Integrated Building Systems

CLT Explorations seeks to make use of CLT as the primary structural component for a speculative office building to be located at Quonset Point, RI. The careful choice of materials aim to introduce and explore the standard building systems available, and re-interpret/translate those standards into a zero-energy design. Additionally, the project accounts for spatial flexibility to accommodate various office typologies. This lead to the introduction of peripheral circulation cores, floor plates that shift horizontally and create shared communal spaces. The created spaces could increase social interactions between floors.