Origine
Tower

Location

Quebec City, Quebec

Building Type

Residential

Square Footage

9,600

Product Supplied

Structural Fasteners

Challenges invite innovation to sprout and develop. The NEB group (a consortium consisting of Nordic Structures, EBC, and Synchro Immobilier) developed their first project, Origine at Pointe-Aux Liveres Ecocondos in Quebec City, to be the tallest building entirely made of wood at its time. The unique building design consists of a floating concrete foundation with a 13-storey building entirely made of wood. The special design coupled light weight precut & prefabricated mass timber elements to enable the construction team to erect the building in just 4 months!

Due to the building’s ground-breaking design, the need to develop new load bearing systems, such as the gravity loading resisting system and lateral load resting system, was required to meet/exceed code. Most important of all, the team needed to ensure that the building meets/exceeds the fire safety code. By leveraging wood’s natural ability to char, the team was able to size the CLT wood element to protect the fasteners and connectors within with 1 hour of fire resistance, capping the wood elements in between two layers of Type X gypsum provided and additional hour of fire resistance. The result yielded at least two hours of fire resistance for the load bearing system, including connections and assemblies.

Origine at Pointe-Aux Livers Ecocondos, has created a paradigm shift of how wood can be used as a building material and what it can do to create a sustainable future.

 

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