Hybrid Timber
Supertall Tower
DIALOG’s team of architects, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers, interior designers, and landscape architects came together to ask: how high and, how sustainable can we go with a ‘supertall’?
Our answer: 105 stories or more.
Our prototype is designed with a series of construction types and a concrete core that allow for a variety of uses from retail and office, to residential, and public amenities and beyond. An innovative combination of materials including wood, steel and concrete will maximize the use of sustainably harvested wood by volume. The result is a zero carbon high-rise that’s designed to address increased density while reducing greenhouse gases and generating its own energy.
All drawings and images are the property of DIALOG
Program
105 or more Mixed-Use supertall tower
Location
Toronto, Ontario - Canada
Year
Ongoing
Sustainability
Zero Carbon
Firm
DIALOG - https://dialogdesign.ca/
Architectural Design Team
Juan Carlos Portuese (Lead Project Designer
Craig Applegath
Awards
Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Award – 2022 Unbuilt Design
Fast Company – 2021 World Changing Ideas, Architecture
https://dialogdesign.ca/projects/zero-carbon-hybrid-timber-supertall-prototype/
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Juan Carlos Portuese
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HYBRID TIMBER SUPERTALL TOWER
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