Course Overview
A pilot project in Washington State tests the use of CLT to design and construct three modular classroom buildings in Western Washington. Funded by the Washington State Legislature, the project investigated the viability of CLT as a means to build quality K‐3 classrooms to accommodate increased population and new WA State education laws. By using CLT, the project team designed a building that could be deployed on almost any existing school site and be built over a summer break without impacting ongoing operations. Compared to traditional portable classrooms, the CLT classroom buildings are longer lasting, more functional, and aesthetically superior.
Learning Objectives
- Building a broad‐based CLT coalition and the unified strategies for securing legislative state support and funding ($5.5 mil USD).
- Architectural design and detailing strategies used to create an innovative learning environment by using CLT.
- Project scheduling, costing, construction and lessons learned through building the modern classrooms at these three schools.
- Utilizing a design‐build delivery method.
Course Video
Speaker Bio
Joe Mayo, AIA LEED AP
Architect
Mahlum Architects
Joseph Mayo is an architect in Seattle at Mahlum and author of Solid Wood: Mass Timber Architecture, Technology and Design, the first book devoted solely to mass timber commercial buildings.
He recently completed three CLT classroom buildings in Washington State, is currently designing modular CLT townhomes and is working with a broad coalition to allow taller mass timber buildings in Washington State.