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Today, seemingly everyone is building with cross-laminated timber, but Toronto studio Cornecelli is seeking to do it differently. The firm has designed a warming hut, called Warmth of the Wood Pile, to be situated near The Forks, in Winnipeg. The hut is not meant to be constructed with the familiar post-and-slab technique. Instead, it features large panels of CLT fastened together into a tapered volume. A trough-like silo on the roof is calibrated to funnel snow into a discreet pile on the floor, inviting residents to build a fire and send the runoff back to the nearby river.

Architect: Christopher Cornecelli 

People’s Choice: Ideas, Prototypes and Unbuilt Projects
Warmth of the Wood Pile

A truly warm warming hut to be situated near The Forks, in Winnipeg.

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