
At Facades+ Toronto on September 26, hosted by AN with Diamond Schmitt, a roundtable brought together David Bowick of Blackwell Structural Engineers, Judith Martin from the City of Toronto, and Kevin Rocchi of mass timber manufacturer Element5, moderated by Diamond Schmitt’s Dieter Janssen. The discussion focused on the realities of industrialized building, where manufacturing precision meets jobsite imperfection and what it takes to bring mass timber and modular systems into the mainstream.