Japanese architects, BAKOKO's pop-up timber cafe
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This temporary building can be flat packed into a standard 40' shipping container and erected with a crane in ionly one day. Once assembled, it is very stable, requiring to foundadtions.
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In a neat design move, to minimize waste, BAKOKO has made the seating and tables from pieces cut from the wall panels. If the buildoing needs to be moved, the furniture is simpley disassembled and reinserted into the walls.
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See the full story at Bakoko's website: http://www.bakoko.jp/87513/812428/works/timber-caf
Wood products
Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)
Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) is an engineered wood product, similar in construction to an extremely large plywood, used for pre-fabricated structural applications.