UPM-Biofore-Magazine-2-2019

THE BUILDINGS of the Future Africa Innovation Campus at the University of Pretoria were designed like puzzles, to be prefabricated, brought to the site and constructed using local labour. WISA-Birch plywood was used in a building frame, wall

panelling, furniture, doors and ceilings.

IN JAPAN , Sumimoto Forestry aims to build a 350-metre skyscraper predominantly of wood by 2041. The project is part of Sumimoto’s broader vision of a future city blending with forests and nature through increased timber construction. 90% of the materials used is planned to be wooden and the remaining 10% to be steel.

From furniture, bridges to playgrounds – timber products offer a solution that is technically advanced, healthy, safe and mitigates climate change.

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