Digital Traditional-Japanese Wood Joints within a Voxel-based System of Discrete Timber Elements
© Dominik Reisach
© Dominik Reisach
Projektinformationen
eingereicht von
Dominik Reisach
Lehrende
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sven Schneider,
Prof. Dr. Jan Willmann
Studiengang:
Architektur (Master of Science (M.Sc.))
Projektbeschreibung
I propose a project that addresses the issues of sustainability and digitalization in the built environment. Fundamentally, it is about constructing with timber, which has many benefits besides the ecological implications. It is an organic material with specific properties that adapt to its circumstances. Additionally, there is promising research done with wood. I introduce the different methods of joining pieces of timber. Then, I focus on wood joints, more specifically, traditional Japanese and European ones, and compare the different types of connections. After a selection, I compose a complex synergetic connection of five pieces of timber. These discrete elements are part of one voxel. For that, I develop an algorithm that digitalizes the joints and prepares them for fabrication. Then, I design a system of discrete voxels that can abstract any geometric form depending on its resolution. These voxels are placeholders for the timber elements they contain. For that, I develop another algorithm that places the correct timber elements and their correct joints in each voxel. It requires the design of the assembly process, which I also incorporate in the script. Finally, I demonstrate that my system facilitates exploration of the design space with an extreme case example at the X.Stahl.