Fast + Epp building a hybrid mass timber office in Vancouver

by sadia_badhon | August 9, 2019 11:39 am

Fast + Epp’s new office in Vancouver will be a mass timber superstructure. Image courtesy Fast + Epp — Fast + Epp’s new office in Vancouver will be a mass timber superstructure.
*Image courtesy F2A Architects*

Construction has begun for structural engineering firm Fast + Epp[2]’s new four-storey mass timber office in Vancouver. The hybrid superstructure is scheduled to be erected within 12 days.

The building will feature:

prefabricated, hybrid mass timber and steel superstructure;
electrochromatic glass;
cross-laminated timber (CLT) firewall prefabricated with exterior finishes; and
an earthquake-resistance technology with resilient slip friction joints that effectively dissipates energy and does not require post-event maintenance (the technology will anchor the CLT shearwalls and will be one of the first in North America).

“The new building is a purpose-built structure that will give us a more updated space and more flexibility as we continue to grow,” said Paul Fast of Fast + Epp. “The entire Fast + Epp team is really proud of this new office design. It is allowing us to experiment with features and structure that are at the forefront of what we do as a firm, and gives us the freedom to be practical and thoughtful, yet also adventurous.”

The new facility has been designed collaboratively with F2A Architects[3] (base building) and HCMA Architecture + Design[4] (interiors).

Endnotes:

[Image]: https://www.constructioncanada.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Opener-4.jpg
Fast + Epp: https://www.fastepp.com/
F2A Architects: https://www.f2a.ca/
HCMA Architecture + Design: https://hcma.ca/

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