‘Massive timber panels are a carbon negative alternative to steel and concrete construction,’ says Alastair Townsend of BAKOKO. ‘Sustainably-farmed timber off cuts are laminated in European factories into 3-m-wide by 16.5-metre-long panels. Ranging in thicknesses up to 250 mm, the panels are robotically trimmed to the designer's CAD drawings. Entire walls are cut in one piece and openings for windows and doors can be cut out in almost any shape. Once cut, the panels can be flat packed for shipment worldwide.’ BAKOKO's pop-up timber cafe takes advantage of the unique benefits of solid timber. The temporary building can be flat packed into a standard shipping container and erected with a crane in just one day. Once assembled, the wooden box is remarkably self supporting. It does not need a permanent foundation, making it suitable almost anywhere. In order to minimize waste, BAKOKO has designed the restaurant's seating and tables to be easily assembled from parts cut from the timber panels. The empty cut outs become the window openings, bringing light into the restaurant. If the restaurant needs to be re-packed, the furniture can be easily disassembled and re-inserted into the walls. Expected completion Summer 2011 Location Tokyo and worldwide