The gridshell pavilion was an experiment that hadn't been done in the area before, Gjertson said. Gridshell structures in other places have been removed because of deterioration.

It used ‘same section’ 15mm x 100mm unseasoned home-grown larch throughout from the woodland that Invisible Studio manages alongside its practice. The entire 60m² structure – a ‘dry laminated’ ...

This gridshell is one of five such gridshell structures being built as a part of a four-way collaboration between UL-Lafayette, Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, The University of Arizona and ...

The gridshell pavilion is a structural system that starts as a two-dimensional map laid out on the ground, said Geoff Gjertson, a UL architecture professor who is spearheading the project. The two ...

Currently, Sarah, Josh and other Dalhousie students are working on a gridshell design for the Cape Breton Highlands National Park (below). This will be the fifth and final gridshell from the ...

Wisdome’s gridshell roof is constructed from carbon-sequestering laminated veneer lumber (LVL). Each beam was formed from a composite of five LVL layers held together by timber dowels.

In summer 2016, students from several universities, including UL Lafayette, will gather in Nova Scotia to build a structure together ...

The ’PreCursor project’ was built without mechanical fixings or any tools, working at height, and the whole project was carried out in five days including the design and construction. It used ‘same ...