A presentation and panel discussion about the New Model Building, a project by Waugh Thistleton, Buro Happold and UCL, which has established a pre-approved construction system for a 6-storey timber residential building for use by the wider industry. The session will explore the potential of mid-rise timber residential development – tapping into questions of fire performance and insurability and how it has become critical to understand and respond to these issues when seeking to mitigate climate impacts with bio-based materials.
Chair: Joe Giddings, UK Networks Lead, Built by Nature
Speakers:
Kirsten Haggart, Associate Director, Waugh Thistleton Architects
José L. Torero, Professor of Civil Engineering and Head of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, UCL
Smith Mordak, Director of Sustainability & Physics, Buro Happold
