilion was assembled in under a week and can be taken apart and reassembled elsewhere after the festival.<\/p>\n Tulipwood is sourced from the eastern United States, where the hardwood forest area exceeds 110m hectares and is expanding at the rate of one football pitch every minute. The 43m3 of American tulipwood that make up MultiPly store the equivalent of 30 tonnes of carbon dioxide and are replaced with natural growth in five minutes.<\/p>\n \u201cThe main ambition of this project is to publicly debate how environmental challenges can be addressed through innovative, affordable construction,\u201d said Andrew Waugh, co-founder of Waugh Thistleton Architects.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are at a crisis point in terms of both housing and CO2 emissions, and we believe that building in a versatile, sustainable material, such as tulipwood, is an important way of addressing these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n Location:<\/strong> V&A, London<\/p>\n Project team:<\/strong> Waugh<\/p>\n Completion:<\/strong> September 2018<\/p>\n Thistleton Architects, the American Hardwood Export Council & Arup<\/p>\n