In partnership with Moses Structural Engineers, Ryerson University recently hosted TimberFever ? an intense design and construction competition. Taking inspiration from a reality television cmompetition model, students had just 36 hours to build a wooden structure ? based on an assigned design challenge ? from the time they received their mission until completion.
1st Place Winner, Team Cherry Birch
TimberFever, which has doubled in size from previous years ? now featuring teams from across Ontario ? included students from University of Toronto, Carleton, Laurentian, Queen?s, Waterloo and Ryerson. Every team featured both Architectural Science and Civil Engineering students and was mentored by practising architects, engineers and representatives from the Carpenters? District Council of Ontario. This year’s four-day competition featured 16 teams and 1,852 board feet of wood. Students were tasked with building a “Reading Room,” and over the course of the multi-day competition, demonstrated teamwork, communication, time-management, and woodworking skills. Team Ginko, image via TimberFever
Last week, the winners of this year’s competition were announced. Winning teams were chosen by an illustrious panel of judges and mentors from the design and construction industries, while the People’s Choice Award was selected by the public, with well over 1,000 online votes cast. In first place, Team Cherry Birch took home the top award, while the seco...