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ith a drive for renew- able building systems and an outgrowth of Kimmerle Group takes on design challenge Heavytimberwoodconstruction:AVestige ofColonial America, or somethingmore? W distinction as the group nears three decades of practice.
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Timber’s expansion into a repositioned former Bank of NY building features a second story addition as part of KG’s new headquarters. Completely created with heavy-timber factory-fabricated trusses and beams, the second level was erected in a matter of days due to the sophisticated joinery and erection techniques now available in timber framing. “This isn't like your grand- father’s old bank barn,” said George Kimmerle, AIA, PP, NCARB, founder, senior partner and president. “A set of three di- mensional fabrication drawings consisting of intricate connec- tions and milling details are cre- ated,” he said, “all of which ulti- mately drive the templates in an enclosed automated fabrication mill located off site. The frame comes to site as a kit of parts, more or less like a set of Legos, and is able to be assembled by a four-man team harnessing a single crane and handful of air guns in a matter of days.” As important, the design allowed KG to span a 60-foot clear space with the elegance and timelessness of a tradition- al building form. This jump- started the group’s drive for sustainability since the materi- al, western fir, is a farmed and renewable lumber resource, certified as a sustainable prod- uct from the onset. The completed structure in- cludes an open-air, second floor deck for associates’ use and enjoyment, overlooking an ad- jacent 400-acre preserved farm. Low emmitance lighting, solar hot water systems and a geo- thermal heating system draw heating and cooling from 1600 LF of buried piping below the site and reaching water table depth. The building is distinctively clad with eastern pine milled in northeast Connecticut and natural, corrugated metal siding and roofing for a rural agrarian aesthetic that complements the surrounding farm buildings and older homes in the area. So what is the large question here? As a past and current faculty member at NYU and Rutgers completing a PhD in urban repositioning and re- development, Kimmerle said: "The answer is simple -- the reinvention of past techniques and approaches is all around us. Whether it is buildings, facto- ries, open space, neighborhoods or entire cities the adaptive re- invention of all of these elements continued on page 6B
an overall environmental con- sciousness gripping the nation, time-honored forms of construc- tion are finding a revival. But this revival comes with a special difference as it is now empowered by important design and planning technologies in the form of 3D imaging and fabrica- tion techniques. As a result, the world of heavy timber construc- tion has advanced at a quantum rate in only the past five years. Kimmerle Group (KG) took on this challenge in the design of its award-winning sustain- able headquarters in Harding
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