Portland CLT building utilizes empty street to create office space

by sadia_badhon | July 8, 2019 12:13 pm

Skylab Architecture creates a timber office building in an unused street in Portland, Orgeon. Image courtesy Skylab Architecture[1]
Skylab Architecture creates a timber office building in an unused street in Portland, Oregon.
Image courtesy Skylab Architecture

When the City of Portland, Oregon, built a new one-way street couplet reconnecting the roadway to a nearby street, a leftover 1858 m2 (20,000 sf) berm space was created. Utilizing that space, Skylab Architecture[2] designed B76, a wedge-shaped building featuring a cross-laminated timber (CLT) structural system.

The structure was designed as a working-class building aimed at public transportation connectivity, pedestrian openness, and bicycle priority access. The ground floor will be activated by storefronts and a work space above.

The work space will be wrapped in brick masonry with the building acting as an anchor and a gateway to the eastside community. The development helps to strengthen the connection between the community and the westside downtown urban core.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.constructionspecifier.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Opener-6.jpg
  2. Skylab Architecture: https://skylabarchitecture.com/

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