"Building and Technology" Category—W350Project by Nikken Sekkei

Nikken Sekkei’s research project seeks to demonstrate how developing a green city with timber structures can inspire a “more comfortable” global environment, and specifically how 350m super highrise timber construction could be a symbol of future urban construction. The practice’s research focuses on challenges to the development of construction engineering technology for evolutionary timber buildings, as well as seeking solutions to global environment, nature, and urban environmental sustainability issues. The practice’s plan is to use ecologically sensitive methods, such as removing timber from dense forests that encourage healthy development, which will also help to bring the lumber industry back to life, revitalize local communities, improve habitat for forest creatures, and conserve biodiversity.

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