Expanding the Architectural Prospects of Timber in Its Natural Form

Paul Yakubu — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 07:30:00 +0000

Timber has been a popular source of construction material for thousands of years. Through sawing, milling, and other engineered wood conversion processes, various wood forms have been created and applied in products, furniture, and architecture. However, these processes can sometimes alter the basic lines of wood structure. The stems can be split, grain patterns changed, and some woods, such as oak and cedar, are easily reduced while others can become intractable. This led to the exploration of whole timber forms in ancient structures, such as log cabins, which layered timber in different cross-sections to form home profiles. Through design, the use of trunks or branches of trees in their entirety can accentuate their innate mechanical properties for structural sustainability. Although these practices are fairly absent in contemporary building techniques, new technological innovations expand the prospects of timber construction in architecture.

High School and Community Centre Project Tests the Limits of Timber Log Construction

Yiling Shen — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 06:00:00 +0000

AOR Architects, a young practice based in Helsinki, have won the commission to design Monio High School and Community Centre in Tuusula, Finland. The project explores an innovative use of timber log building and will be the largest timber log school building in the world after its completion. Consisting of a high school, music institute, and community college, AOR’s proposal combines these different programs in a multi-functional learning and community environment.

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Expanding the Architectural Prospects of Timber in Its Natural Form

High School and Community Centre Project Tests the Limits of Timber Log Construction