UVA Sawmilling believes that the foundation of material culture and urban canopy trends leads to natural connections in traditional carpentry, wood-drying science, dendrochronology, computational design, remote sensing, and climate-reactive simulations.

UVA Sawmilling, at its core, is aimed at Preservation, Sustainability, and Education through an exploration of the latent resource that is UVA’s fallen trees. Through this upcycling of material, this program seeks to continue the legacy of these fallen trees. We are keepers of their carbon, their stories, and share them with the UVA Community and beyond.