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William Smith

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portland oregon architect founder @drawings.dwgs co-director @design.portland visiting professor @uoarchenv
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Mass Timber Home - A mass timber prototype designed as part of a 2024 USDA Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant, where “structure is finish”. - One of three prototypes, this project explores a compact two-story dwelling built from platform-stacked CLT panels. The design can operate as a single ADU or cabin, but is conceived to multiply: forming cottage clusters to achieve inclusionary housing and residential infill goals. HVAC and plumbing pack into a raised floor beneath the second level. Upturned beams help span the open interior. - Designed for: @waechter_architecture Visualizations by: @artefactorylab
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Mass Timber Great-Hall - A mass timber prototype designed as part of a 2024 USDA Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant, where “structure is finish”. - Assembled with tilt-up CLT wall panels and capped with an open grid truss roof, this great hall creates generous, high-bay spaces free of interior columns. External glulams brace the vertical panels. Services are integrated into a radiant floor system. The open interior supports a wide range of uses from public assembly and performance to exhibitions, installations, and flexible industrial or tech programs. - Designed for: @waechter_architecture Visualizations by: @artefactorylab
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Mass Timber Office - A mass timber prototype designed as part of a 2024 USDA Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant, where “structure is finish”. - One of three prototypes, this commercial/office building is organized around hollow load-bearing cores that support projecting floor plates, opening up clear, flexible zones for work, reception, and retail. Expansive views are paired with continuously exposed timber interiors. Circulation and building services are consolidated within the vertical cores, while the thickened “cassette” floor-and-ceiling assembly becomes a hollow infrastructural layer—distributing power, data, plumbing, fire protection, and HVAC throughout. - Designed for: @waechter_architecture Visualizations by: @artefactorylab
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Mass Timber Home - A mass timber prototype designed as part of a 2024 USDA Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant, where “structure is finish”. - One of three prototypes, this project explores a compact two-story dwelling built from platform-stacked CLT panels. The design can operate as a single ADU or cabin, but is conceived to multiply: forming cottage clusters to achieve inclusionary housing and residential infill goals. HVAC and plumbing pack into a raised floor beneath the second level. Upturned beams help span the open interior. - Designed for: @waechter_architecture Visualizations by: @artefactorylab
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Mass Timber Great-Hall - A mass timber prototype designed as part of a 2024 USDA Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant, where “structure is finish”. - Assembled with tilt-up CLT wall panels and capped with an open grid truss roof, this great hall creates generous, high-bay spaces free of interior columns. External glulams brace the vertical panels. Services are integrated into a radiant floor system. The open interior supports a wide range of uses from public assembly and performance to exhibitions, installations, and flexible industrial or tech programs. - Designed for: @waechter_architecture Visualizations by: @artefactorylab
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Mass Timber Office - A mass timber prototype designed as part of a 2024 USDA Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant, where “structure is finish”. - One of three prototypes, this commercial/office building is organized around hollow load-bearing cores that support projecting floor plates, opening up clear, flexible zones for work, reception, and retail. Expansive views are paired with continuously exposed timber interiors. Circulation and building services are consolidated within the vertical cores, while the thickened “cassette” floor-and-ceiling assembly becomes a hollow infrastructural layer distributing power, data, plumbing, fire protection, and HVAC throughout. - Designed for: @waechter_architecture Visualizations by: @artefactorylab
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Construction of Mass Timber Homes - A mass timber prototype designed as part of a 2024 USDA Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant. - One of three prototypes, this project explores a compact two-story dwelling built from platform-stacked CLT panels. The design can operate as a single ADU or cabin, but is conceived to multiply: forming cottage clusters to achieve inclusionary housing and residential infill goals. HVAC and plumbing pack into a raised floor beneath the second level. Upturned beams help span the open interior. - Designed for: @waechter_architecture Visualizations by: @artefactorylab
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Construction of a Mass Timber Great-Hall - A mass timber prototype designed as part of a 2024 USDA Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant. - Assembled with tilt-up CLT wall panels and capped with an open grid truss roof, this great hall creates generous, high-bay spaces free of interior columns. External glulams brace the vertical panels. Services are integrated into a radiant floor system. The open interior supports a wide range of uses from public assembly and performance to exhibitions, installations, and flexible industrial or tech programs. - Designed for: @waechter_architecture Visualizations by: @artefactorylab
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Construction of a Mass Timber Office Building - A mass timber prototype designed as part of a 2024 USDA Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant. - One of three prototypes, this commercial/office building is organized around hollow load-bearing cores that support projecting floor plates, opening up clear, flexible zones for work, reception, and retail. Expansive views are paired with continuously exposed timber interiors. Circulation and building services are consolidated within the vertical cores, while the thickened “cassette” floor-and-ceiling assembly becomes a hollow infrastructural layer—distributing power, data, plumbing, fire protection, and HVAC throughout. - Designed for: @waechter_architecture Visualizations by: @artefactorylab
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Mass Timber Home - A mass timber prototype designed as part of a 2024 USDA Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant. - 1. Mechanical Isometric 2. Isometric 3. Elevation - Designed for: @waechter_architecture
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Mass Timber Great-Hall - A mass timber prototype designed as part of a 2024 USDA Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant. - 1. Mechanical Isometric 2. Isometric 3. Elevation - Designed for: @waechter_architecture
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Mass Timber Office - A mass timber prototype designed as part of a 2024 USDA Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant. - 1. Mechanical Isometric 2. Isometric 3. Elevation - Designed for: @waechter_architecture
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