23 June, 2017
GRIP METAL-BASED STRUCTURE, OCAD’S STEAM CANOE, WINS 2016 ONTARIO WOOD WORKS! AWARD November 16,2016-TorontoOCAD’s Steam Canoe, a structure originally developed to participate in the annual Toronto-based Winter Stations design competition, continues to ride a wave of accolades, winning the 2016 Ontario Wood Award. One of the 10 key awards delivered as part of the annual Ontario Wood Design celebration, the Ontario Wood Award honours new projects that push the limits of wood design in structures that demonstrate excellence in the use of wood.
For both the OCAD and GRIP design and development teams, the project has become a runaway hit. The OCAD team had originally created their design concept for the Steam Canoe based on co-development of a flexible, formable wood-clad laminate using GRIP Metal™ bonding layers. The teams worked hand in hand to tune design and process, creating a finished installation that hit all the marks on both team’s lists; a flowing, lightweight design constructed from a multi-layer laminate material that, while custom-assembled, was cost effective.
OCAD’s Steam Canoe, a structure originally developed to participate in the annual Toronto-based Winter Stations design competition, continues to ride a wave of accolades, winning the 2016 Ontario Wood Award. One of the 10 key awards delivered as part of the annual Ontario Wood Design celebration, the Ontario Wood Award honours new projects that push the limits of wood design in structures that demonstrate excellence in the use of wood.
For both the OCAD and GRIP design and development teams, the project has become a runaway hit. The OCAD team had originally created their design concept for the Steam Canoe based on co-development of a flexible, formable wood-clad laminate using GRIP Metal™ bonding layers. The teams worked hand in hand to tune design and process, creating a finished installation that hit all the marks on both team’s lists; a flowing, lightweight design constructed from a multi-layer laminate material that, while custom-assembled, was cost effective.
About GRIP Metal™
GRIP Metal™ is a consistently shaped field of hooks formed onto ultra-thin gauge sheet metals, allowing the GRIP-applied metal surfaces to physically adhere with other materials without the use of traditional adhesives or crude mechanical attachment technologies. Used as either a point of bonding for varying materials within larger structures, or as a mediating layer between different materials, GRIP provides stunning shear resistance, transferring the core strengths of metal to lightweight laminate or composite materials. GRIP Metal™ provides designers, engineers and material scientists a brand new foundation for the design and manufacture of complex forms that require a new generation of stronger, lighter materials.
For more information on GRIP Metal go to, www.gripmetal.com