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.
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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 BuildingFEC 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.
Venues
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.
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.
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.
