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"When passengers pass through the newly remodeled Portland International
Airport in spring 2024, they’ll be able to point up to specific Douglas fir
beams around the oval skylights and know that they came from the ancestral
lands of the Coquille Indian Tribe in Southwestern Oregon.
This will be the first major US airport to have a mass timber roof, and all the
timber for the project came from sustainably managed forests that are located
less than 300 miles away. The soaring, nine-acre ceiling — which will have lots
of natural sunlight streaming in through the skylights and windows — will feel
a bit like a forest. (The renovation will also include the addition of 70 or so
living trees that will be growing in recessed and above-ground planters.)
The process of sourcing the wood took six years of planning, research, forest
visits and many, many phone calls between the Port of Portland, Portland-based
ZGF Architects, regional tribes, family-run forests, mill owners and brokers."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
