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Conceptual Joining – Wood Structures from Detail to Utopia
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artistic research project
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In the course of industrialization timber construction changed considerably. The traditional crafted joints were widely replaced
by metal connectors. The anisotropic structure of wood was considered a disadvantage and therefore various homogenized timber
products were developed, largely eliminating characteristic qualities of wood. We regard it as the better strategy to make
use of the material’s natural properties thus capitalizing on nature instead of struggling against it.
Various traditional timber constructions such as Japanese joinery took advantage of wood’s natural structure and behavior
but today the time consuming and therefore expensive production makes them uneconomical. CAD/CAM and especially parametric
modeling now offer a powerful way of re-interpreting traditional woodworking and open up new horizons for furniture and timber
architecture.
By combining the qualities of traditional craftsmanship with the potential of cutting-edge computational techniques a variety
of structural configurations and wood joining methods will be developed and tested. Apart from theoretical research our work
will be based primarily on practical experimentation. Informed by an in depth understanding of material behavior and correlating
joining principles we develop design systems, geometries and structures.
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project lead
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Christoph Kaltenbrunner
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project partners
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Jean Philipp Reinsberg, Lukas Allner, Daniela Kröhnert, Mechthild Weber, Universität für Angewandte Kunst
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funding
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Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
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PEEK
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date
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date
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2017-06-01 – 2020-12-31
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