We've joined forces with KU School of Architecture & Design (ArcD) to design the school’s new studio space - a mass timber structure nicknamed the Makers' Kube - in collaboration with BNIM and StructureCraft! 🪵🏫 Designed in direct response to the needs and wishes of the school’s 1,300+ students, faculty and board, the 50,000 sq ft, 6-story Makers’ KUbe features a distinct timber diagrid frame optimized to reduce material and carbon-intensive concrete. The Makers’ KUbe will connect to the existing Marvin and Chalmers Halls via winter garden bridges, consolidating all of the school’s programs into these three buildings. “Our design for the consolidated design studios at KU seeks to deploy all aspects of the profession in three distinct interventions: preservation, adaptation and new construction. The Makers' KUbe is conceived as a showcase in timber tectonics, traditional joinery, robotic manufacturing and sustainable materials. The timber bones of the building are exposed by stripping away all applied finishes - elevating structure to expression. A single staircase doubling as convenience stairs above and fire stairs within ties all student spaces together from park to attic. The building serves as a living curriculum, revealing all function, technology and structure as tangible elements for the students to appreciate and critique - learning solidified into built form.” - Bjarke Ingels, Founder & Creative Director, BIG 📷 Kilograph + BIG The University of Kansas Walter P Moore Cumming Group JE Dunn Construction Smith & Boucher, Inc. Forza Consultants LLC SK Design Group, Inc. Rosin Preservation #Architecture #Design #School #Campus #HigherEducation #MassTimber
It was a privilege to work with you BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group on this remarkable project!
From an architect's perspective , this is a very creative design. My only critcal comment is that BIG chose a "form" or structural component and then placed the " functions" inside of it. However if they adapt the interior spaces to the functions then maybe it is a good compromise.
Absolutely stunning! Kudos to the team for creating a space that not only meets the needs of students but also embodies the principles of sustainability and design excellence.
American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) this will be grand for University of Kansas' AIAS chapter! #AIAS #AIA
Hats off to you on your astounding achievement🎉🤠
The 'Makers Kube' is brilliant 👏🏼
Absolutely love the Spruce look of the renderings!!!❤️❤️❤️
So excited to see this go up so close to me and the Kansas City Region!
Honoured to collaborate with you on this one!