The second CFTS Research Pavilion developed a new type of deployable timber structure, which uses an external post-tensioning deployment mechansism and a hybrid steel-timber structural component. The structure has been used at five (public and private) events around UQ and Brisbane.

Project Team: Kevin Plasenscia, Lee McCann, Ting-Uei Lee, Stephen Joseph, Clara Bertault, Celie Valentiny, Weiqi Cui, Shuai He, Yousef Al-Qaryouti, Ya Ou, Quan Shi, Alex Ewart, Stewart Matthews, Dilum Fernando, Kim Baber, Joe Gattas.

Workshop Support: Sam Butler and John Stafford, Architecture Workshop; Keith Lane and Grant Tayles, Supervised Access Workshop; Fraser Reid, Jason Van der Gevel, and Civil Engineering Lab Staff.

Project Stats: Build time: 4 weeks. Material: LVL and Stainless steel.

Acknowledgements: Centre for Future Timber Structures; ARC DECRA Award #DE160100289. Music - Way of Life by Richard Lacy; Video Footage by Shuwei Zhang and Bram Chapman; Video Animations and Editing by Joe Gattas.

Further Information:

• Plasencia Alava, K. B., McCann, L. K., Hodge, G., Baber, K., and Gattas, J. M. (2019). Computational design and experimental behaviour of deployable mass timber arches. Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, 60(1), pp. 90–100. DOI: 10.20898/j.iass.2019.199.030
• Plasencia Alava, K., McCann, L., Baber, K., and Gattas, J. (2018). Reconfigurable assemblies of a deployable mass timber structure. In Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2018 ‘Creativity in Structural Design’. LINK