At SCANPH, Would Works Debuts Furniture Collection - LA Timber Bridge

by Michele Liu November 03, 2023 in Community Builders, Events, Furniture

Would Works was thrilled to be an exhibitor at the 35th Annual Southern California Association of Non Profit Housing Conference this past week! We shared with non profit housing developers our newest collection of outdoor furniture, LA Timber Bridge, designed specifically for use in permanent supportive and affordable housing sites.

Supported by the Wood Innovation grant from the USDA Forest Service, Would Works was able to achieve two goals in the creation of this furniture collection:

1. Pilot our advanced training program, Community Builders Program (CBP), to teach our Artisans how to fabricate furniture, apply advanced building techniques and utilize heavy machinery like the jointer, planer, ShopBot CNC and Shaper Origin. 
2. In partnership with Angel City Lumber, diverted 35 damaged old growth logs from the Angeles National Forest from going to the landfill and created 12,878 board feet of usable lumber from the city’s very own backyard! 

Not only was exhibiting at SCANPH an exciting way to connect to the broader non profit housing world, it was also an opportunity for caseworkers and program directors of various supportive employment services to learn about our paid training program through our Artisans themselves. 

We thank Nick Friend and Bartek Malecki of Century Housing and Stephanie Ragle of office42 architecture for encouraging us to take this leap. Keep following along to see how CBP develops as a program and which housing sites in LA purchase our pieces for their communal spaces!

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