Wooden Skyscraper: Tall CLT, the building blocks of the future

C.F. Møller, Discipline, Energy and sustainability, Essay, High Density, Politics and economics, Senseable Technologies, Technology and fabrication, Urban Paradigms

Carbon-emissions, Carbon-neutral, Climate change, CO2 emissions, Cross Laminated Timber, Design-based research, Ecological agencies, Ecological researches, Energetic Approach, Energy consumption, Environmental&technological, Essay, Experimental Fabrications, Experimental housing, Future cities, Future projections, Housing, Innovation, Life expectancy, Local resources, Material experimentation, Modular housing, Natural materials, New materials, Prefab housing, Renewable resources, Responsive technologies, Self-sufficient Housing, Skyscrapers, Stockholm, Sustainability, Sustainable construction, Sweden, Technological Approach, Timber, Urban Paradigms, Wood, Wood construction, Wooden panels

Changing the way we build is part of an evolutionary and innovative approach that is essential within a worldwide movement towards a stronger circular bio-economy. Urban metabolism is a figurative way to describe the development from cities producing CO2 to future cities preserving CO2. The possibility of realizing tall timber buildings highlights an important change in the way we are designing our future.