Stick Trusses

To find a sustainable forestry and building trades pattern, we must replace "stick construction" with actual sticks, not milled-down "sticks" from plantation-grown softwoods fastened with steel, but actual sticks joined through traditional methods.

A truss pattern

Another truss pattern

While coppiced material is appropriate for climates that have winters, tropical climates have bamboo as an appropriate material. Likewise, this needs more research. Bamboo U published some early truss research and much more is needed.


Research and Development plan