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PREFACE I am focussing on the timber industry in Vancouver. Historically, this is the industry that the city was built on, and looking forward, this is the industry and material of the future with huge sustainable benefits. Vancouver aims to be the greenest city by 2020 and therefore to reduce our current carbon footprint in the built environment, Vancouver must lead in the forefront as a city that is pushing the globe into more sustainable living. Unfortunately, currently the industry is in decline due to a decline in demand from the US, one of British Columbia’s biggest importer of timber, as well as a pine beetle infestation that has spread throughout the forests of BC, making a lot of the wood unusable and unsellable. Many of the lumberjacks that have been put out of work due to the closure of sawmills have recently been protesting through the streets of Vancouver filling the streets with lorries. This is a big issue in the city and its visible. So there are a few events at play that will affect what happens to the industry. The city is currently preparing for an earthquake in the near future, and with much of the city being made up of concrete and glass, these will be affected the most in the event of an earthquake. The city of Vancouver is therefore in need of a seismic upgrade to ensure that the city can withstand it with as little damage as possible. I am proposing a timber innovation centre on Mitchell island. Its aim is to reinvigorate the dying timber industry by allowing the workers that have been in the industry for generations to develop the material to futuristic possibilities. A new part of the industry that is isolated and protected from any potential disease and infestation.
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TIMBER With wood being the staple trade of Canada for most of the 19th century, it encouraged the building of villages, towns, roads and contributed largely to its economic growth. Logging was essentially a winter occupation as the trees were easier to fell when their sap was not running. Canada holds 10% of the world’s forests, most of which are publicly owned. The largest of the forests are found in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia. I will focus into the forests and sawmills in British Columbia as Canadas richest forest diversity is found along its coast, some of which include Douglas Fir, Western Hemlock, Western Red, Cedar, Silver / Balsam, Fir, Yellow Cypress, White Pine and Spruce. A decline in the demand for timber in the recent years has caused multiple sawmills across British Columbia to shut down temporarily and some permanently, putting thousands of workers out of a job and hundreds more looking at reduced shifts. Two main reasons for this are; low lumber market prices across North America and the destruction caused by wildfires and a severe mountain pine beetle infestation, both linked to global warming — have also created acute shortages of wood fibre in B.C. that will take decades to replace.
VA N C O U V E R , B R I T I S H C O L U M B I A Logbooms exist throughout the rivers of British Columbia. Carrying Logs from forest to Sawmill. This trade built the cities of British Columbia and s t i l l e x i s t t o t h i s d a y. H o w e v e r, i t i s a d y i n g t r a d e and my focus is to start the revival of the timber t r a d e i n o r d e r f o r Va n c o u v e t o b e c o m e a l e a d e r i n the Timber Age.
TIMBER LOGGING Visual History of Logging in Britishh Columbia.
Barnet Lumber Co. Ltd.
Wood was the staple trade of Canada for most of the 19th century. It encouraged exploration, and the building of towns, villages and roads. The timber trade also contributed to the economic stability. Logging was essentially a winter occupation, as the trees were easier to fell when their sap was not running.
TIMBER LOGGING T i m b e r L i f e C y c l e - Fo r e s t t o H u m a n .
Demonstration of the the logging industry and the process from forest to river. The Logs travel downstream acoross the stste to reach the Sawmills. Many of which are located along the banks of Fraser River.
CA NA DA Fo r e s t Z o n e s
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Canada holds 10% of the worlds forests, 94% of which are pubicly owned. 3 000 000 km2 of forest
Largest areas of forest are found in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia.
BRITISH COLUMBIA Fo r e s t Z o n e s
Canadas richest forest diversity is found along the British Columbia coast. Native Trees Hemlock Fir Western Red Cedar Douglas Fir Less than a fraction of 1% of the total coast forest is logged annually.
Coastal Forest
Interior Forest
41,159,000 acres Quarter of the worlds temperate forest
193,244,000 acres
Douglas Fir Western Hemlock Western Red Cedar Silver / Basam Fir Yellow Cyress White Pine Spruce
Englemann Spruce Western Yellow Pine Western Larch White Spruce
BRITISH COLUMBIA Coastal / Interior
North Coast and Nechaco
Northeast Two of Three OSB Mills in British Columbia
Cariboo Largest lumber producing region in British Columbia
Thompson Okanagan 10 Plywood / Veneer/ Panel Mills
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Vancouver Island Coast Most paper and pulp proction than any region
Mainland SouthWest 45% of the forest industrys total contribution to provincial GDP
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Norbord OSB Mill - 100 Mile House Louisiana Pacific Peace Valley OSB Mill - Fort St. John Canfor Sawmill - Mackenzie Parallel 55 Fingerjoint Plant - Mackenzie Tolko Industries lumber mill - Kelowna
Canfor Sawmill - Vavenby Conifex Sawmill - Fort St. James Interfor Hammond Sawmill - Maple Ridge Teal-Jones Harvesting Operations - Boston Bar Teal-Jones Harvesting Operations - Honeymoon Bay Tolko Industries Sawmill - Quesnel West Fraser Chasm Sawmill - 70 Mile House Teal-Jones Harvesting Operations - Pitt Lake
Shift Reductions & Contailment Canfor Sawmill - Isle Pierre (Prince George Canfor Sawmill - Houston Canfor Sawmill - Plateau Tolko Soda Creek Stud Lumber Mill - Williams Lake Tolko Soda Creek Stud Lumber Mill - Williams Lake West Fraser Forest Industries - Chetwynd West Fraser Forest Industries - Fraser Lake West Fraser Forest Industries - Quesnel West Fraser Forest Industries - Williams Lake West Fraser Forest Industries - Williams Lake West Fraser Forest Industries - 100 Mile House
PINE BEETLE Timber Species British Columbia
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PROCESSES OF TIMBER
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Hundreds of Lumberjacks take to the streets of Vancouver protesting against the closure of several major Sawmills across the country. Many out of jobs and with reduced shifts, the skilled workers that have had generartions in the same industry cut off from the industry.
KINDER MORGAN PIPELINE The building of the Kinder Morgan Pipeline went against all p r o m i s e s m a d e b y t h e g o v e r n m e n t t o k e e p w i t h Tr u d e a u ’ s ” G r e e n Va n c o u v e r 2 0 2 0 A c t i o n P l a n ” , c a u s i n g a d i v i d e b e t w e e n n a t i v e g r o u p s a c r o s s t h e c o u n t r y.
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Going against climate chnage plan by approving Kinder Morgan Pipeline. Millions of dollars spent towards the project.
A coalition of First Nations located along the transmountain route in British Columbia determined to purchase the pipelinefrom the federal government,
Chief Lee Spahan is taking government to court over over the pipeline as he is concerned about the communitys drinking water.
Chief Le Bourdais of the Whispering Pines leads the group.
The transmountain pipeline runs under the full length of his community, Merrit, BC. Coldwater first nations sits on a aquifer of potable water that they can drink without treatment.
PINE BEETLE Pine Beetle Infestation
The Pine bettle investation of the British Columbia forests has spread at an unimaginable pace. This has contributed to the mass closure of sawmills across British Columbia. With timber unusable this is an enormous setback for the timber industry. My proposal looks to create a hub where timber is safe from attack while solutions are created within the innovation centre.
PINE BEETLE Pine Beetle Infestation
Mountain Pine Beetle 2002 - 2006 Mountain Pine Beetle 2007 - 2011 2006 Leading Edge 2011 Leading Edge
PINE BEETLE Pine Beetle Infestation
The beetle has a one-year lifespan in most of its range. Lifespan may be shorter or longer depending on local temperatures. Adult beetles colonize new host trees in July or August. Female beetles release chemicals called aggregation pheromones, which communicate with other beetles to go to that tree. Female beetles eat tunnels (“galleries�) into the inner bark of the tree to lay eggs. Newly hatched larvae eat further into the tree. Larvae usually spend the winter in the tree and complete their development the following spring; pupating in June or July. Lodgepole pine is an important commercial tree harvested to produce timber in western Canada. But the land area where lodgepole pine grows is shrinking, and remaining stands of this tree are experiencing unprecedented attacks from mountain pine beetle. At the same time, the demand for wood is increasing. As a result, increasing the amount of useful timber that can be harvested from the remaining forest is becoming more important. Lodgepole pine forests are often very dense and slow growing, making it difficult to ensure tree harvesting is commercially viable. Thinning (limiting the number of trees in an area) can increase how fast the trees grow, resulting in larger logs at harvest, but also affecting the total amount of wood produced.
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THE CIRCLE OF LIFE The Alchemists
The New Achemy Institute - Dome designed by Jay Baldwin Silent Spring is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson. The book was published on September 27, 1962, documenting the adverse environmental effects caused by the indiscriminate use of pesticides. Carson accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation, and public officials of accepting the industry’s marketing claims unquestioningly. Gaia Hypothesis - James Lovelock The Whole Earth Catalogue - Baldwin (editor) A harmonious system of organic farming, renewable energy, sustainable architecture, waste treatment and ecosystem restoration. No pesticides / chemicals, no fossil fuels, no waste, no pollution, low impact, energy efficient. John Todd the driving force behind the NAI “The idea of doing activities from various disciplines – energy, architecture, agriculture, waste water, you name it – was simply not possible within the university setting at that time.” “Each time we make a connection, as in nature itself, the whole becomes more stable, more strong and more healthy,”
Le Corbusier “Machine for living” vs New Alchemists “Living machine”
FILM Environmental Utopian / Distopian Influences
10 march 1972 (USA) drama / sci-fi In a future where all flora is extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth’s botany, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.
10 march 1973 (USA) Drama / Fantasy A depiction of a world ravaged by the greenhouse effect and overpopulation.
M E TA B O L I C M O V E M E N T Scale, Self Sustainable, Organic, Eathquake resistant, away from urban sprawl.
METABOLIC MOVEMENT Metabolism - Japanese originating response to post world war issues in urbanism. This was a city that was confronting the matters of density and functionality. Fused ideas about architectural megastructures with those of organic biological growth. Below : Marine city 1958 - 1st major player in the movement. A floating metropolis in the ocean that was self sustainable, flexible, clean, safe, earthquake resistant, impervious to flooding, away from the urban sprawl. Kiyonori Kikutake, Kisho Kurokawa, Fumihiko Maki
DYMAXION HOUSE Collage of Timber Life Cycle
DYMAXION HOUSE - BUCKMINSTER FULLER Dymaxion House - (DY)namic, (MAX)imum, Tens(ION) A futuristing dwelling made up of elements produced in a factory and moved to different locations. In 1920, Fuller wished to build a sustainable autonomous family dwelling. The house displyed forward thinking and influential innovations in prefabrication and sustainability.
SITE Mitchell Island is located between Vancouver, Sea Island and Richmond. The island was once the home of the area’s first successful pioneer farmer: Alexander Mitchell. “Mitchell recognized the importance of establishing a permanent link to Vancouver from North Richmond and successfully argued for the Fraser Street Bridge to be constructed in 1893. A historically argricultural site, the Island has grown to become a heavily industrial piece of land and hosts a number of warehouses and sawmills. The sawmills that The only way to get on and off the island by road or walking is through on- and off-ramps near the middle of the Knight Street Bridge. There is also a bus stop near the exit and entrance from the bridge; however, buses do not travel on the island itself.
E A R T H Q U A K E H O T S P O T S - VA N C O U V E R Areas that are predicted to be hit the hardest with earthquake.
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As Mitchell Island falls into the ‘safe zone’ for a probable earthquake, it would be an ideal site to develop what may be a supply system to the city in preparation for upgrading the city’s infrastructure and moving to timber typologies to replce the existing and out dated concrete and glazing city make up.
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16 Pattar Sawmills LTD 17 Delta Cedar Products LTD 18 Norvik 19 Cantree 20 Primex Acorn DIV 21 Mill & Timber 22 Sooke Forest PDTS 23 CFP 24 Fletcher Challeng - Fraser 25 Fletcher Challeng - Plywood 26 IFP MacKenzie 27 Telken IND 28 Clayton Cedar 29 Teal Cedar Products 30 West CDA Hardboard
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C O N T E X T UA L PA L E T T E S T U DY An exploration of industrial and natural textures taken from a segment of Mitchell Island
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Bright Blue tin cladded sawmills. Traditionally built in this style.
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INDUSTRIAL LEISURE AMENITIES RESIDENTIAL POWER STATIONS BUILT UP AREA TRANSIT CENTRE
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FINAL DECLARATION Vancouver’s once functioning sawmills and timber industry have been in decline over the past few years largely due to a changing economy and a mountain pine beetle epidemic. With Vancouver’s “Greenest City action plan” set in place, as well as a high magnitude earthquake predicted in the near future, timber is the material that will be the most suitable to replace the current city make up and prevent future damage. Mitchell island, home to three major sawmills in the industry now seems a fallen industrial dystopia with the colossal sawmills now still, Fraser river a graveyard for timber logs that cannot be processed. With the foundations already in place from a rich history of timber processing and production, I seek to revive the industry and highlight the traditional methods as well as allow space for advanced research and innovative ideas, all with a sustainable future with wood at the forefront. The Timber Innovation Centre on Michell Island aims to be the start of many that will follow with the reopening of sawmills that have undergone curtailment across British Columbia. With an innovation bridging across and connecting Mitchell island to mainland Vancouver, the resources can be enhanced and modernised while preserving the true nature of the existing structures. The project aims to embody and showcase the complete life cycle of wood. From the starting process of being grown, to cut down, to its journey downstream the Fraser river to a sawmill, and finally to the point where it is decided on what it will become in the built environment. The innovation centre will provide spaces for high tech engineers to experiment and create technologies for a future earthquake proof Vancouver. A platform for biologists to learn about the pine beetle and how they can be contained, as well as working with timber that has already been affected, this would aim to allow all processed timber usable. The Timber Innovation Centre invites the public to gain an insight into the golden timber age, they will be able to visit the island and purchase products while being immersed in the timber production line.
AXONOMETRIC VIEW / MITCHELL ISLAND Timber Innovation Masterplanning process
Pedestrian / Cyclists bridge Access to Innovation Centre Timber Collection Point Public markets / Auditorium
Terminal Forest Sawmill
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Biological Wing Pine Beetle Labs / Research
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CONCEPT UAL DIAGRAM OF PROCESSES ON SITE Stages 01,02,03,04 & 05
05. EXPORT TO M A I N L A N D VA N C O U V E R
04. BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH MICRO SCALE
0 2 . T I M B E R T R E AT M E N T QUARANTINE
01. TIMBER COLLECTION POINT
01. TIMBER COLLECTION POINT
0 2 . T I M B E R T R E AT M E N T QUARANTINE 03. ENGINEERING LARGE SCALE SEISMIC RESEARCH 04. BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH MICRO SCALE 05. EXPORT TO M A I N L A N D VA N C O U V E R
06. PINE TREE FOREST
06. PINE TREE FOREST
03. ENGINEERING LARGE SCALE SEISMIC RESEARCH
MITCHELL ISLAND 1:2000 Site Plan
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Bridging across from South Vancouver to Mitchell Island with the process of te timber being collected on arrival to the bridge.
BRIDGE S CALE >> MACRO Timber enters Mitchell Island via The Bridge People enter Mitchell Island via The Bridge
Al l ti m be r con n e cti on s d e m on strati n g the ti m be r ve rn a cu la r that wi l l con ti n u e a cros s the s i te - s ha d i n g that va r i e s to a l low for vi ews u p to the s ky a n d to the p roce s s of log col le cti on .
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T i m be r col le cti on p oi n t - i n s p i re d by the tra d ti on a l m ethod of log col le cti on from the r ive r a n d ke e p i n g to a n a l l ti m be r con n e cti on d eta i l.
P O I N T 0 2 / / WA R E H O U S E Timber arrives to warehouse after collection from The Bridge. Logs are stored and sorted before being milled or moving on to Biologists for study FRASER RIVER
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WA R E H O U S E S CALE >> MACRO Studies of timber on medium scale / Storage / Export point / Experimentation space
Steel slip connect ion at t he t ip whe re t he s la n ted t imbe r columns meet. The t imbe r lou vre s create shading and t he diag rid effect s a l lows flooding ight into t he warehouse.
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WA R E H O U S E S CALE >> MACRO Studies of timber on medium scale /
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A d i ffe re n t t a ke on the i ndu str i a l wa rehouse, movi n g to a n ew type of i ndu str i a l typolog y. T h e s p a ce a l lows for i novative ways of t im b e r b u il d in g, invi ti ng pe opl e to l ook into t he p ro c e s s a n d o rd e r the str u ctu re type s to t heir h o me s o r to bu il di ngs i n the ma i nl a nd.
POINT 03 // BIOLOGISTS An environment provided for biologists to study the Pine trees & The Mountain Pine Beetle at a smaller scale. Each lightweight structure adaptable allowing for specificc studies to specific Pines.
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BIOLOGISTS / SCALE >> MICRO Pine Beetle Studies / Ground Plan
Pi n e Co ne c ollecti o n nets for the
st udy a n d p re s e r vati on of the he a lthy and u n he a lthy p i n e tre e s.
Sa p Collecti o n Pa ns to col le ct the s a p
from the p i n e tre e s that p rod u ce la rge a m ou n ts whe n i n d e fe n s e from the P i n e B e etle at ta ck.
Ti mb e r d oor d etai l il lustrat ing t he re -u s e of t he wood t hat has bee n visual ly m a rke d by t he Pine B eet le at t ack.
BIOLOGISTS / SCALE >> MICRO P i n e B e e t l e S t u d i e s / Tr e e C a n o p y P l a n
BIOLOGISTS / SCALE >> MICRO Pine Beetle Studies / Moveable Structures
Within th e B io L a b
Looking up at t h e Pin e Tre e b e in g st udie d
P O I N T 0 4 / / WA T E R F R O N T / L O G L E V E L V I E W I N G P O I N T S CALE >> MACRO Boat structure inspired the treatment on the waterfront
FRASER RIVER
MITCHELL ISLAND
FRASER RIVER
POINT 04 POINT 03
POINT 01 POINT 02
WAT E R F R O N T / L O G L E V E L V I E W I N G P O I N T S CALE >> MACRO B o a t s t r u c t u r e i n s p i r e d t h e t r e a t m e n t o n t h e Wa t e r f r o n t
Canopy Level Plan Warehouse space converted to Timber Materiality
Ground / Market Level Plan Market space for public to enjoy and slow down on the banks f Fraser river alongside the Logs.
Fraser River Level Plan Logging Viewpoint
WAT E R F R O N T / L O G L E V E L V I E W I N G P O I N T S CALE >> MACRO B o a t s t r u c t u r e i n s p i r e d t h e t r e a t m e n t o n t h e Wa t e r f r o n t
Warehouses surrounding he timber waterfront. Public invited into the space after having eperienced the timber spaces across the island
Tensile fabric covers the semi open market warehouse.
Spaces on wate timber crafts and sold on to
er level that allow to be showcased those visiting.
Overhang arms structurs that act as shading nd give a nautical environment on the waterfront.
Floating and overhanging arms that mimic early canoes tht stretch out to the passing logs.
Logs that have trvelled from the mainland now passing by about to go through the bridge and up to the sawmill.
WAT E R F R O N T / L O G L E V E L V I E W I N G P O I N T S CALE >> MACRO B o a t s t r u c t u r e i n s p i r e d t h e t r e a t m e n t o n t h e Wa t e r f r o n t
WAT E R F R O N T / L O G L E V E L V I E W I N G P O I N T S CALE >> MACRO B o a t s t r u c t u r e i n s p i r e d t h e t r e a t m e n t o n t h e Wa t e r f r o n t
WAT E R F R O N T / L O G L E V E L V I E W I N G P O I N T S CALE >> MACRO B o a t s t r u c t u r e i n s p i r e d t h e t r e a t m e n t o n t h e Wa t e r f r o n t
POINT 01 // THE BRIDGE
P O I N T 0 2 / / WA R E H O U S E
POINT 03 // BIOLOGISTS
P O I N T 0 4 / / WA T E R F R O N T / L O G L E V E L
TIMBER ISL AND.