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Timber Design Workshop

Schedule & Venues

Schedule

Join us for 2.5 days and 9 sessions at Clemson University with additional tours and hands-on activities included.

Arrive Sunday, June 8, at Greenville-Spartanburg airport for van pick up and shuttle to the Lakeside Lodge hotel.

  • Monday, June 9
    Monday Agenda
    Time Activity Location
    TBD Pickup at hotel, transport to Lowry Hall
    TBD Welcome and Introductions Lowry Hall
    TBD Session 1: Teaching materials, an overview of a syllabus for wood design Lowry Hall
    TBD Session 2: Overview of relevant design standards and codes Lowry Hall
    TBD Lunch
    TBD Tour of Lowry Hall, Lee 3, Cadden Chapel
    TBD Session 3: Course Activities, Projects, and Student Engagement
    TBD Vans to transport to Clemson Experimental Forest
    TBD Session 4: The link between wood design and our forests Clemson Experimental Forest
    TBD Dinner TBD
    TBD Vans to transport back to hotels
  • Tuesday, June 10
    Tuesday Agenda
    Time Activity Location
    TBD Pickup at hotel, transport to Andy Quattlebaum Outdoor Recreation Center
    TBD Tour of the building Andy Quattlebaum Outdoor Recreation Center
    TBD Session 5: Light frame timber design Andy Quattlebaum Outdoor Recreation Center
    TBD Session 6: Presentation of design examples (light frame and mass timber) Andy Quattlebaum Outdoor Recreation Center
    TBD Lunch
    TBD Session 7: Mass timber design education Andy Quattlebaum Outdoor Recreation Center
    TBD Session 8: Research Overview/Cross-Disciplinary Engagement Andy Quattlebaum Outdoor Recreation Center
    TBD Tour of mass timber example building –
    Stop at the new FEC Building
    FEC Building
    TBD Vans to shuttle to dinner TBD
  • Wednesday, June 11
    Wedneday Agenda
    Time Activity Location
    TBD Pickup at the hotel, transport to the TimberLab
    TBD Session 9: Discussion/wrap-up and time for sharing of experience TimberLab
    TBD Depart for the TimberLab tour Timberlab
    TBD Depart for Hotel/Airport

    *After the tour attendees will be taken to the GSP airport or return to campus for other return travel methods.

person working on wood building model

Venues

Lee Hall interior

Lee Hall

Designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners along with McMillan Pazdan Smith Architects, Lee Hall 3 (completed in 2011) is home to Clemson’s School of Architecture. It is a hub for studio courses in Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Dubbed “the building that teaches,” Lee Hall 3 features innovative mechanical and structural systems, 25 iconic skylights and a green roof that is the only of its kind on campus. This LEED Gold-rated, zero-energy-ready building is recognized widely for its design, receiving an AIA National Honor Award in 2012.

Lowry Hall

Lowry Hall was designed by Harlan Ewart McClure, Dean of the College of Architecture, and completed in 1958. It consists of three building elements that enclose two courtyards. Lowry Hall has been home to the civil engineering department and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Lowry Hall exterior
Andy Quattlebaum Outdoor Education Center exterior

Andy Quattlebaum Outdoor Education Center

This award-winning project, which was completed in 2019, represents Clemson’s first mass timber facility. Designed by Cooper Carry architects, the center provides a hub for outdoor education and recreation, including active-learning classrooms, equipment rental and storage space, and a range of indoor and outdoor meeting spaces. The net-zero-ready facility features Southern Pine cross-laminated timber floors and roof, plus hybrid glulam and steel framing.

Clemson Experimental Forest

These 17,500 acres are dedicated to education, research and demonstration in order to better understand and manage forest resources for the benefit of society. The forest is managed strictly for perpetual sustained or improved yield of these products.

Clemson Experimental Forest sign
Cadden Chapel interior

Cadden Chapel

Cadden Chapel provides a place for Clemson students to express their faith, meditate, or reflect in the heart of campus. The chapel was completed and opened in December 2021 and named in memory of Clemson student Samuel J. Cadden. Cross-laminated timber shear walls and glulam trusses are being used throughout the building. The tall windows and high ceilings provide ample natural light and a serene, natural feeling.

Timberlab

Timberlab, a nationwide provider of holistic mass timber systems opened its second glued laminated timber (glulam) fabrication facility outside of Greenville, SC. Staffed by 30 manufacturing and timber professionals, the Timberlab facility is the largest of its kind planned in the region, increasing the regional capacity of the fabrication of large glulam members for mass timber structures.

two students working on wood
Wood Utilization + Design Institute
Wood Utilization + Design Institute | 321 Harris A. Smith Building Clemson, SC 29631