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MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY
secondary materials in the joinery
system, and this decision has led us to
work with lap joinery throughout the
structure,” said Dr Erdine.
ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDE
IS MAINTAINED IN ITS
FABRICATION AND
INSTALLMENT
Lifecycle assessment (LCA) of the
reclaimed timber planks employed for
the construction highlights information
for the preliminary design phase.
Analysis of most plywood types used
for external construction versus solid
timber planks demonstrates that CO2
emissions of plywood are higher than
solid planks during the preparation
stage.
Dr Milad Showkatbakhsh, studio master
at EmTech, said, “The employment
of LCA in computational workflows
as a design driver has enabled us to
take into consideration CO2 emissions
associated with the material itself, its
origins, and transportation to site.”
Eleana Polychronaki, studio tutor at
EmTech, added, “There is also an
app for visitors of the pavilion. The
augmented reality (AR) app allows
users to find out about the LCA of the
pavilion, information on its design
and fabrication processes, as well as
various visualisation options, including
a scaled AR projection of the pavilion.
The app also shows the story of the
reclaimed timber that is used for
construction, where it came from, and
what its first lifecycle was.”
THIRD LIFE
At the end of its second lifecycle,
Re-Emerge will be disassembled. Part
of the pavilion will be erected in the
Hassell offices in London and part
of it will be send back to the timber
recycling facilities where it
was resourced from. The ambition
of Re-Emerge is to create a dialogue
between the local timber industry and
its by-products, and to demonstrate
to the world that timber architecture
can be created with construction
waste, while maintaining a mindful
approach towards our environment.
The pavilion is open to the public on
the corner of Bedford Square opposite
AA until 25 Nov 2023. WIA
1 Reclaimed timber pallets’ structural and morphological
capacities are explored and exploited in Re-Emerge
2 The structural system is comprised of volumetric timber
diamond-shaped modules that are created by scoring and
kerfing wood pallets
3 For this collaboration, Hassell gave the students the challenge
to keep the carbon footprint of the project to a minimum and
only use reclaimed timber
4 The Re-Emerge pavilion explores new design and construction
technologies that repurpose materials which have completed
their first lifecycle towards structural formations
3 4
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