Wood future: forestry, carbon, and wood architecture in Northern Ontario
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2022-04-07
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This thesis explores the interconnected past, present, and future of forestry and wood architecture in Northern Ontario through a graphic narrative. This narrative is a method of research that explores subjects by reading
and visualizing subject matter and synthesizing it through illustration to
create a narrative alongside a textual literary review. Through this method
of storytelling, it aims to answer the following question: How can Northern
Ontario build upon the history of its forestry to evolve wood architecture
and culture towards a sustainable future? The planet is faced with a climate
crisis. Northern Ontario’s forestry industry holds a key to combat climate
change by sequestering carbon while rejuvenating its communities through
sustainable forest management and wood architecture. This thesis recounts
the two-century long relationship of forests, forest industry, and wood architecture in Northern Ontario to design a new sawmill and fabrication centre.
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Wood architecture, forestry, wood culture, sawmill, Northern Ontario, graphic narrative, drawing