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The irreguLAB Solar Kiln is a mobile kiln used to accelerate the natural drying process of leftover timbers. It was designed and constructed for the irreguLAB, a transdisciplinary and inter-faculty teaching lab for digital design and fabrication with irregular materials at the Bauhaus University. In particular, the irreguLAB focusses on irregular timbers: the non-standardizable parts of a tree that are normally not used for design and architecture. The Solar Kiln is completely passive: fully insulated, it collects and stores the sun’s heat trough its south facing sloped transparent roof, whilst photovoltaic cells power an array of fans within the kiln that aid the air circulation necessary for drying. The timbers dried within the kiln are then 3D-scanned and added to a database that is used by irreguLAB’s students, who can match their individual designs to the inventory of the as-found materials, which are then processed using digital fabrication technologies.
Planning and Construction: Ronja Kügow & Oskar Langenberg I Fotos: Julian Linden
