Wood and archistars: the new sustainable challenge of skyscrapers

 

Wood and archistars: the new sustainable challenge of skyscrapers


08 MARCH 2018

Can you think about a low-carbon skyscraper, light in its momentum towards the sky? Can you think about a city where wood is protagonist again after the long age of steel and cement? It is a dream that is becoming a reality, thanks to an ever-growing group of architects who have embraced the cause of sustainability. It is a real boom, that of wood, which is being imposed as a privileged construction component of this century. And that's it, as explains Philippe Daverio, because "the world we live in today, calls for things to last for long time. And in the relationship of durability it is natural to think of materials that with the passing of the seasons do not get worse but better ".

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the complete article (italian)
https://youmanist.it/currents/the-green-deal/legno-archistar