Diversify Your Investments
When the cost of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is accurately correlated with the costs of building materials, the landscape of building methods shifts.
This project explores the absurdities in conventional single family housing material usage. In a system where massive waste is seen as the norm, the Timber Banking system offers an alternative that allows home owners to invest in a single material that stores carbon and minimizes waste.
The home comprises of mass timber elements that can be used in other mass timber construction. With these elements retaining their value, and the value of the carbon storage associated with these elements rising, the material of the house becomes an investment portfolio for the home owner.
