CoCA - College of Creative Arts

Winner Engineering Excellence 2012 Timber Design Awards.

College of Creative Arts, Massey University in Wellington, designed and built by Arrow International, Athfield Architects, Dunning Thornton Consultants and Massey University Wellington.

The structure includes the world's first multi-story post-tensioned timber frame, resting on a conventional reinforced concrete masonry and in-situ concrete plinth.

The building is designed as a series of discrete components, which allowed for prefabrication and quicker erection on site.  It also means that the interfaces between connections are able to "rock" open and closed as the frame sways in an earthquake, before springing back into its original position.

Supported by the timber frame are innovative, prefabricated LVL / precast concrete composite floors.  This combination is notably lighter than a traditional system and uses the two materials to their strengths.

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