This research enhances wooden construction by addressing fire safety misconceptions, client concerns, communication tools, and Henning Larsen's resources.
Our investigation started with Henning Larsen, continued with Falck fire station and arrived at FBAB residents, revealing four focus points to enhance wooden constructions: debunking misconceptions about fire safety in timber buildings, identify the major doubt of a client, explore solutions for the potential communication tools, and activate the available resources at Henning Larsen in a targeted manner.
Desktop research and analysis of construction materials and their environmental impact.
Involvment of three different stakeholders.
Workshop with Fabia, timber engineer at Henning-Larsen, with a deep knowledge of the material and involved in the client's decision making process prior construction.
Probes for Falck fire station to fill in during free slots of time on firefighter shifts.
Live surveys filled with the residents of FBAB Social Housing, a building complex made out of timber.
Plant a Seed is an interactive form that the client will fill out during Henning Larsen meetings, highlighting doubts and expectations through a visual result, and finally reconnecting with the material that Henning Larsen is currently using to communicate to the clients the benefits of building with timber.
"You have a very interesting approach to the topic and understood that a crucial point of promoting building in wood and more sustainable construction materials is a successful communication with the client and stakeholders. You showed easy to understand visual helps for communicating and creating an early dialogue with any client hesitating to build in timber. Your interactive evaluation sheet is a new and interesting way to identify the most important issues and debunk myths and I would definitely love to see the tool being developed further and tested in a real situation."
Fabia Baumann
Structural engineer for Henning-Larsen
