CTBUH @ Chicago | ATELIERJONES PRESENTS ON TALL WOOD | STEEL HYBRID HEARTWOOD

At Mies van der Rohe’s beautiful S.R. Crown Hall, at IIT Chicago, atelierjones presented their Type IV-C Heartwood Tall Wood Middle-Income Housing project at the Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, CTBUH Spring Conference, on Steel-Timber Hybrid Buildings from May 23-24, 2022. Heartwood’s superstructure is a glu-lam post and beam, with CLT floor/ceiling assembly, that utilizes a robust steel Buckling Restrained Brace (BRB) Frame system with steel drag struts, for its lateral system, as part of the core of the building. The well-attended international conference sought to advance hybrid structural systems of Mass Timber and Steel to reach the potential of Tall Wood buildings across North America and Europe. Currently, Heartwood is one of 15 Tall Wood Buildings (defined as 8 stories or over) either under construction or completed in North America.