Rethinking wood : future dimensions of timber assembly. / txt
Markus Hudert, Sven Pfeiffer (Eds.).
- 294 p. : ill. ; col. ; plans ; 28 cm. book
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-285).
Foreword | Klaus Zwerger p.6 -- Preface | Markus Hudert and Sven Pfeiffer p. 12 -- Concepts and Perspectives p. 16 -- Think Like the Forest: Maximizing the Environment Impact and Energetics of Building Timber | Kiel Moe p. 20 -- Cascading Wood, Material Cycles, and Sustainability | Mark Hughes p. 30 -- Wood on the Rise: A Speculative Approach to Timber Construction and Joinery in Southeast Asia | Michael Budig p. 46 -- Joinery Culture p. 56 -- Designing Through Experimentation: Timber Joints at the Aalto University Wood Program | Pekka Heikkinen and Philip Tidwell p. 60 -- Reciprocal Timber Structures and Joints | Olga Popovic Larsen p. 88 -- Press-Fit Timber Building Systems: Developing a Construction System for Flexible Housing Solutions | Hans Drexler p. 100 -- Glued Connections in Timber Structures | Gerhard Fink and Robert Jockwer p. 116 -- Digital Processes p. 128 -- Freeform Timber Structures: Digital Design and Fabrication | Toni Österlund and Markus Wikar p. 132 -- Bringing Robotic Fabrication into Practice | Léon Spikker p. 150 -- Concepts for Timber Joints in Robotic Building Processes | Philipp Eversmann p. 164 -- Joyn Machine: Towards On-Site Digital Fabrication in Bespoke Woodwork | Simon Deeg and Andreas Picker p. 178 -- New Materials and Applications p. 190 -- From Pulp to Form: Future Applications of Cellulose | Heidi Turunen and Hannes Orelma p. 196 -- Wood Foam: A New Wood-Based Material | Frauke Bunzel p. 206 -- TETHOK: Textile Tectonics for Wood Construction | Steffi Silbermann, Stefan Böhm, Philipp Eversmann, and Heike Klussmann p. 216 -- Reapproaching Nature p. 232 -- Designing with Tree Form | Martin Self p. 236 -- The (D) Efficiencies of Wood | Marcin Wójcik p. 250 -- Baubotanik: Living Wood and Organic Joints | Ferdinand Ludwig, Wilf Middleton, and Ute Vees p. 262 -- References p. 276 -- Biographies p. 286 --
Advances in the materials and the digitalization of architecture bring about new methods in design and construction. Whereas traditional timber construction consists of pre-cut and pre-assembled timber sections, modern timber buildings today consist of elaborate wood-based materials. Owing to their flexibility and good properties in terms of building physics and ecology, these wood-based materials are ideal for computer-aided building component production. Fifteen case examples from research, teaching, and practical applications provide inspiring insights into the potential of formable wood-based materials and digital design: Woven Wood, Wood Foam, Living Wood and Organic Joints, Timber Joints for Robotic Building Processes, Efficiencies of Wood, Designing with Tree Form.