Forestry, engineering and design are driving the next generation of wood products in the A.A. “Red” Emmerson Advanced Wood Products Laboratory. The 17,500-square-foot lab, part of the Oregon Forest Science Complex, opened in October. It is the home of the TallWood Design Institute, an interdisciplinary partnership between OSU’s colleges of Forestry and Engineering and the University of Oregon’s College of Design.
TallWood’s focus is the advancement of structural wood products and mass timber design in constructing high-rise and other multistory buildings. “Our mission is to use this space as a model of how we can pair Oregon’s intellectual capacity with our natural resources and capitalize on our spirit of innovation,” says Anthony C. Davis, interim dean of the College of Forestry.
