Sidewalk Toronto is a proponent of mass timber, a sustainable new building material with great potential for efficient factory production. The Aspect team is proud to be part of the engineering team on this state of the art project. Learn all about the Sidewalk Toronto Proposal, a new approach to inclusive urban growth.

We also invite you to explore Side Walk Talk a blog where technologists and urbanists discuss the future of cities:

We think timber buildings could be even taller, so we spent the past year working with a world-class team of architects, engineers, and environmental designers to create a mass timber “proto-model” at 35 stories  — a height yet to be achieved in practice. We call this project Proto-Model X, or PMX. What’s a proto-model, you ask? Associate Director of Development Cara Eckholm explains that and more in a PMX mini series on the Sidewalk Talk blog.

Their blog will take you through this project and the potential of mass timber building:

• Introducing PMX: Our model for how tall timber buildings could work in cities (Introduction)
• How to design a timber building that can reach 35 stories (Part 1)
• How to design a timber building that’s easy to make in a factory (Part 2)

(Image: Michael Green Architecture and Gensler)