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Landscape Furniture Studio: Building student connections with salvage wood

Landscape Furniture Studio Tours the UW Lumber Yard and UW Furniture Facilities

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LA501B Students tour the UW Lumber Yard in early Autumn Quarter 2024

In early October, the LA501B Landscape Furniture Studio, led by UW LA/Arch faculty Steve Withycombe and Marcus Crider, toured the UW Lumber Yard.

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UWF Carpenter Morgan Holz shows off the UW Facilities Furniture shop

UWF Carpenter Morgan Holz walked the students through the lifecycle of a tree processed on the UW campus, beginning with the raw logs, to cut boards, to the sometimes years-long drying process outside or in the UW solar kiln.

The UW Salvage Wood Program was started in 2016 and has given new life to the removed trees on the UW Seattle Campus.

Last year, the Salvage Wood Program paired with the LA501B Studio to provide students with hyper-local lumber to be used in the crafting of their furniture. This has continued this year and cumulatively will save students thousands of dollars in materials they would otherwise have to purchase themselves.

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Sarah Chu (MLA ’25) interacts with logs felled on the UW campus

 

For a closer look at the LA501B tour of the lumber yard and more background on the UW Salvage Programs, check out the in-depth story written by UW Public Information Specialist Misty Shock Rule.

And to see the products from last year’s Furniture Studio, and an interactive ArcStoryMap from student Joanna Chen (MLA ’25) check out the in-depth look at LA501B from Autumn 2023.