Defining Inhabitable Space through Form-Generation driven by Complex Wood Joinery

For architecture to become reality it has to go hand in hand with construction. This harmony of construction and architecture or structure and construction is summarised in the theory of tectonics.

The aim of this thesis has been to explore in a practical iterative study the development of a structural spacial system, that combines both aesthetically values and structural principals.

The outcome of this study was a column based structure with dome like shapes in between them. The proses behind this project was an iterative one. Starting out with small scale physical models while working up in scale always keeping a close feedback loop with a digital model, while trying to explore new possibilities. The tools involved have varied from a simple rope a hand held drill all the way to complex five axis CNC machining, while exploring the different characteristics of the wood and different ways of treating it.