Rockcastle and Ahn awarded an ARS Tallwood Design Institute grant

Siobhan Rockcastle and Kyuho Ahn have been awarded an Agricultural Research Services (ARS) Tallwood Design Institute grant for the proposal titled, ‘Surface matters: Exploring the impact of finishes on human factors that limit the market adoption of mass timber.’ This $40,000 grant will support a human factors study on the perceptual impacts of surface finishes in mass timber buildings, with a focus on lighting and acoustic performance and coordination with electrical, mechanical, and fire suppression systems.