TerraTimber / Professorship for Digital Design & Fabrication (DDF) + Professorship Design of Structures (dos) + Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Curated by Hadir Al Koshta

Architects: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Professorship for Digital Design & Fabrication (DDF), dos - Design of Structures
Area: 6 m²
Year: 2024
Photographs:_DDF_dos_KIT

Text description provided by the architects. TerraTimber introduces an innovative method for the digital upcycling of waste wood to create circular construction systems enabling the sustainable transformation of reclaimed materials into structural elements. This approach utilizes computational tools and Augmented Reality (AR) fabrication processes to manage the complexity of diverse, non-standard waste wood materials. Starting from the generation of digital inventories through image processing, the wood pieces are then computationally assembled into large structural elements, which are finally physically assembled with nails made of wood and with the aid of AR. Earth is integrated to form a hybrid material system, enabling the construction of sustainable floor slabs from natural and recyclable materials.