In light of environmental challenges
architecture is facing, wood is no longer regarded as outmoded,
nostalgic, and rooted in the past, but increasingly recognized as one of
the most promising building materials for the future. Recent years have
seen unprecedented innovation of new technologies for advancing wood
architecture.
Advancing Wood Architecture offers a
comprehensive overview of the new architectural possibilities that are
enabled by cutting-edge computational technologies in wood construction.
It provides both an overarching architectural understanding and
in-depth technological information through built projects and the works
of four leading design research groups in Europe. The projects presented
include large scale, permanent buildings such as the ETH Arch-Tec Lab
Building in Zurich, the Landesgartenschau Exhibition Hall near Stuttgart
and the Boiler House in Hooke Park, UK, as well as, built research
prototypes investigating additive robotic fabrication, folded plate
structures and meteorosensitive building skins.
Illustrated
in full colour, the book showcases the latest technological
developments in design computation, simulation and digital fabrication
together with an architectural, engineering and manufacturing
perspective, offering an outlook towards novel spatial and
constructional opportunities of a material with unrivalled ecological
virtues.
