[Greenbuilding] 100 miles builds

[Chris Koehn]

Fellow timber framer Ted Benson's company Bensonwood Homes has done lots of work developing their "open built" wall system. The idea is to anticipate refit of various components over the life span of the building and make the work easy. <http://bensonwood.com/innovation/openbuilt.cfm>
I've often thought attaching exterior wall systems (such as SIPs) to timber frames with structural screws allows for relatively easy disassembly. Timber frame's ability to allow reconfiguring of interior spaces without affecting structure allows refit naturally as well.

Chris Koehn
TimberGuides 
Van Isle