Gateway Studio – Tracing the Timber Line – Urban Forestry Knowledge Centre (2023)

Project title

Tracing The Timber Line

Urban Forestry Knowledge Centre

Author

Sam Lane-Smith

Studio

Gateway Studio

Academic term

2023-24

Award

2023 Stantec Prize Winner (Second Place)

Project Description

The Timber Line is a mass timber greenhouse and education facility that acts as a central node in Ottawa’s reforestation efforts. Situated on what was once the Fraserfield Lumber Yard, the Timber Line references the stacks of lumber with its rows of sapling planters. Inside, the saplings have been arranged vertically, referencing this stacking, and allowing the public an intimate view in.