Vancouver, Canada
Competition
In collaboration with Peter De Yi
2025
Competition
In collaboration with Peter De Yi
2025
Current timber towers strike a hard line between interior and exterior. In fact, it is often difficult to tell that a tower is made of mass timber from the outside. We propose a timber tower that wears a greenhouse coat. On one hand, this coat offers residents a third space between mechanically conditioned space and exterior unconditioned space: adaptable for different seasons and living configurations. On the other hand, this coat unveils the mass timber structure of the building while sheltering it from the elements. The result is a tower with a timber structure that can be experienced and seen. The tower becomes a billboard for a city reimagined and rebuilt through mass timber.