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FABI II COMPETITION ENTRY
FABI II was a 2021 competition entry for an extension to the FABI building on the University of Pretoria Hatfield campus). The brief presented an exciting challenge: to design a multistory extension on top of the existing faculty building, using timber as the main structural material.
To conceptualise this system, we found inspiration in how trees support themselves: using an inner heartwood core as the main structure with the internal spaces (the "sapwood") wrapped by an outer envelope of two skins - one a glazed inner wall and the other an outer multicellular polycarbonate shell (the "bark").
![FABI 2 Exterior View](/media/02f604df/aac2a1109e7b3d3ac8167f0247646c39.jpg)
![FABI 2 Interior view 01](/media/02f604df/430de138aef8f4c4bab21478614eeef4.jpg)
![FABI 2 Greenhouse](/media/02f604df/dbbfd49e405313ba61b816e1c36354fa.jpg)
![FABI 2 Southern Wing](/media/02f604df/a4f137634a79002093acfa8c93abd823.jpg)
![FABI 2 Southern Facade](/media/02f604df/a6efd234ea52676d4e0e65906f8f0a44.jpg)
![FABI 2 Anatomy of a Tree](/media/02f604df/f755eec21761ad8ca7f330b2970584d6.jpg)
![FABI 2 Mass Timber](/media/02f604df/186ba2a540da134bd7c135f3e7ccff85.jpg)
![FABI 2 Mass Timber 02](/media/02f604df/04c7485411299d9b496e10217a08ecff.jpg)
![FABI 2 Isometric](/media/02f604df/83337d70d17f73de1c5246aa6144769b.jpg)
![FABI 2 Section](/media/02f604df/5432d386058acae55bbd596542daa4b2.jpg)