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Project: YWCA affordable housing building in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
#Prefabricated building components got this project off the ground fast.
Design Specs:
41-units
4 stories
23,000 square feet
Assembled in only 20 days
Prefabricated components for the structure & building envelope reduced the construction schedule.
#CLT Specs:
The mass timber is exposed inside the building
Ground floor entrance has glulam beams and columns
CLT floors, roof, demising walls between units, exterior walls, elevator shafts & stairwells
"Based on the success of this project, we proceeded to work on a second building on the same site — YWCA Building 2, an affordable housing 10-unit mass timber building for mothers and children who have experienced homelessness." - Patrick Chouinard, Element5
Partners:
HGC
Element5
Edge Architects
Pliteq is installing the sustainable GenieMat FF10 in this project to address accoustic challenges.
This success story of saving time, money and people is amazing, great work to the entire team.
Come see how Acoustical Challenges are solved in residential housing from Aedan Callaghan's Presentation at the 2024 Mass Timber Group Summit in Denver Aug 1st & 2nd!
And hear from Element5's Lee Scott on how Mass Timber is being used to address the housing crises.
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#MassTimber #CrossLaminatedTimber #MassTimberConstruction
(Renderings and Photos from Edge Architects, Zeedrone, & Riley Snelling)