FOOTING

Thinking about how the timber structure will meet the ground is an important part of the entire project. Since the timber cannot meet directly to the ground, metal is inevitable material. To extend the curve concept of the design, a curved metal design is manufactured to allow the timber structure to be embedded in the ground.

Timber: Pine and Oak
Aluminium metal stip
Scale 1:5

STEAM BENDING X GLULAM PROTOTYPE

The steam-bending and glulam combine to strike a stable balance and enhance the structures’ strength. Thanks to innovative attempts, unexpected shapes and designs can be produced. This experiment aims to expand the area of bending timber as a design opportunity.

Timber: Pine
Scale 1:25

GLUED LAMINATED (GLULAM) TIMBER PROTOTYPE 03

The structure consists exclusively of straight or single-curvature glulam pieces. The end-to-end joints between segments are rotated to achieve out-of-plane twists and bifurcations. This emphasises the segmented quality of the intricate frames and enables the creation of customised shapes inside the solid structure of the timber.

Timber: Pine
Scale 1:25

GLUED LAMINATED (GLULAM) TIMBER PROTOTYPE 02

A large space without columns can be created thanks to the glulam technique. Glulam structures provide a significant benefit in terms of their adaptability in shape, enabling the creation of many forms and sizes. Additionally, they possess a visual attractiveness and maintain a sense of gracefulness even while covering significant distances.

Timber: Pine
Scale 1:25

GLUED LAMINATED (GLULAM) TIMBER PROTOTYPE 01

In addition to steam bending, the glued-laminated (Glulam) timber technique can bend timber. Glulam provides strength, stability, and various length options to facilitate design flexibility. It also need not be a waste problem since after energy recovery, the ash can eventually be returned to the forest from which the wood raw material originated. This prototype was one of the softwoods and used the most popular pine trees.

Timber: Pine
Scale 1:25