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Arcat Detailed Podcast Episode
56: Mass Ply | Sideyard
36m 39s |
In this episode, Cherise is joined by Brent Grubb, Principal at Skylab Architecture in Portland, Oregon. They discuss Sideyard, a five-story, 20,000 sf mixed-use building in Portland, Oregon.
A leftover berm space was created when the City of Portland constructed a new one-way Couch Street couplet, reconnecting the roadway to the Burnside Bridge. Skylab and Key Development reimagined this small 9,000 sf lot as a new development and proposed a new building concept exclusively focused on pedestrian, bicycle and public transit access called Sideyard.
The design approach for Sideyard was to create a working class building with restaurants, shops, bars and creative office space above. The unusual wedge-shaped site was structured utilizing a prefabricated CLT framework with cast-in-place concrete cores. Within the concrete cores, new mass ply stairways were assembled as both fire escape and floor-to-floor access paths.
This project had unique challenges and opportunities:
- a 9,000 sf, unusual wedge-shaped site that was considered to have no value, innovative use of mass ply for egress stairs,
- utilizing a prefabricated CLT framework to reduce cost and schedule, and address limited site access for construction, - and much more!
A leftover berm space was created when the City of Portland constructed a new one-way Couch Street couplet, reconnecting the roadway to the Burnside Bridge. Skylab and Key Development reimagined this small 9,000 sf lot as a new development and proposed a new building concept exclusively focused on pedestrian, bicycle and public transit access called Sideyard.
The design approach for Sideyard was to create a working class building with restaurants, shops, bars and creative office space above. The unusual wedge-shaped site was structured utilizing a prefabricated CLT framework with cast-in-place concrete cores. Within the concrete cores, new mass ply stairways were assembled as both fire escape and floor-to-floor access paths.
This project had unique challenges and opportunities:
- a 9,000 sf, unusual wedge-shaped site that was considered to have no value, innovative use of mass ply for egress stairs,
- utilizing a prefabricated CLT framework to reduce cost and schedule, and address limited site access for construction, - and much more!
Photo Credit: Stephen A. Miller
Topics Discussed:
Interstate Brick
Georgia Pacific Dens Element
Lighting
Storefront and Curtain Wall
CLT Panels
Glu-lam Members
Plywood Panels
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Topics Discussed:
Interstate Brick
Georgia Pacific Dens Element
Lighting
Storefront and Curtain Wall
CLT Panels
Glu-lam Members
Plywood Panels
