SOM has worked with the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning to explore a low-carbon alternative to conventional timber framing called SLT and build a pavilion to demonstrate its capabilities.
Partly inspired by cross-laminated timber (CLT) ? the engineered wood made strong by gluing strips of timber together in a crisscross pattern ? spatial laminated timber or SLT involves weaving small precision-cut wood beams together to make one large stable structure. ...